“Certificate of meritorious service presented to Chrissie Slade by the Council in recognition of many years loyal service to the Society.”
These were the words on the framed certificate received by my wonderful home visitor this weekend, along with an RSPCA pin brooch.
Chrissie joined ‘the team’ in 2002 as a home visitor and was [...]
Archive for November, 2009
23 Nov
RSPCA Award
20 Nov
What’s my medicine?
The responsibility of what medical treatment your guinea pig receives is in your hands, ultimately; it is you that decides on who will treat your guineas and this is likely to affect the eventual outcome. However, one would hope that your vet can guide you in this treatment with the benefit of their knowledge and, [...]
15 Nov
All by myself, (The Early Days)
don’t wanna live all by myself, anymore…
Violet’s Human contacted me when a sow she had taken in from a friend wasn’t reponding to being rehablitated and bonded with other guinea pigs. Previously Violet had lived with a sow where there had been much animosity and the situation escalated so much it got to point where [...]
7 Nov
Strictly Guinea Pigs!
Getting compliments for the amount of help and useful information we give out when we rehome guinea pigs is always flattering, but when someone tells you that they only want RGPR to rehome their guineas and they’re happy to wait until there’s room in the rescue for them, it has to be the ultimate of [...]
2 Nov
Hormonally Yours…
This month we have 3 sows with Cystic Ovaries, each presenting with different ’symptoms’. Sandy has the classic bilateral hairloss, hopefully we will see some fuzz growing back soon Sandy has no dominance issues with the other guineas she lives with but does have crusty nipples- another sign of ovarian cysts/hormonal issues, but [...]
