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Val Savage - B.A.R Health Advisor

   Telephone 01304 619152
 
Postal address
April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue

6 Johns Green, Sandwich Kent CT13 0DE

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Electronic mail

General Information: aprillodgeguinea@aol.com

Please visit our website again as it is regularly updated


We would love to help all guinea pigs and their owners wherever they are based however this is just not possible the following is a website address showing guinea pig rescue centre's throughout the UK

www.guineapigrehome.org.uk

Welcome to April Lodge Guinea Pig Rescue founded by Val Savage in 2004. We are now a Registered Charity No 112002.


April Lodge was established in East Kent on the 17th January 2004 as a direct response to the growing problem of guinea pig neglect.  We have, in that short time, seen over 600 unwanted guinea pigs pass through our premises.

We provide a safe refuge for guinea pigs whether they are sick, old, pregnant, abused, neglected, abandoned or all of these reasons.

"ITS ONLY A GUINEA PIG"
 
""Its only a guinea pig" is a term we hear a lot.  It is usually from people who have never had a guinea pig or who don't understand what they can be like.  For the rest of us, who know what it is like when a little, furry animal snuggles up to you, greets you in the morning, shows excitement at your mear presence, shows emotion with a whole range of sounds and body language and popcorns off all fours, demonstrating the feel-good factor..., the term "its only a guinea pig" is totally alien.                                                                                              

Val Savage 10.2.09

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APRIL LODGE SERVICES

GUINEA PIG SANCTUARY

WELFARE CLINIC

NON-SURGICAL HOSPITAL

BOARDING - IN HOUSE OR LODGE BOARDING WITH INCLUSIVE HEALTH CHECKING & OPTIONAL SPA TREATMENTS

SHOP

HOME VISITORS AND ASSESSORS

INTRODUCTION SERVICE 

RETIREMENT HOME - ONE TO ONE CARE WITH PLACEMENTS FOR TEN AT OUR RETIREMENT HOME IN HERNE BAY

HOMEOPATHIC UNIT - NATURAL REMEDIES AND TREATMENTS AT OUR UNIT IN RIVER, DOVER

When our guinea pigs are back on their feet and are well enough to be re-homed we will interview prospective new owners.  Our strict re-homing policy includes a home visit (and follow up visit).  We offer full back up to new owners with advice, free regular welfare maintenance checks which include nail clipping, routine worming and access to the email helpline aprillodgeguine@aol.com 

VAL SAVAGE - GUINEA PIG HEALTH ADVISOR AT APRIL LODGE

In October 2007 I went on a course run by The British Association of Rodentologists.  The coursework included research in to naturally occurring diseases, the diagnostic guide to disease and a residential course at The Cambridge Cavy Trust.

Being a Guinea Pig Health Advisor has its ups and downs but when you see an animal come in here, terrified, starving, dehydrated, sick and unloved then later see them leave bright-eyed and bushy tailed with a group of people that are excited about their new family addition, this makes up for all the heartache which goes with the job.

I hope you enjoy and learn from our website

Val Savage

 

Disclaimer - Information on this website is our "opinion" only and is not a substitute for correct veterinary care


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