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My Recent Posts · 09/09/08

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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: Sponsor a Guinea Pig-Please Forward!

Sponsor A Guinea Pig features a new sanctuary pig each month in need of support and care. As most of you already know, sanctuary pigs are a rescue's own forever pigs, and they often wind up being the most expensive pigs due to chronic medical conditions, complicated medical conditions, or their length of stay with the rescue. Increased funds on sanctuary pigs decrease the amount available to spend on adoptable pigs still needing rescues in area shelters. That's where rescue supporters can help, and the purpose behind my site. I know that money is low right now for everyone, but my thought process was that every little bit adds up. That's why Sponsor A Guinea Pig follows a "Pig of the Month" format, encouraging people to donate even a little with the hopes that others will do the same. The September pig is Boots, a five year old skinny pig with kidney disease and bladder sludge. He has been through a backyard breeder, ringworm, a neglectful adopter who starved him, the loss of a mate, and now his current illnesses. We are trying to raise $222 to pay for 6 months of Boots's meds! So far we have $117, which means we are halfway there

Donations of any amount are helpful! If you want to help, please consider joining the listserve (just a once a month email): email Sponsoraguineapig-subscribe @ googlegroups.com (remove the spaces).

If you can't donate but like the idea, here are some great ways to promote it:

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Stumble It, Craigslist, or good old fashioned word of mouth!

Or if you're on another forum that has nothing to do with guinea pigs, and they have a general chat section, why not post about it there? You'd get the word out about homeless guinea pigs and promote a worthy cause all at once.

Here's something to copy and paste for cross promotion:

<a href="http://sponsoraguineapig.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj246/guineapinny/Peachesmillion-1.jpg" alt="Sponsor A Pig!" width="269" height="261" /></a>

<a href=http://sponsoraguineapig.blogspot.com/>Sponsor a Guinea Pig</a> is the site where a Dollar Makes a Difference! One special needs guinea pig from a different rescue across the country is highlighted each month for fundraising, and small donations from numerous donors add up to make a big difference. These guinea pigs take the largest financial toll on animal rescues, and by assuring funds for their care rescues are then free to devote themselves to adoptable animals. Every donation is appreciated immensely.

Here are more banners you can choose from: http://...ups.google.com/...up/spons...t-on-your-site

My Recent Posts · 11/07/08

Okay, people, I messed up. I am a week late posting November. I have had midterms and have been procrastinating with everything on my to-do list and that unfortunately and who knows why extended to Sponsor a Guinea Pig and I'm so sorry.

I really don't want this to affect the Critter Connection's fundraising total, so please donate if you've been thinking of it-this is the time to!

And the slogan "where a dollar makes a difference" really isn't a joke. Totally welcome. A dollar, five dollars, three dollars, enough people doing it and it all adds up. Balancing your checkbook and there's $2.23 left? Send it Sono's way! We can really make a big difference with small donations.

So here's the sweetie who my procrastination has delayed you all from meeting:

And here's a bit of her story, more of which can be found here:

Sono was a stray guinea pig brought to animal control, where she was then picked up by the Critter Connection. Sono was malnourished, dehydrated, and suffering from vitamin C deficiency. An x-ray showed that metabolic changes were occuring in her spine, either from an injury or the severe malnourishment. She suffered from infections in three out of four of her footpads. Sono was in such pain when she first arrived at the rescue that she couldn't walk.

Sono now has a daily medication schedule, as well as daily food and vitamin supplements. She also needs daily physical therapy. Despite all her woes, Sono remains a plucky pig, always happy for attention.

Our fundraising goal is $240 for three months of vet visits and nutritional supplements (vet visits are $50 a month and nutritional supplements are $30)

My Recent Posts · 11/08/08

I want to make a donation but ive never used pay pal before, afraid i will do something wrong. Help

My Recent Posts · 11/08/08

Thank you so much for wanting to make a donation, that's wonderful of you!! The paypal buttons on this entry: http://sponsoraguineapig....ea-pig-of-month-sono.html should take you directly to the Critter Connection paypal site for Sono, where you can enter in how much you wish to donate. Say it's five dollars. Then, since I'm guessing you don't have a pay pal account, you would click "continue" and use your credit card to pay for your donation.

