06/21/2025
Show me your piggies! 💜
Story time....This is an old photo of Reeses when I first got him, (or Reeses Puff/Reeses Pieces), my first guinea pig I started with 3 years ago. He is the one who started this whole thing! 😍 I never ever thought I would open a rescue. Shortly after I brought him home, he started limping so I took him to the vet for an xray, and they told me he had bone cancer and he had a few months to live. I was devastated 💔 His limp went away shortly after though, and he's still kickin today with no symptoms at all.
I ended up learning so much and found out they were social animals (I got him from petsmart before I knew any better). I ended up adopting 2 more piggies from someone instead of just the 1 piggy for Reeses like I told my husband.... 😬 They were a bonded pair I mean how could I split them up? 😆 And then I brought home 2 MORE... And then I convinced my husband to let me open a very SMALL rescue. I swore up and down it would only be ONE rescue cage and that turned into using the guest room as a whole rescue room and I built a bunch of c&c guinea pig cages in there and had around 30 guinea pigs at one point. It was insanity. 🫠 I kinda did the same with bunnies once I adopted my first bunny a couple of years ago. My husband said: Hey, don't let this turn into a whole bunny rescue too. I said nah I only want him, he can be the only bunny. At the time I really did mean it...lol. But of course, they are social animals too and I couldn't help myself and brought home a bunch of bunnies too because I fell in love with them all. 😂
Thankfully my husband still loves me and got on board with all the chaos. 😝 He really is a good man and puts up with all my shenanigans 🤪 The animals make me happy 😊 I have gotten to love so many piggies and bunnies but I've also lost a quite a few too. It's just bound to happen when you're in the rescue world. I ALWAYS get my heart broke and say I am quitting the rescue when I lose one, but I always end up coming back. I just have to be dramatic first and then I'm okay after a while. I am definitely taking things slower this time though especially since our schedule is about to change.
I love all of these babies that come through here even if they aren't here very long. I dont think I'll ever be able to put walls up even a little bit when it comes to them and I'm okay with it now even if it breaks me each time I lose one, because they deserve ALL the love and more. 🩷💜