This Saturday and Sunday, the Grande Prairie Guinea Pig Sanctuary will be hosting a garage sale in hopes to raise money for the piggies.
The sale will happen each day from 9am to 9:30pm, with hopes to target donations. Robert Barnes runs the sanctuary from his home. He says that each month it costs him roughly $1500 from his own pocket, to buy items like, pallets, hay and vegetables. Each of his guinea pigs eats roughly 1 1/2 cups of vegetables a day, and while currently having 73 piggies, that brings it to around 120 cups of vegetables in a single day.
Barnes, mentioned about how many guinea pigs are needed to be rehomed in Grande Prairie.
“We noticed when we got guinea pigs, there was a over surplus on Kijiji and Facebook of people rehoming guinea pigs, so we just started taking them in, and then it grew all the way up to 73 piggies this year.”
If the weather stays in order, you can expect to see the Guinea pigs, and have a chance to feed them, play with them, and learn about them at around 3:30 each day.
If you are interested in attending the sale or looking to donate, you can head to the Facebook event. Or reach out to Robert at [email protected].
