Auckland Cavy Care

15/10/2026

💛 7 DAYS IN AND WE’RE ALREADY 14% FUNDED! 💛

We’re on a 56-day mission to raise $5,000 to desex the 25 guinea pigs who are ready for desexing before the end of the year. 🐹

Our goal is for every one of them to have had surgery and be recovering by 11 December, ready for a brighter New Year and, ultimately, loving new homes. ❤️

So far, you’ve helped us raise $716! 🎉

That leaves $4,284 to go.

Here’s what it could look like:

🐾 857 people donating $5
🐾 428 people donating $10
🐾 214 people donating $20
🐾 86 people donating $50
🐾 Or 61 people donating $10 a week for the next 7 weeks

💕 Want to help?

Donate directly to:
Auckland Cavy Care Rescue
38-9014-0787909-00

Donations over $5 are tax deductible. To request a receipt, email [email protected] with your details.

💛 Join our G-Force!

G-Force members make regular donations that help us provide ongoing food, veterinary care, housing and daily support for the guinea pigs who come through our rescue.

Even a small regular donation helps create a more reliable future for these little ones. 🐹💚

Can’t donate right now? Please share this post. Your share could help us reach someone who can.

Together, we can help give guinea pigs the care and future they deserve. ❤️

09/10/2026

We Need Your Help to Keep Desexing Guinea Pigs 💙

A few months ago, Auckland Cavy Care Rescue took in 28 guinea pigs from a single rescue situation. We’ve recently started desexing the adults, but 25 guinea pigs are still waiting for surgery over the coming weeks.

The total cost will be around $5,000.

Unfortunately, we’ve now exhausted our desexing funding for guinea pigs in care. Funding for small-animal rescue has become incredibly difficult to secure. In 2025, we received around $41,000 in desexing grant funding. In 2026, that has dropped to just $2,500, despite the many applications we continue to submit.

For several years, we were fortunate and incredibly thankful to receive support through the Lotteries Ministers Discretionary Fund. However, this funding avenue is no longer available under the new Lotteries structure, and sadly, we don’t meet the criteria for the remaining funds.

After 14 years of rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animals, we have a choice: close our doors or adapt and continue helping as many animals as we can within the resources available to us.

Giving up isn’t an option.

It does mean that we need to rely more heavily on the incredible community that has supported us over the years.

The next desexing funding opportunities won’t open until February 2027, and there are no guarantees that we’ll be successful. These guinea pigs need desexing now to support their health and wellbeing and help them move on to permanent homes.

Can you help?

Every donation, no matter the amount, will go directly towards veterinary care and desexing costs for guinea pigs in our care.

Donate by bank transfer:
Auckland Cavy Care Rescue
38-9014-0787909-00

You can also donate through Givealittle, which is ideal for overseas supporters.

As a registered charity, donations over $5 are tax deductible. Email [email protected] with your details and we’ll send you a receipt.

If you’d rather donate directly to our vets, please get in touch for their details.

You can also help by becoming a G‑Force member through an ongoing donation. Regular donations provide valuable continuing support for the guinea pigs in our care and help us plan for their needs beyond this immediate appeal. Every ongoing contribution makes a difference.

If you’re unable to donate, please consider sharing this post. Every share helps us reach someone who may be able to support these animals.

Together, we can help ensure these 25 guinea pigs receive the care they desperately need. Thank you for standing beside us and helping us continue this work. ❤️

03/10/2026

A huge thank you to Happy Rescue NZ for having space for our beautiful Miss Autumn and giving her a safe place to land. Rabbit rescue spaces can be incredibly difficult to find, so we’re especially grateful that you were able to welcome her.

We’re so relieved that Miss Autumn has gone from a stray on the streets and into a safe, caring environment. Thank you for providing her with the care, comfort, and kindness she deserves as she begins this next chapter. 💛🐰

29/09/2026

🐾 Welcome to the Auckland Cavy Care Family, Hutch and Hop 🐾

One of the highlights of the Auckland Pet & Animal Expo was meeting Cory and seeing the amazing handmade enrichment products created for rabbits and guinea pigs.

Our rabbits absolutely loved the tunnels and hides, and expo visitors did too. In fact, the corner guinea pig hides and hay managers sold out incredibly quickly! We're already organising more stock and will let everyone know when they are available. These items will be pick-up only due to their size.