Please let me know if you have any problems. Thank you so much!! It is such a worthy cause.

My Recent Posts · 11/20/08

Oh I just saw this! Thank you so much, that's wonderful of you. I'm so sorry I didn't reply sooner. Thank you thank you!

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With a new Sponsor a Guinea Pig Announcement must come a new picture:

There are ten days left in Sono's month, and so far we've raised $150.00! That's great!

So if each day until the end of November someone donates $9.00 we'll reach our goal of $240!

Or if nine people donate $10, we're set! And of course, the site is as always where a dollar makes a difference. Please consider making a donation of any amount.

To read about Sono's story, click here. She was a stray picked up in such pain that she couldn't even walk, but the Critter Connection pulled her through. We're fundraising for three months of vet care and food supplements to keep this survivor thriving.

My Recent Posts · 11/25/08

We've reached our total! Final figures aren't in yet, but we've raised at least $250 for Sono! That means that three months of vet care and her food supplement are paid for. Hooray Sono! Another successful month for Sponsor a Guinea Pig. Way to go guys!

My Recent Posts · 12/11/08

Sorry for the delay on December's pig! I've been swamped with finals. December's pig is a very special sweetie! Her name is Peaches, and I actually foster her myself, while Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue funds her care. She is a five year old sanctuary pig who wasn't supposed to live through her first night in rescue-and she's been here over a year!

Peaches has a ton of medical issues. She has a fused spine from malnutrition, severe arthritis, heart issues, reoccurring ear infections, and when she first arrived at the rescue she was too weak to stand! She was nursed around the clock and now she is a thriving piggy, but she has to take five medicines in order to maintain her health.

Each month Peaches's medical care costs the rescue $134.50-we are trying to raise enough for two months of her medical care! That's $269. This includes the office exam ($22.50) an incisor trim ($15), her Meloxicam ($23), critical care ($28), Cosequin ($11.50), Benazapril ($11.50), and Metronidazole ($23).

Visit sponsoraguineapig Peaches for more of her story.

My Recent Posts · 12/16/08

So here is our halfway update! Peaches has so far raised $100! That's over 1/3rd of the way to our goal.

We still have $169 to raise, so if you have been thinking of sending a donation, please do so! Any $1 holiday gifts sent Peachie's way will be much appreciated by MGPR, who pays her bills and has had a tough year.

Peachie is especially grateful for anyone funding her critical care, so anyone who sends a donation will receive a customized Peachie picture through email

Happy Holidays to everyone! Our piggies celebrate Noahmas. This year it falls on Dec. 20th. Noahmas honors the great flood, when Noah saved two of each animal. On Dec. 20th Noah comes to visit each household in the form of that animal-so our guineas see a little bearded Noah who wishes them Holiday cheer and brings them presents!

My Recent Posts · 12/22/08

Oh wow-I just got the update from the Director of MGPR! Total has been reached and surpassed! We've raised $329! That's $60 over the anticipated goal!

Thank you so much everyone! Thank yous and receipts are still going out from the director, but expect after the 24th to receive your personalized Peaches photograph if you donated :)

I'm adding up January's rescue in case anyone still wanted to donate in the holiday spirit-I'm super busy so it's just the bare bones, but look for Texas Rustlers appearing in the next hour or two on the site!

My Recent Posts · 01/09/09

Ring in the new year (okay, month) with Sponsor a Guinea Pig! Please welcome our January pigs, the very adorable Jackie and Chester. Jackie is on the right in the above photo and Chester is on the left. Here is them when they are not out partying in Times Square:

Jackie and Chester are pigs with the rescue Texas Rustlers. They are a pair of special needs sweethearts. Jackie actually met Chester while recovering from the loss of her long-time mate Claude, and he has cheered her up to no end.

