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Guinea Pig Rescues

Worldwide Guinea Pig Rescue List

Guinea Pig Rescues, shelters, finders recommended by you!

   Thank you to the viewers who contributed to this list.

http://www.petfinder.com  &  http://www.guineapigfinder.com

United States:
Alaska

Juniper’s Guinea Pig Rescue

Eagle River, AK

907-315-4844

https://www.facebook.com/Junipers-Guinea-Pig-Rescue-111703231436879/

Kool Kat Rescue Sue Wirth

21510 Tony Cir.

Chugiak, AK 99567

907-863-4484 *

  *They adopt out of PetSmart

1200 N Muldoon Rd. Anchorage, Alaska 907-333-7387

       Don't Shop, ADOPT!

Forget Me Not Farm Sanctuary *

   *Adopting through Adopt-a-Pet.com


Arkansas
The Guinea Pig Slave Rescue
10721 AR-5, Cabot, AR 72023 
(501) 993-4626


Arizona

Home Sweet Hammy Home Tucson, Az - tel: 520-245-3300

https://homesweethammyhome.wixsite.com/homesweethammyhome


California
Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue

https://laguineapigrescue.com

 

Southern California

Guinea Pig Rescue 

https://www.socalguineapigrescue.org


Wee Companions small animal rescue in San Diego, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, mice, rabbits and chinchillas https://weecompanions.org/

The Rabbit Haven

Small Animal Rescue
director@therabbithaven.org
(831) 600-7479 or (831) 239-7119
PO Box 66594
Scotts Valley, CA 95067

https://www.therabbithaven.org/

Orange County Cavy Haven

https://occavyhaven.org/

bayareapignic@gmail.com

Ratical Rodent Rescue - Vallejo 650-516-RATS (650-516-7287) info@raticalrodentrescue.org 

 

Gardener’s Pig Pen

Walnut Grove, CA https://www.gardnerspigpen.com/ (916) 799-2030

Andy’s Pet Shop (Adoptions)

New Location 429 S. Bascom Ave. San Jose, Ca. 95128

408-297-0840

Little Hearts Rescue - Ripon, CA

https://www.facebook.com/littleheartsrescuegroup/

Connecticut

Rescue Me Small Animal Placement - Berlin, CT.

(860) 519-9659

Colorado

Cavies & Canines Animal Rescue 

Fort Collins, CO

(adoptions within a 4 hour radius) 

Caviesandcanines@gmail.com

Facebook.com/caviesandcanines

Larimer County Humane Society in Loveland, CO

https://www.larimerhumane.org/

The Humane Society of Pikes Peak Region

 

HSPPR in Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colorado

Dumb Friends League

Animal Shelter - Denver Area

https://www.ddfl.org/


Florida

Jacksonville Guinea Pig Rescue

AKA Harry’s Happy Hideaway 

JaxGPR@gmail.com

Fallin Pines Critter Rescue - Christmas Florida, near Orlando

(407) 568-7988 

fallinpinesrescue.org


Guinea Pig Haven, Inc.

Leesburg, Florida

Penny and Wild Smalls

of South Florida

954-821-8008

https://pennyandwild.org/

Crazy Cavies Guinea Pig Rescue

Ft Lauderdale

http://crazycavies.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Crazycavies/

The Royal Cavy

Guinea Pig Rescue

Pinellas County Florida

727-401-5235

https://theroyalcavyguineapigrescue.com/

Georgia

Atlanta

Oakhurst Guinea Pig Rescue -Atlanta. www.OGPR.org 

Idaho

Idaho Guinea Pig & friends rescue - Caldwell, Idaho

(208) 989-6350

mecrawford77@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/guinea.pig.sanctuary/

Illinois

Friends of Petraits

Chicago, Il. - Sheri https://friendsofpetraits.com/


Indiana
Rescued Guinea Pigs, Inc. 

Sellersburg, Indiana
http://rescuedguineapigs.weebly.com/about-us.html

Exotic Animal Rescue & Pet Sanctuary ( EARPS, Inc.), Indianapolis, Indiana.

