09/08/2026
♥️ piggies need love too ❤️
That's a whole lot of tiny squeaks 🐹💛
At The Guinea Pig Sanctuary in Salisbury, Massachusetts, Kimie Smothermon and a team of volunteers care for around 350 to 400 guinea pigs on any given day. It's one of only a handful of U.S. rescues devoted solely to abandoned guinea pigs, and requests for help come from across the country — including one recent call involving 97 guinea pigs from New York.
The sanctuary doesn't just give them a place to stay. Volunteers clean enclosures, provide medical care and learn each guinea pig's individual personality while working to find new homes whenever possible. Smothermon says guinea pigs are social animals that often need to be adopted in pairs — and shouldn't spend their entire lives inside cages.