Wheek Care Guinea Pig Rescue

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Providing guinea pigs in the Western Pennsylvania area with access to medical care, adoptive services

Mission
Wheek Care Guinea Pig Rescue's mission is to provide rescue, medical, and sanctuary services to all guinea pigs while also providing boarding, grooming, bonding, and respite. Medical Care
Wheek Care provides medical care to any guinea pig with health issues. Guinea pigs with health complications preventing adoption will remain within Wheek Care until the health issues are resolved. In some cases, the guinea pig will need sanctuary at Wheek Care for the remainder of its life, no matter how long that may be. Wheek Care Guinea Pig Rescue also provides palliative and respite care when deemed necessary. Adoption & Fostering
Adoptions occur through the Wheek Care website, Petfinder, and local events in our communities. Education
Guided by decades of experience and a general passion for guinea pigs, Wheek Care is qualified to educate the general public and potential adopters on proper guinea pig care.The goal of education is to assist people in becoming better equipped to care for their own guinea pigs, as well as making informed decisions as to whether or not a cavy is the right companion animal for their families

09/27/2026

We would love to thank everyone who came out to the Pignic this year.

This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. All the proceeds go to help these amazing animals that we all love so much.

We cannot do all this for these creatures without our amazing volunteers. We have so many awesome people who came out to help. Without all of our supporters we could not continue to do what we do for these animals.

Again we want to thank everyone who came out and participated this year. We hope to see all of you at our other events very soon. Let’s all continue to have fun and support an amazing rescue.

Thank you everyone.

09/24/2026

08/14/2026

After talking to Julene today we figures out we are housing over 140 Guinea pigs. Even though we got an amazing trio adopted this week these numbers are overwhelming.

Let me break it down for you all. 60 of the 140 Guinea pigs are sanctuary, medically compromised, or seniors. The other 80 piggy’s are just waiting for someone to come adopt them.

In the meantime these 140 need care. Everyday they need hay constantly, which is a big task. Finding good quality hay and having enough for the whole year is a task. Two meals of fresh pellets a day and fresh greens. Takes a lot of money and work to keep this rescue running.

There are lots of grants that we can apply for. The problem is with our amazing community we have no one who can apply for these grants. We were wondering if anyone would be willing to help us with this.

What we need is someone who can keep an eye out for grants that might help us run our rescue better and apply for them for us. It is a huge ask but this is what we are in need of at this time. If anyone is interested or knows anyone willing to donate there time for this task please let us know.

08/12/2026

Joanne’s senior of the month

This is Jose ans Doc. Jose is the tri-colored male and Doc is the silver agouti. They are both approximately 6 years old.

When they came to us they were a pair of 16 Guinea pigs that were surrendered. They had originally lived with a lady who loved them a dedicated a room in her home to all of these babies.

Sadly a family member became ill and was no longer able to care for themselves. So their owner made the hard decision to let their family member have her Guinea pigs room. Which is how they ended up with us in our sanctuary.

They will live out their days with us. U less someone is looking for a handsome pair of old men to spend their time with.

Remember our rescue runs on donations and adoptions. If you can please help us support these seniors so they can spend their best lives.

Our Venmo and Cash App [email protected].
Our PayPal [email protected].

08/12/2026

I don’t think that a lot of our supporters know that we have a sanctuary as well. When a Guinea pig comes in and has either chronic medical conditions or have already met their life expectancy. They become part of a special very loved and very spoiled group of Guinea pigs.

Our sanctuary Guinea pigs will live their lives out in our sanctuary at the rescue or in a few of our special foster homes that absolutely worship the seniors.

The ones at the rescue are cared for by our volunteers. There are two that come every week and clean all of their cages. So from now on we are going to have what we call Joanne’s senior of the month.

We want to start bringing attention to our long term residents. Just because they are not available does not mean they don’t need things.

We love to receive gifts for the seniors. Willow balls, chewy treats, and regular treats are always welcome as gifts. Also any donations that are made helps support our mission.

If you would like to make a donation we have a few options available.
Our Venmo and Cash App [email protected].

Our PayPal [email protected].

Thank everyone for all the support.

08/10/2026

Last week our rescue was fortunate enough to have all healthy piggy’s. Our veterinary transport team got the day off for a change. It rescue work is never done!

In other rescue news we got an amazing pair of piggy’s matched up with their forever home. Also we helped match make three babies with some lonely singles who had lost their cage mates. Being able to match babies with singles or pairs is always for the benefit of the piggy’s.

As a rescue we have a rule that we do not adopt out singles to people unless they are going in with other piggy’s. Guinea pigs by nature are social creatures and desire the company of other piggy’s. We strive to educate adopters and make sure they understand that we only want what’s best for all piggy’s.

Even though we did not have a vet appointment this week. Our vet fund is very low. We have had a lot of surgeries done in the past few months. We run off of donations. If you are interested in helping us continue to help the precious souls please think about donating to our cause.

We have many ways to make donations.

Our Cash App and Venmo:
[email protected]

Our PayPal:
[email protected]

We know money is tight right now for everyone. Even if you can’t make a donation sharing and liking our post helps us get to other people.

Thanks for your support! 💜

08/09/2026

It’s almost that time of year everyone. Time for the annual pignic. This is our biggest fundraiser for the year.

We are a nonprofit organization that runs completely on our adoptions and donations. This year adoptions have been slow but vet care has not slowed down. All our animals are taken to the vet if necessary treatment is needed.

We are asking all of our supporters to come out and spend the day with us. September 26, 2026 is going to be our best pignic yet.

Bring your piggy’s and an enclosure. We set all the piggy’s on the hill so we can all visit and hang out. Talk about how amazing these little guys are. You never know you may see some famous Guinea pigs.

We have games, food, raffle baskets, handmade merchandise, our apparel table. Come out spend some money get some great items. Eats some food with us.

If you would like to support us by donating a basket. If you are coming to the event bring it with you. If you cannot make the event this year but would still like to donate a basket. Please drop it off at the rescue location the week of the pignic.

If you would like to bring a side dish. Everyone is welcome to do so. We just ask that it be marked for allergens for safety reason. Thank you for your understanding.

We thank everyone for all the years of support. We hope to have many many more.

08/08/2026

We are in the process of revamping the page. Making it more informative. Keep an eye out for all the amazing changes coming!!

12/03/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day that all non profits pray that people will donate. Wheek Care is no different, but today, we had something more important on our minds, one little piggie that was thrown outside with his 2 brothers. The brothers were lucky enough to be caught before the snow hit but the third eluded being caught. We were so worried about him, that we didn't even think to ask for donations. We asked for prayers, and thanks to Ken and Lori Martin, he was caught and is now safe and warm.

So, as the night moves on, I'm not going to ask for donations, but would like to thank those who have donated.

Wheek Care is proud to help those that need help, get medical care for sick piggie, and educate people thinking to adopt (and even long term owners).

So, if you can see your way to donate, we appreciate it and if you have donated, THANK YOU!

Address

429 Esther Avenue
New Kensington, PA
15068

Telephone

+17244482107

Website

http://www.wheekcare.org/

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