Treasa is known as “The Queen of the Rescue” Treasa came to the rescue early March 2024. She came from a local shelter with a very serious eye problem. The eye ended up having to be removed immediately because it was so damaged. You would have thought that the surgery would have been the solution, but it was the start of a very long journey for The Queen.

While in the rescue, Treasa has undergone several additional surgeries, including a bone graft in her eye. She went through months of wet to dry bandages that required a visit to the vet three times a week. And then a final surgery and numerous follow up visits that are on going to this day.
Throughout it all, Treasa has kept a good attitude, promptly starts eating when waking up from anesthesia and lovingly eats her mini cookies every night after her medication.

Did her troubles end there? Sadly, they did not. In July of 2025 she was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst and a uterine tumor. But that has not slowed her down in the slightest. Treasa will not be getting any more additional surgeries and will live out her life having mini cookies and her special hay. She is beloved by so many. She has had stickers, cartoons and cookies made in her likeness. She is The Queen.

Dilly came into the rescue in March of 2024, right before the major hoarding situation hit. Dilly came in with his friend Winston, who sadly passed away at the beginning of 2025. Dilly and Winston, along with Milo and Otis, were all surrendered by their owner, who said that if I did not take them, she was going to take them to a reptile store.

It was obvious right away that Dilly had experience some sort of head trauma in his life. Not only is he blind in one eye, but his head is bobbly, and he is very wobbly. We affectionately call him “Bobble Head.” Since Winston passed away he has been on his own. He seems content and “bobbles” around his enclosure. He must be held carefully, as he tends to not always have control over his head (like a newborn baby). Due to his head trauma, he will stay in his forever foster home with his family that loves him. He does not have any special medications, but does love his nightly treat of Oxbow Apple Banana Snacks.

Starr is another victim of the hoarding situation from 2024. She was also one of the 50 guinea pigs found in the car when the hoarders were pulled over. Unfortunately, there were also 10 deceased guinea pigs, likely passing away from heat stroke. Starr is a sanctuary piggie for a very obvious reason…she is a Satin Pig. Guinea pigs with the Satin gene are prone to a condition called Osteodystrophy, a painful bone disease that causes weakness, deformities or difficulty moving. Not all satins develop it, but it is a known risk and something to watch for, so a rescue typically will not adopt a Satin guinea pig out. Starr is bonded into the female herd of the director. She is quite shy and timid, even though she s an Abyssinian. She lives a comfortable life with her four female friends and loves her daily pea flakes. She can easily be picked out from across the room because of her unique “shiny” coat.

Draco has a very sad story. He was adopted from a California shelter, along with his friend Mochi. The owner also adopted a pair of guinea pigs from a local CA rescue. At some point, this person spiraled out of control, lost his housing and it became clear that he had a lot of issues that was impacting his ability to care for the guinea pigs. He allowed one of the CA fosters to care for Draco and Mochi for awhile, but when pressed to surrender the piggies, he showed up to the foster’s home with the police to collect the guinea pigs. A month later, he sent a plea to the rescue that he had gotten the other pair from- he could not take care of them and Mochi was very sick. Unfortunately, this person had stopped communicating with the rescue, and by the time he was able to be convinced to surrender the guinea pigs, Mochi had passed away, leaving Draco by himself. Due to his age and all the trauma he went through, he was declared a sanctuary piggie. Draco lives on his own and is loving the attention from his forever foster mom. He loves his Vitamin C every night.

Acorn came to us in September of 2025. He was infested with mites so bad, he actually had a seizure while we were at the vet with him due to the pain and itchiness. He was completely impacted, and becuase of his prolonged poor husbandry, he will need to be cleaned out daily or every several days for the rest of his life. But this is one friendly guinea pig. He is always running up to the bars when you walk up and loves to be pet. And boy does he LOVE his food and treats!

Oreo was surrendered to the rescue when she developed a severe eye condition. From the looks of it, we thought it was going to need to be removed, but the amazing Dr. Smith was able to save the eye with a tailored medication regime. Now you cannot even tell that she once had her eye protruding from her head! Due to her age, we have made her a sanctuary piggie. She now lives in the female herd with sanctuary girl Starr!

Milo, Sonny and Twitch are a bonded male trio, they came from the hoarding situation of 2014 in which a couple had over 150 guinea pigs and dozens of other animals. People know that when she was pulled over she had 50 guinea pigs in her car. People know that there were over 30 guinea pigs found in their hotel room. But what most people do not know, is that the night before they were arrested, a kind couple from CA offered to take as many as they could, knowing the situation the animals were in. They offered to take 10, and ended up leaving with 40 because they could not stand to leave any.

Over the past couple years the rescue has been working to slowly bring the boys from their amazing foster home in CA, to the home base here.

Milo and Twitch have developed some dental issues. Due to their age, circumstances and medical issues, they are now sanctuary residents.

Winston was another boy from the same situation as Milo, Sony, and Twitch (and also sanctuary girl Starr!). Winston has been in the loving care of his foster home the two years. He has now developed an abscess under his chin that will need medical care. Winston has been through so much in his life and deserves a quiet, peaceful, loving space to live for the remainder of his years. We now pronounce Winston a Safe Sanctuary Piggie!