Michiana Guinea Pig Rescue

https://www.facebook.com/MichianaGuineaRescue/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/190998559250454/

Kansas

Melissa's Second Chances

Animal Rescue

11015 W 75th St,

Shawnee, KS 66214

https://www.mscrescue.org/

Kentucky

Tennessee Cavies Guinea Pig Rescue - White House, TN

(20 mins from the south KY border)

tncavies@gmail.com

Maryland

Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue http://mgpr.org/

Small Angels Animal Rescue http://www.smallangelsrescue.org/

Southern Maryland

Guinea Pig Rescue

somdguineapigrescue@gmail.com

https://www.somdguineapigrescue.com/

 

Animal Welfare League of (Arlington VA)

https://www.awla.org/

Tuna's Guinea Pig Rescue

Virginia Beach, Virginia.

tunasguineapigrescue.com

Massachusetts

GuineaPigSanctuary.org (Salisbury, MA)

Michigan

West Michigan Critter Haven

Grand Rapids

https://wmicritterhaven.org/

The Cozy Cavy Guinea Pig Rescue

Holt, MI  

https://www.thecozycavygprescue.org/

https://www.facebook.com/thecozycavygprescue

Michiana Guinea Pig Rescue

https://www.facebook.com/MichianaGuineaRescue/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/190998559250454/

Minnesota

Piggy Haven in St.paul

MN Pocket Pet Rescue in St. Paul

MN Humane Society

Tri-County Humane Society, St. Cloud

Missouri
Three sisters exotic rescue in St. Louis Missouri. I am the head guinea pig foster but we are a small rescue with several foster parents.

 

Montana
Smith's animal rescue bridger, Mt we rescue and we also have a sanctuary for the ones we feel just need to be permanent residents


Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter in Billings, MT 
Stafford Animal Shelter in Livingston, MT.  Neither are guinea pig specific or "cavy savvy."

New York
My Hope's in You, rescue in Hopewell Junction, NY

Brooklyn Guinea Pig Rescue https://doggthefishh.wixsite.com/brooklynguineapigs

https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynGuineaPigs

Flower City Critters Small Animal Rescue Rochester,NY

https://flowercitycrittersrescue.org/

Blue Barn Rescue and Sanctuary

North Salem, New York

https://bluebarnrescue.org/


North Carolina
Triad, North Carolina,  Red Dog Farm Rescue network. They take animals of all kinds: guinea pigs, exotics, farm animals... Got my newest piggy in August from them and was very impressed.

Tuna's Guinea Pig Rescue

Virginia Beach, Virginia.

tunasguineapigrescue.com

 

Ohio

 

Heart of Ohio

Guinea Pig Rescue & Sanctuary

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-organization/Heart-of-Ohio-Guinea-Pig-Rescue-Sanctuary-103107294624506/


Lake Humane Society in the greater Cleveland area 🐹
Lakehumane.org

Oregon
Portland Guinea Pig Rescue

SW Portland

   They do playdates, and offer lots of advice. <3

Oregon Humane Society

 1067 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland, OR 97211 503-285-7722

 

ARK Pet Rescue https://www.arkpetrescue.com/

Pennsylvania
Wheek Care Guinea Pig Rescue is near Pittsburgh Pa

Savvy Cavy Guinea Pig Rescue

Pittsburgh, PA https://www.facebook.com/savvycavvyguineapigs/

South Carolina

Greenville Guinea Pig Rescue

https://www.greenvilleguineapigrescue.org/

https://www.facebook.com/GreenvilleGuineaPigRescue/

Tuna's Guinea Pig Rescue

Virginia Beach, Virginia.

tunasguineapigrescue.com

Tennesee
Knoxville Guinea Pig Rescue.
knoxville Tn.

Tennessee Cavies Guinea Pig Rescue - White House, TN

(20 mins from the south KY border)

tncavies@gmail.com

EAST TENNESSEE GUINEA PIG RESCUE

EastTennesseeguineapigrescue.com

Texas

Coastal Cavy Guinea Pig Rescue

www.Txcoastguineapigs.com

foster based rescue

Corpus Christi, Texas


Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue/Texas Rustlers Small Animal Rescue Lewisville, TX (Dallas-Fort Worth area) Open to the public 9am-5pm on Saturdays. They have a store attached and offer nail clipping and weekly boarding services.


