Cavy House is a non-profit no-kill organization that rescues guinea pigs from local bay area shelters and provides the necessary veterinary care and socializing needed to place these guinea pigs into forever, loving homes.  Cavy House also boards guinea pigs to help pay for rescue expenses.

Cavy House is a project of AVA/The Rabbit Haven, a 501(c)3 organization. Contact us at CavyHouse@gmail.com

Big Boy and Rosie

Our wonderful mascots who have gone to the Rainbow Bridge

Check out our adoptable guinea pigs on the “Adoptables” page!!

Upcoming Events and News

Lots of Adoptable Guinea Pigs!!

Cavy House currently has over 20 guinea pigs available for adoption.

Lots of pairs are available, along with single males and females available for bonding with your males or females.

We’ve got couch potato piggies who want nothing more than to cuddle up, along with younger more active piggies. 

Our “Single” piggies are available for bonding with your piggy (non-mating pairings only) or available with one of our compatible piggies.

For photos & more info, please go to our Adoptables page.

PUPS (Babies) - 2 litters born - April 28 & April 29 - 2 pups in each. Will try to get photos up soon!

Bonded Pairs (Must be adopted together):

     Solomon & Smuffin:     4 yr old couch-potato brothers;  Sweeethearts! AVAILABLE!

     Hiera & Pepper:  1 year old calm piggies;Pepper is outgoing and friendly; Hiera is a bit more reserved  AVAILABLE!

    Hammie & Hamachi - Bonded neutered male/female pair  AVAILABLE!

    Lucky & Baby Huey - young unneutered males who get along well. ADOPTED 5/6/12

    Gunnar & Mr. Nibbles- Just met; get along well; can be adopted together or to be buddies with your piggy.

     Twinkletoes & Tulip:      large “cuy” piggies; requires experienced home - ADOPTED 4/21/12

     Liliana & Pepe:             sweet, friendly female & neutered male - ADOPTED 4/15/12

    Professor & Cinnamon  Very sweet; Cinnamon requires regular molar trim-ADOPTED 4/22/12

     Arnold & Almond Joy:    Friendly calm males- ADOPTED 4/14/12!!

     3 Male pups - two are white & silver agouti Abysinnians; one is white American smooth-haired; available roughly late May; not sure yet who will be available with who

     Ismene & Antigone: Bonded pair of females; available roughly early June after clear pregnancy watch

Single Females:

     Nettie (living with Whiskey); Baby Huey’s mom: roughly 1 year old AVAILABLE!

     Namtan (currently living with Whiskey): Sillkie female; sweet heart; ADOPTED 4/28/12

     Crazylegs (currently living with another cuy): 1 year old; quite skittish; AVAILABLE!

     Mango: Butterscotch, liver brown & white Abysinnian young adult female; gets along great with Cherry AVAILABLE!

     Cherry: Cute brown and white Abysinnian female; spunky; living with Mango AVAILABLE!

     Reese: Adorable TSW (tri-color) Peruvian female pup;roughly 5 weeks old - Available soon

     Roxanne - Butterscotch American smoothhaired;Available roughly late May, after weaning her two pups. Can be adopted with her daughter, Roxette.

    Roxette - Butterscotch American smooth-haired with one wavy patch of fur; available roughly late May. Can be adopted with her mother, Roxanne.

    Sonic: Dark-eyed White Aby-ruvian female; very sweet; available roughly late May after weaning her two pups

    Jaycee: Brown and white American; available roughly early June after clear pregnancy watch

Single Neutered Males:

     Francesco (currently living with Crazy Legs): Young male; outgoing - ADOPTED 4/21/12

     Whiskey (currently living with Nettie): Young male - friendly; AVAILABLE!

Single Un-neutered Males:

     Gunnar: Golden agouti, brown & white Abysinnian adult male; friendly; AVAILABLE!

     Fuzzy: Senior adult male. Very sweet & mellow. Would love another piggy who is also sweet.  Currently sharing a cage with Solomon & Smuffin  AVAILABLE

     Mr. Nibbles: tri-color silky 2 year old male; AVAILABLE

     Monty : White & brown American male; friendly; ADOPTED 4/21/12

    Mr Guinea: very, very cute white & red Peruvian male with a sweet personality.  Gets along great with Monty. - ADOPTED 4/21/12

Los Altos Pet Parade

Saturday, May 19

10AM -

Cavy House will be at Pet’s Delight in Los Altos that day.

Adoptions & “Meet and Greet”

We’ll only have a few pairs of piggies there.

Please let us know any special piggy requests.

Maddie’s Adoptathon

Saturday, June 9

Cavy House will be there on June 9 and/or June 10 with the San Francisco SPCA.  More info later.

Guinea Pig Gala!

Saturday, June 16

Mega-adoption fair featuring guinea pigs from

North Star Rescue & Cavy House

at Andy’s Pet Shop in San Jose

More details later.

East Bay SPCA Adoptathon

Cavy House is tentatively scheduled to participate on

Sunday, July 22

Jack London Square, Oakland