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About MGPR

If you know guinea pigs, then you know that these animals are sweet, gentle, and loving, and they can be wonderful pets when cared for properly. Unfortunately, there are many guinea pigs who are brought into shelters because they are no longer wanted. For this reason, Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue, a non-profit Virginia corporation, was formed. Our purpose is to rescue, rehabilitate, and find new homes for guinea pigs in our area. We also work to educate the public on the proper care of guinea pigs. Our rescue works with animal shelters in our metropolitan area, and at times, we do special rescues.

Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is registered with the Virginia State Corporation Commission as a charitable corporation. As such, all donations are tax-deductible. To make a donation, please visit our Donations Page.

To adopt a guinea pig from our organization you must live in the Washington DC, Northern Virginia, or Maryland area.  We do make some exceptions if you can travel to us to adopt. Please contact us for more information.

If you want to see what guinea pigs are available from local area shelters, click here for more information.

To learn more about guinea pig care:

• See the website www.cavyspirit.com

• For a list of approved vets, refer to the House Rabbit Society Vet List. Most vets knowledgeable in rabbit care are also appropriate for guinea pigs. Additonally, the vets listed below are MGPR Partners for their expertise in guinea pig care:
  
  -- Blue Ridge Veterinary Associates, Drs. Valerie Campbell & W. Behm, 120 East Cornwell Street, Purcellville, VA (540) 338-7387
  -- Chadwell Animal Hospital, Dr. Keith Gold, 3004 Emmorton Road, Abingdon, MD (443) 512-8338
  

• A Grown-up Guide to Guinea Pigs by Dale Sigler. This book has a lot of great information on caring for guinea pigs from an adult or teenager's point of view. Order this book from amazon.com and proceeds from your purchase will be donated to MGPR. This link can also be access for ANY amazon.com purchase and the proceeds of your purchase will benefit MGPR.

• Animal Planet's Guinea Pigs book by Julie Mancini is also an excellent guide for owning guinea pigs. This book is more recent than the "Grown-up Guide" and has up-to-date information on guinea pig husbandry. Order this book from amazon.com and proceeds from your purchase will be donated to MGPR. This link can also be access for ANY amazon.com purchase and the proceeds of your purchase will benefit MGPR.

• Cavy Health Record Book published by the website www.guinealynx.info.  This is a great book that helps you monitor the health of your guinea pig.  It also contains warning signs of illness, medications, and diseases as well as general information on housing, diet, and grooming. It is also sold by MGPR for $5.00 each. Send an email to info@mgpr.org for more details.

You may also email us with any general guinea pig questions you have, or questions about our organization. We'll do our best to help you. Our email address is info@mgpr.org

Our Annual Fall Pignic
Sunday, October 5, 2008

The Pigstravaganza Pignic will be held on Sunday, October 5. The pignic will be held from noon to 4 o'clock. Drop-in at any time and stay as long as you want. The pignic will be hosted at the usual location - Reisterstown Regional Park, 401 Mitchell Drive, Reisterstown, MD 21136

Directions and park info can be found at:

http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/recreation/countyparks/regionalparks/reisterstown.html

For more information, please email us or the pignic committee at: events@mgpr.org

Bringing your pigs??

• Bring a cage top and let your pigs munch on grass! Or bring a blanket or towels for your pigs comfort
• Please bring your own pen/cage as there will be no spare cages. The "cubes" used for C&C cages make great temporary cages for this type of environment. Contact us for more info on how to do this.
• Bring plenty of water-rich veggies for your pigs. You may also need to bring a cavy water bottle.
• Will your pig win one of our Piggy Awards?

Bringing human companions??

• Friends and family are welcome! Bring as many people as you'd like!
• You may want to bring a lunch and snacks for yourself and your human buddies
• There will be a bake sale and drinks available for purchase.

Other pignic stuff:

• If you have any cavy related items to sell, bring them along! You have an audience of cavy lovers awaiting.
• MGPR will be selling some supplies such as bedding, hay, etc., but "selling" isn't the purpose of this picnic!
• There will also be TWO raffles this year to win goodies for your piggies.
• Please note this is not an MGPR adoption event. While we will have some of our foster pigs at the pignic, no adoptions will take place.

Here are some photos of our first pig: Click Here

The event will only be held "weather permitting". Please check this site for weather updates.

Surrendering a Guinea Pig

If you have a guinea pig that you can no longer keep, click here for more information on surrendering your guinea pig.

Fostering Opportunities

Have you ever wanted to personally get involved the rescue of guinea pigs? We are always in need of good, loving homes to temporarily house guinea pigs until they are adopted. If interested, please submit an application and put "I want to foster!" in the guinea pig requested.

MGPR pays for all vet care and supplies for your foster pig(s). We even provide the cage! If you have guinea pigs of your own, you can purchase bedding and food supplies from us at our cost.

So, if you can foster just one guinea pig, we'll be one guinea pig closer to our goal of finding "forever homes" for each and every guinea pig.

Interested in adopting a rabbit? Please contact House Rabbit Society of Maryland/DC/Northern Virginia.

 

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