Second Chance Cavy rescue in San Antonio.

Austin Guinea Pig Rescue 

http://www.austinguineapigrescue.com

(512) 648-6536

Virginia

Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue http://mgpr.org/

Small Angels Animal Rescue http://www.smallangelsrescue.org/

Animal Welfare League of Arlington https://www.awla.org/

Tuna's Guinea Pig Rescue

Virginia Beach, Virginia.

tunasguineapigrescue.com

Washington State
Foggy creek cavy rescue in Auburn Washington.

Bigfoot’s Guinea Pig Rescue

Snohomish County, WA

https://www.bigfootsguineapigrescue.com/

Tiny Tails and Scales Rescue

https://www.tinytailsandscales.org/

Lala's Playhouse and Rescue

https://www.lalasplayhouseandrescue.org

Milton, WA

https://sunshineandpiggiekisses.com

Lacey, WA

Seattle Humane

13212 SE Eastgate Way

Bellevue, WA 98005

Seattle Animal Shelter

2061 15th Ave W

Seattle, WA 98119

Washington D.C. 
Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue in Washington, D.C. mgpr.org.
It's important to note they don't take surrenders unless adopted from mgpr. Also it's more of a network of foster homes and they meet once a month for an adoption event. It's not a comprehensive rescue.

Small Angels Animal Rescue http://www.smallangelsrescue.org/

Animal Welfare League of Arlington https://www.awla.org/

Wisconsin

Humane Animal Welfare Society

https://hawspets.org/

Canada:

Alberta

Infinite Woofs Animal Rescue (IWARS)

11519 160 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5M 3V9 (587) 987-4340

British Columbia

BC SPCA

https://spca.bc.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/bcspca

Warren Peace Bunny Santuary Lake Country, BC https://www.facebook.com/wpbsanctuary

Quebec

SPCA in Montreal, Quebec Canada

Ontario

Squeaks and Wheeks Small Animal Rescue - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. We help abandoned pigs, rats and pretty much all small animals. We also do hospice services.

The Rescue Room

Delhi, Ontario

https://therescueroomgp.home.blog/

Therescueroomgp@gmail.com

Serenity Guinea Pig Rescue www.serenitygprescue.com

All Creatures Rescue allcreaturesrescue@outlook.com allcreaturesoutreach@gmail.com

Lincoln County Humane Society 160 Fourth Avenue St. Catharines, ON L2S 0B6 

Ladybird Animal Sanctuary

ladybirdanimalsanctuary.com

P.O. Box 80005 RPO Concession
Hamilton, Ontario, L9A 0A6

Toronto Humane Society 11 River St, Toronto, ON M5A 4C2

Ottawa

Guinea Pig Rescue Ottawa

http://www.guineapigrescueottawa.ca/

(213) 292-1700

 https://www.facebook.com/guineapigrescueottawa/ 

New Brunswick

For the love of Guinea pigs Rescue/sanctuary

https://www.facebook.com/groups/603783990049211

Worldwide

Austria

Guinea pig farm Bravo Birgit, Satteltal 79, 4872 Neukirchen / Vöckla, Upper Austria Telephone 0699-12708004, e-mail:

Dr. Schoder Johanna

Doktor-Starzengruber-Straße 26

4540 Bad-Hall

Tel. 07258/5777

Wwww.tierarzt-schoder.at

Dr. Schoder Johanna

Doktor-Starzengruber-Straße 26

4540 Bad-Hall

Tel. 07258/5777

Wwww.tierarzt-schoder.at

Australia

New South Wales
Cavy Central Guinea Pig Rescue Sydney, Nsw , Australia

 

Melbourne

CHUFFNUT CAVIES - AUSTRALIAN CAVY SANCTUARY MELBOURNE SHELTER. Eltham, Victoria

Queensland

Gold coast guinea pig rescue

Miss piggies guinea pig lair

The Fox residence guinea pig sanctuary

Germany
Southern Germany: Meerie-Hilfe-Leutkirch, Unterzeiler Weg 2, D-88299 Leutkirch. If you have a single pig you can “lend“ a second one there and give it back when yours is not alive any longer (but you don't have to). They are very serious.

