Does anyone check on guinea pigs in rescue?
Yes, rabbit bedding pellets with newspaper underneath. It's the Humane Society. They have a tiny budget in this state and rely heavily on donations. The Abby named Foxy in the next cage was eating the newspaper. I saw bits of wilted parsley on the floor. I went back and gave them a 50lb bale of timothy hay I brought back from Illinois. I had 4 of them. Since one bale can last for a few months, I could spare one. The rabbits eat it too, so it'll go quickly. There's a dozen or so rabbits there. That makes me wonder why people get these small animals if they just wind up being sent to the Humane Society. I might start buying a bale of the orchard hay every month along with the pellets to donate. If I can't take them in, I can at least help.
Here's Shortcake with Strawberry. Look at how much bigger she is! She's as big as my boar, Mr Bubbles!
I live less than a mile from the Humane Society.
I stop by every couple of weeks or so. They didn't have any guinea pigs last time. Then last week they got 4 sows and the boar. The little guy got adopted, hopefully by someone who'll give him a good home. I might slip by again tomorrow and make sure Shortcake is indeed a sow and not a boar. The Humane Society is pretty good about getting the gender right, but I should make sure.
Went to check on Strawberry and Shortcake and they're gone. Nobody could tell me what happened to them, but since both of them are gone, it's safe to assume that they've been adopted. Hopefully by a good family. Their Abby neighbor girls, Foxy and Banana are still there and both appear to be happy and in good shape. They actually came up to the side of the cage to sniff my hand and nibble it.
I'll go back and check again tomorrow just in case they were being checked out by the vet or something. Their cage hadn't been cleared out yet and their placards were still there.
For bedding, could you potentially donate some fleece to them? If they have the capability to wash it, it would provide a lot of piggies more comfort.
I actually have a ton of fleece, but I doubt they would use it. I can donate paper bedding. The problem is that they use the same bedding for the rabbits, who get more resources than the guinea pigs. There's currently 20 or more rabbits there. They always get a big influx of them for the several months after Easter. People get bunnies for their kids and once they figure out how much work it is, they get dumped at the humane society. It's really a shame. There ought to be a law.