Wags Pet Adoption/Westminster Adoption Group Service: Other Animals Grant Report

How did this grant help your organization and the pets in your care?

This grant helped us by buy greens, vitamin C fruits, straw, hay and care for the 19 guinea pigs that we have had for 295 days. Our goal is to keep them healthy and happy until they are adopted or sent to a rescue that can help WAGS.

How many pets did this grant help?

19

Please provide a story of one or more specific pets this grant helped.

When Timmy and Tom Nook first arrived at our shelter, their world had been turned upside down. Rescued from a hoarding situation with over 60 other guinea pigs brought into WAGS Pet Adoption on Sept. 26, 2024, they were among dozens of very similar-looking pets.

Exotic pets like guinea pigs often wait much longer for loving homes, and Timmy and Tom Nook were no exception. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months — 294 days, to be exact. By the time the right adopter came along (first photo), we still had 19 guinea pigs in our care. Timmy and Tom Nook’s adoption was a joyful moment not just for them, but for all of us.

Thanks to your generous grant, we were able to provide Timmy and Tom Nook with everything they needed: nutritious food, cozy bedding, enriching activities, and, most importantly, patient and loving care. WAGS did make them a little plump. The Petfinder Foundation grant meant that even as they waited, they thrived, growing more confident and healthier each day.