If your question is not answered below, please feel free to contact us.
In order to keep the animals secure and to prevent animals being dumped without notice where they may not be found for hours, we do not publish our address. To give the animals routine and enable volunteers to work safely and free from interruption, we are not open to the general public for unplanned visits.
Appointments can be made for adoptions, Guinea Care Classes and visits by arrangement.
We make no apologies that it is quite strict! We make a friendly home visit which will help us match the right guinea(s) to you. We only ever re-home to 5 star loving homes where guineas will be cherished and live as part of the family; it’s not about how large your home is or the size of your garden! Specifically we only adopt where guineas will have an indoor homes and have a no breeding rule.
For more information on the adoption process, please click here.
The Guinea Helpline is primarily to seek urgent advice for your guinea, report neglect or rescue cases, or surrender your guineas.
There is a range of information on general guinea pig care on our care advice page including videos on nail-clipping and syringe feeding. If this doesn’t answer your question or you are still unsure, please don’t hesitate to contact us on the helpline where we can also give advice and information on guinea care and well being, bonding guineas, suitable cages, holiday boarding, offer empathy and practical advice following the loss of a guinea, and answer queries from guinea keepers new or experienced. If we can help, we will!
We are currently recruiting new volunteers. Please read the information on our Volunteering page first, and then telephone for an informal chat if you are still interested so we can explain the roles in more detail and arrange a visit. We usually say that volunteers should be at least 12 years old.
There are many benefits to volunteering at Cavy Corner! These include learning how to care for the animals, having contact with guineas, learning useful skills whilst having fun, building confidence, meeting new people and making a new circle of friends. It will also give you valuable work experience that you can put on your CV and Cavy Corner could provide you with a reference.
Please note: No one gets paid.
We do consider volunteers who wish to work a set amount of time towards their Duke of Edinburgh award. Please read the information on our Volunteering page first, and then telephone for an informal chat if you are still interested so we can explain the roles in more detail and arrange a visit.
There are many ways to help us! Financially you could send a donation to the address on the contact us page or via the donate button at the top of this page. You could also attend or host a fundraising event, donate an item for raffle/tombola, gift essential and useful supplies such as food, fresh veg, kitchen rolls, hand sanitizer, towels etc. We are also currently recruiting volunteers to help us on a more regular basis.