The June issue of our newsletter, Jeepers Squeakers, is out now! Read Jeepers Squeakers June 2016 online.
Highlights in this issue include:
Introducing MatchPig – a sister service to the charity, set up because of the increasing number of enquiries from people asking for help in pairing their lone guinea pigs with a new companion.
Ensuring our future – what’s next for April Lodge? We’re dreaming of a new shed!
Medical feature – preventing flystrike
As some of you may remember, the amazing Aimee Lovejoy ran the London Marathon last year for April Lodge and was able to raise a fantastic amount for April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue.
She has set a new challenge: running the 2016 Brighton 10k! Aimee says: “now we both want to raise even more for this little fantastic charity that does brilliant work for unwanted piggies, a subject close to both our hearts as we own a rescue pig and Beany is the best little piggy going!”
“This year, the distance is a little less but we both have personal goals that we’d like to beat in this 10k. Most of all we would just like your support to help us raise even more funds for April Lodge!”
You can find out more, and support Aimee at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/teamlovejoy.
The December issue of our newsletter, Jeepers Squeakers, is out now! Read Jeepers Squeakers December 2015 online.
Highlights in this issue include:
Freddy’s story – our new mascot has been capturing hearts in Kent and beyond!
Ensuring our future – what’s next for April Lodge? We’re dreaming of a new shed!
Piggy introductions – Carla and Butter have a bumpy start on the road to lasting friendship
We say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported April Lodge this year; from our adopters and foster-carers to our hutch sponsors, donors and our wonderful volunteers.
(image credit: Hayley Wash, 2015)
October 2015
We can only guess at the first few hours of Freddy’s life but, either way, at only a day old poor little Freddy found himself in the jaws of a cat, being marched down a residential road on a dark October night. Luckily a lady managed to remove him from the mouth of the cat and called us. We scrambled the April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue van and rushed to his aid.
Goodness knows how the cat got him. Did he escape on his own? Did he have brothers and sisters who also escaped but weren’t so lucky? We will never know. The lady who found him asked up and down the neighbouring streets but no-one kept guinea pigs so we’re none the wiser.
He was immediately taken to Jo (one of our long standing volunteers and owner of nine guinea pigs already). But as a newborn, he needed his mum’s milk. Thanks to our Facebook page, a local lady whose sow had recently lost her babies kindly loaned her girl to us as a wet nurse. It started well but after a while the sow started kicking Freddy off and nipping him. Jo had to take over and began syringe feeding him.
Fast forward a few weeks and despite his traumatic start in life, Freddy is well and thriving and has become quite a star with regular updates provided on our Facebook page and twitter. He’s well on his way to being our new mascot! The trauma of being galloped through the dark streets in the jaws of death has left him with a permanent head tilt. Nothing to worry about our vet says but it has given him a very cute inquisitive look. He’s also developing the most fabulous and noisy personality – an all round survivor obviously. Because he’s being hand reared, Jo has fallen completely in love with him (of course) so he will stay with her forever.
beside a teaspoon, that’s how little he is!
Freddy has become such a star and has so many fans that he has consulted his diary and agreed to make a visit to the April Lodge Shelter on Friday 11 December between 10 – 12 to greet anyone who’d like to meet him.
Freddy – our new mascot
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