Brisbane Southside Guinea Pig Sanctuary
Active in: QLD
Active in: QLD
We have been in operation since Oct 2020. We take in guinea pigs regardless of situation and rehabilitate them in preparation be adopted out through our sanctuary. We also strive to build relationships and educate on ethical guinea pig care.
1. Read this page for information and view available guinea pigs on PetRescue (linked above)
2. Complete our adoption applicationn - https://airtable.com/appIYfjI3ycoinRMe/shrZBoX9G0iEBIVrg
3. Await feedback from your application, this should take 3-7 business days. If you have not received a reply in 7 business days, please email again. Due to the amount of emails we receive, they can sometimes fall through the cracks but we promise to get back to you as soon as we can!
4. Apply any feedback given in our reply to the application.
Recommended changes may often include:
Increase cage size to meet minimum requirements (60cm x 60cm per guinea pig)
Change cage to meet safety requirements (remove wire flooring, change to guinea pig safe bedding, remove hay racks, etc)
Adjust planned diet to meet requirements (switch to nutritionally appropriate hay, pellets, vegetables, etc)
Any other recommendations, a list of our requirements can be found further down this page.
5. Show evidence of changes (pictures of improved cage, nutritionally appropriate food, etc)
6. Once approved, finalise adoption appointment during opening hours!
Adoption Application: https://airtable.com/appIYfjI3ycoinRMe/shrZBoX9G0iEBIVrg