The two of them both have extensive (and expensive) dental needs, and Jackie is going blind. This effects their diet as well as their medication, and Jackie has required eye drops for her condition. Chester has a painful infection in his mouth which requires treatment, in additional to his other dental needs.

Despite their medical conditions, Chester is just a cuddler with people, and is just a sweetheart with Jackie. The two of them have really warmed to each other. If they were people they would have met in an orthodontist's office!

Our fundraising goal is $261.28. Their needs are actually so expensive that we hope to raise enough money for meds for the pair for the month, and pay for the dental procedure for one of the piggies. Any donations received over our goal will go toward a second dental procedure.

The meds are: Metacam $14.72, Eye drops $10.50, and Critical Care, $25.oo. The dental procedure's costs are as follows: Torb injection $28.06, Anaesthesia $88.00, Dental Trim $75.00, and Bur $20.00.

Please visit their entry for more information on these cuties! And remember, Sponsor a Guinea Pig is Where a Dollar Makes a Difference!

My Recent Posts · 01/12/09

And at our almost halfway point we've raised $75 for the care of these piggies

We've paid for one dental trim!

We have $186.28 left in our goal for these two dear piggies, in order to cover the rest of the dental procedure and their medicines.

Please consider adding 0.28 to your donation

It could really add up and make a difference for this sweet piggy couple!

http://sponsoraguineapig.blogspot.com/

My Recent Posts · 01/20/09

quick post-if anyone wants to be on the once a month listserve, your emails are never sent to anyone else, behind the scene news about Sponsor a Guinea Pig, etc., please post here or email me at sponsoraguineapig @ gmail.com

My Recent Posts · 01/23/09

One week left for Jackie and Chester! So far we have raised $151.56-leaving just $109.72 left of our $268.28 goal.

We've paid for the eye drops, dental bur, ONE DENTAL TRIM!, and the torb injection! We still hope to raise enough for the metacam ($14.72), the critical care ($25.00), and the anesthesia ($88.00). Any donations that go over our total will contribute toward a second dental trim.

Thank you so much for anything you can do to help us reach our goal, whether it be forwarding on the site, or donating even a dollar-you're making a difference in the lives of these pigs! Thank you!

My Recent Posts · 01/25/09

Some more adorable pictures of this pair from their foster mom:

These adorable piggies enjoy such a happy life in sanctuary. A cozy, modeled for you both as evening wear and day, and delectable snacks such as shredded carrots for those with such sensitive toofers.

Jackie and Chester are a lovely special needs pair for whom we're fundraising their medicine and just one dental trim (even though they both need one monthly), as their dental trims are so expensive-we were hoping that any overage would go toward a dental trim for the second lucky pig.

But this month fundraising is going a little slowly, and so we are hoping just to make our goal. We have $70.72 left to raise-if we can raise $10.11 for each day to the end of January than we will have raised enough for meds and a dental procedure for Jackie and Chester.

Please help out by forwarding, donating, or otherwise spreading the word, you'll have Jackie and Chester's happy smile to thank you!

Remember, Sponsor a Guinea Pig is where Your Dollar Makes a Difference!

My Recent Posts · 01/28/09

Hi folks-if you've ever thought about donating to Sponsor a Guinea Pig but wanted to wait for the right month, this would be a good one. We're $40.72 down from our goal, and normally by this time in the month we would have surpassed it. Any amount you can donate would be greatly appreciated by the piggies, their foster mom, the rescue and me. Or, please consider forwarding the site to a friend: http://sponsoraguineapig.blogspot.com/

I'll update at the end of the month, hopefully with good news :)

My Recent Posts · 01/28/09

We've reached our total! Thank you so much for your generosity! Texas Rustlers is always accepting donations, but please know that Jackie and Chester have their meds funded for one month, and one of their dental procedures is paid for! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

My Recent Posts · 02/01/09

Sponsor a Guinea Pig is beginning a new month-and we're celebrating Valentine's Day! So get ready to fall in love with February's pig, All Creatures Rescue and Sanctuary's Maddie!

