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Hello and welcome to the first edition of News Wheek! My name is Elouise and I am head of fundraising and social media here at The Potato Patch. For anyone who may not know, we are a guinea pig rescue based in Belton, near Doncaster, in the UK. We've been around since 2021, and the last time we counted (which was in October 2024...) we have rescued over 1000 guinea pigs! Our team is small, and includes Hannah (head of rescue), Dan (trustee and Hannah's husband), Vicky (truste

Frau Heidelberg (Heidi) Guinea pig bonding can be fun, entertaining, easy and yes, also sometimes difficult! Here is a story from experienced guinea pig mum and trustee, Vicky, about bonding the newest pig, Heidi, into the herd: "One of the ‘bin pigs’ Heidi was adopted by myself after her babies had all left to go to wonderful new homes. 'Great,' I thought. 'I can now get her in with my herd!" But was bonding easy? Not a chance! On a nice sunny day the run was all set up on