Meerchenwald-Saar at D-66346 Püttlingen Contact via meerchenwald-saar.de They also have a shop for all guinea pig relates stuff at https://www.meerchenwald-shop.de to finance the rescue.

Meerschweinchenhilfe-Poll

Köln-Porz - Cologne

https://www.meerschweinchen-poll.de/

MonisMeerschweinchen Pflegestelle für Meerschweinchen in Oldenburg

https://www.monismeerschweinchen.de/

0441 36145177 01746270948

Notmeerschweinchen

http://www.notmeerschweinchen.de/

Hungary

Hungarian Guinea Pig Rescue Public Organization https://tengerimalacok.hu/

Israel

Ashquelon

Free Health Checks

nevretnefret@gmail.com

Italy

Mondocarota.it

AAEonlus.org

Netherlands
Stichting Cavia Bakkeveen the netherlands


www.stichtingcavia.nl


Holland and Friesland. 
Ede are Zorgboederij De Oordehoeve, and Dierenthuis De Hof van Ede. Worth checking out if you're living in these areas. 

Overberg: Stichting Cavia Overberg https://www.stichtingcavia-overberg.nl

 

Nijkerk: Stichting Cavia Nijkerk https://www.stichtingcavianijkerk.nl

Maarssen: Cavia Opvang & Herplaatsing Maarssen https://caviaopvangmaarssen.nl 

Apeldoorn: Caviaopvang Apeldoorn https://www.facebook.com/caviastalenopvangapeldoorn

 

Limbricht: Stichting Caviaopvang 't Kuufke http://www.kuufke.com

 

Dongen: Caviaopvang Caviaplein https://caviaplein.nl

New Zealand

Auckland

Auckland Cavy Care.

They take in and adopt guinea pigs. https://www.aucklandcavycare.org/

United Kingdom

Dorset

Mandy’s Guinea Pig Rescue

Wimborne, Dorset, Uk https://www.facebook.com/MandysGuineaPigRescue

Miss Honey’s Guinea Pig Reacue Ringwood, Dorset/Hampshire, UK https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089286924619

Leicester

Neville's Nest Guinea Pig Rescue

Stoughton, Leicester

https://www.nevillesnest.org.uk/

Hampshire

Wheek and Squeak rescue, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire. UK They are super awesome, very kind and knowledgable, and they lady that runs it is totally genuine. Boarding Services

 

Miss Honey’s Guinea Pig Reacue Ringwood, Dorset/Hampshire, UK https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089286924619

London

The Ark Guinea Rescue London UK  


https://www.rspca.org.uk/  Rescue Network


Guniea pig shelter in bishop waltherm in England.


The Littlest LivesRescue, Somerset, UK. They take rabbits, guines pigs etc, really lovely people and well cared for animals.

Astead Guinea Pig Rescuehttp://www.ashteadpetboarding.co.uk/

Midlands

RSPCA Frankley west Midlands UK

Nottingham
We have Avalon guinea pig rescue in nottingham uk
www.supportadoptionforpets.co.uk 

South Wales

Glynneath Guinea Pig Rescue, South Wales, UK.


a registered charity that supports hundreds of pet rehoming organisations in the UK
This isn't guinea pig specific as such, but in the UK this organisation is trying to compile a list of all rescues by geographical area. Maybe you can obtain some helpful info from them or share your information with them when compiled. http://animalaction.uk/about/

 

South Yorkshire

Austin's Hamster Haven

(guinea pigs too)

https://www.instagram.com/austinshamsterhaven/

https://www.facebook.com/Austinshamsterhaven/

Scotland, UK.

Ayrs Guinea Pig Rescue and rehoming centre  in Ayrshire,

     They are a fab rescue that really know their stuff and are very sensible to guinea pig welfare and won’t rehome pigs without proof of cage size etc

South Africa

 Critter Rescue in Johannesburg https://www.facebook.com/critterrescuesa/

 

  Barefoot Rescue in Cape Town https://www.facebook.com/BarefootRescuers/

 

South Korea

Guinea Pig Binsai Shelter

https://cafe.naver.com/viinsai

 

 

 

 

 


 

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