Maddie is a lethal pig, and so is blind, deaf, and has severe dental issues, including absent incisors, overgrowing teeth, and a malformed jaw. She requires monthly dental trims to keep her teeth in check.

We're hoping to raise enough for two months of trims ($50 for the trims and $20 for anesthesia x 2 =$140), as well as pay for a three month supply of metacam ($30), a three month supply of critical care ($20), and four weeks of her veggies at $10 a week ($40), totaling a goal of $230!

Lethal pigs are a result of accidental, ignorant, or dangerous breeding practices, and sadly many breeders continue these practices knowing the medical disabilities they may inflict on the pups.

Maddie was surrendered to a Virginia shelter with no explanation by her owner. At the shelter Maddie was terrified, and ran around her cage crashing into the walls and her pigloo, screaming. She was rescued by rescue volunteer, and Maddie became calmer immediately once out of the shelter. Maddie has received the best of care since being rescued-in the most literal sense of the word. Please consider helping Maddie's ongoing care with a donation of just a dollar-or more! And read more about Maddie's story, including a photo of her with her boyfriend, at Maddie's entry here.

My Recent Posts · 02/08/09

A Maddie Update-so far we've fundraised $37 for this spunky gal! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far. We've paid for Maddie's metacam and almost a week of veggies!

To read more about our fundraising goal please click here.

My Recent Posts · 02/09/09

Thanks to some wonderful contributors, Maddie is now over 3/4ths of the way to her goal. We've experienced such an outpouring of generosity over the past 2 days since I posted, that this has actually been the most successful two days of fundraising in Sponsor a Guinea Pig history. We have just $52 left to raise for Maddie! Thank you again!

My Recent Posts · 02/27/09

It's been a wonderful month for Sponsor a Guinea Pig! Maddie raised $345! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed and made this month such a roaring success. Our goal was $230, and we far exceeded it, even in just two weeks. This program really reinforces the power of the individual, and the individual dollar!

Sponsor a Guinea Pig-Where a Dollar Makes a Difference!

My Recent Posts · 03/01/09

March is not only Adopt a Guinea Pig Month, but it's also Josh and Yetti's month! To visit Josh and Yetti we're hopping across the pond to Scottish rescue Thistle Cavies. Josh and Yetti are two adorable guinea pigs who are the absolute best of friends, and share an even deeper bond of being heart pigs. This means they both struggle with heart disorders and have to take appropriate medications.

As well, Josh has had a difficult time even before he was diagnosed with his heart troubles. He required extensive surgery for a jawbone abscess, as an infection had eaten away part of his jawbone-part of his jaw had to be removed. Though recovery seemed unsure for a while, under Thistle Cavies' wonderful care, now Josh is thriving! His surgery site still needs to be maintained daily, but Josh is a sweetheart and cuddlebug.

His best friend Yetti is a candidate for Sponsor a Guinea Pig because of his heart issues alone, but Josh and Yetti simply can't be separated regardless. I picked Thistle Cavies because I wanted to help ease the burden on this small, home-based rescue, and when the director wrote back with the story of these two best friends I just became so happy they'd become SAGP piggies.

This is our fundraising goal:

We'd like to fundraise enough to pay for the expensive dental growth removal (£45.oo or $63. 71), six weeks worth of medication: Fortekor (£22.50 or $31.85), Frusemide (£2.20 or $3.11), Rimadyl (£18.30 or $25.91) and Critical Care (£29.29 or $41.47), as well as two additional packages of Critical Care for the boys 2x(£29.29 or $41.47).

This is for a total of £175.87 or ~$248.99, using an exchange rate of £1:$1.41574 as of 2/28/2009.

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