❤️ Even more exciting, Cory has chosen to support Auckland Cavy Care Rescue through every qualifying purchase.

For every purchase made through Hutch & Hop’s Facebook or Instagram page using the code CCRESCUE, 5% of the item value will be donated directly to Auckland Cavy Care Rescue.

Simply send hutchandhop a message via Facebook or Instagram and mention CCRESCUE, and they'll take care of the rest.

Every purchase helps in two ways: 🐹 Your guinea pigs and rabbits receive high-quality enrichment and hides.
🐰 Auckland Cavy Care Rescue receives much-needed funds to support rescue, rehabilitation, veterinary care, desexing, and rehoming programmes.

How you can help

✅ Looking for a new hide, tunnel, or enrichment item for your pets? Order using CCRESCUE.
✅ Share this post with your rabbit and guinea pig-loving friends.
✅ Tag someone who would love these products.
✅ Help us spread the word so more animals can benefit.

A huge thank you to Cory for supporting our rescue and helping us create a lasting partnership that benefits both pets and animals in need. Small purchases can make a big difference when our community comes together.

📸 If you bought one of hutchandhop’s products at the Expo, we'd love to see photos of your pets enjoying them in the comments!

🐾❤️

25/09/2026

🐾 Pet Expo Raffle Winner & A Huge Thank You! 🐾

What an amazing weekend we had at the Auckland Pet & Animal Expo 2026!

It was wonderful meeting so many animal lovers, sharing stories about our rescue animals, answering questions, and spreading awareness about responsible pet ownership and animal welfare.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who visited our stand, made a donation, purchased merchandise, entered our raffle, or took the time to learn more about Auckland Cavy Care Rescue. Your support means so much to us.

We’re also incredibly grateful to our volunteers, foster carers, supporters, and everyone who helped before, during, and after the event. We couldn’t do it without you. ❤️

🎉 Congratulations to our raffle winner, Anthony! 🎉
He was delighted when we contacted him to share the news.

Thank you all for helping make the weekend so special. Together, we’re making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable animals across Auckland.

❤️🐹🐰🐱

20/09/2026

🎟️ Raffle tickets are just $2 each!

Can’t make it along to the Pet Expo in person?

You can still get involved by purchasing a ticket and paying via bank transfer. Just send us a message with your details after making payment, and we’ll get your ticket sorted.

Bank account details:
Auckland Cavy Care Rescue
#38-9014-0787909-00

Every ticket helps support our rescue animals. Thank you for your support! 🐹✨

18/09/2026

All go at the Auckland Pet Expo! 🐹🐰

Come and say hi to us while you explore all the amazing stands here at the expo! There are lots of stands to visit, with plenty of pet-related products, treats, goodies, and friendly exhibitors to check out. 🐾

At our stand, you can buy piggy cage items, cute goodies for humans, 2027 calendars, and yummy cupcakes. Everything is vegan, and we also have one gluten-free batch available. 🧁📅

Our boy buns, Pipkins and Bipkins, are here happily chilling in their run. You can also meet our three chinchillas, plus our two lovely piggies, P***o and Sunny, who are both looking for their forever homes. 💕🐷

Come along, meet the animals, browse the stands, grab some goodies, pick up a 2027 calendar, and support Auckland Cavy Care!

18/09/2026

Still more to do in am but most up!

18/09/2026

We're slowly getting our stand set up for the Auckland Pet Expo this weekend! Break time then back later to finish!

14/09/2026

Wow thank you to those who donated towards the 49.5kg of pellets we have just received from The Bunny Bach 💓 and for Bronwen and Adelaide for transporting the pellets and hay donations!

WOW TEAM CAVY CARE!!

49.5kg of pellets donated to Auckland Cavy Care!!

Thanks to Helen, David, Pip, Sheven, Charlotte, Karen, Alison, Vicky, Rebekah and Chelsea for their generosity and time to make the order! Anymore that come in will still be sent, their code does not expire - this is an ongoing initiative for the rescues.

I’m hoping this will mean Cavy care don’t have to worry about pellets for a while 🙂 what a huge weight lifted for them.

Thanks to Bronwen and son for being so kind to collect the pellets from us.

We also donated around 100kg of hay to keep them going. Thanks to Adelaide as always, ready to help, by dropping the hay to them.

Now that’s a real team rescue effort! Love it!