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2011 OCCH Newsletter
Our End-of-the-Year Newsletter is now available for reading (December 2010). Click here.

Can you please take a minute and help us win $5,000?

Please e-mail charity@coastal.com with the name of our charity/rescue (OC Cavy Haven) by Jan 15! The top 10 charities with the most votes will be announced Jan 24, 2012 on Crowdrise.

It's the $200 rescue sweepstakes... please take a moment to vote for OCCH!

Crowdrise

Help us fundraise for homeless guinea pigs. OCCH is in need of funds to buy GuineaLynx Health Books, along with cozy beds, new food dishes and water bottles for our fosters and shelter pigs just in time for the holidays.

Please visit Crowdrise for more info.

It's Supply Day Fundraiser time!

Help support the guinea pigs.

Saturday, February 25th from 11am to 1pm in Anaheim.

To order: click
Address and Directions: see flyer

All orders must be placed online and pre-paid prior to the date of the Supply Day. Please remember to pick up your supplies!

Last day to order is Sunday, February 18th.

All proceeds go to the guinea pigs.

Products for sale:

HAY

TIMOTHY GRASS HAY

Timothy hay is the most widely used of the grass hays. Guinea pigs love the seed-heads. One flake is a 13 gallon trash bag full of hay.

1 flake: $7.00
4 flakes: $21.00 *get one flake free!* if you pre-order now

ORCHARD GRASS HAY

Orchard Grass is similar to timothy hay but softer and leafier. Mixing it with timothy offers your pet variety and encourages them to eat more hay. One flake is a 13 gallon trash bag full of hay.

1 flake: $7.00
4 flakes: $21.00 *get one flake free!* if you pre-order now

BEDDING:

THOROUGHBED SHAVINGS
10.5 cubic foot expanded: $14.00

*To give you an idea of how much bedding that is, you can clean a 2x3 C&C approximately 12 times! That's just under $2 per cleaning.

PELLETS:

High quality fortified guinea pig feed!

Kleenmama's Hayloft Timothy Choice Pellets (w/ Vit C)

5 lbs for $8
10 lbs. for $16.00

Oxbow Cavy Performance

10 lbs for $15.00

Oxbow Cavy Cuisine

10 lbs. for $16.00

Need guinea pig grooming done?

HEALTH & GROOMING SERVICES:
(Pre-payment for these services not required.)

Nail trimming: $5
Boar "cleansing": $6
Healthy Pig Check: $12 (includes all above) **

** Orange County Cavy Haven volunteers are not veterinarians and we do not claim to have any veterinary expertise. The Healthy Pig Check is to be used as a guide for the guinea pig owners to monitor their pet's health. It is not intended as a diagnostic tool and OCCH volunteers will not diagnose or treat illnesses. Please see your veterinarian if you have any concerns about your guinea pigs' health.

Please email cavyhavensupplies@yahoo.com if you have any questions!

Attention Ralph's Shoppers!

We have a new Organization # -- 92621. Please log in to the Ralph's website to re-register your card. Not registered yet?

You can help the guinea pigs for free! Every time you use your Ralph's Club Card, Ralph's will send a percentage of your grocery bill to OCCH. Simply click on this link and register your rewards card, with OCCH as the charity of your choice.

Our new Organization Number is 92621

Time to renew your Ralph's Community Rewards Program Enrollment!

Help the guinea pigs for free, every time you swipe your Ralph's card when you buy groceries!

PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION FOR THE NEW TERM BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2011.

You can register for the new term on September 1, 2011 or after.

• All members who are currently enrolled in the Ralphs Community Contribution Program will not be active after August 31, 2011.
• Participants will be required to register or re-register for the new term at www.Ralphs.com or by using the scanbar letter at the register starting September 1, 2011.
• If you received a scanbar letter last year, it is still good and can be used this year.
• Even if you registered as recently as June or July 2011, they will be required to register again, on or after September 1, 2011.

Simply log in on their website and choose OCCH as your designated charity.

Thank you for your support!

OCCH and Wee Companions need help with a hoarder dump of 150+ guinea pigs

Click here to learn more: http://www.ktla.com/.../KTLA-150-Guinea-Pigs-Dropped-off-at-Shelter-Rebecca-Hall-reports

Please contact us if you can help and/or donate.

C & C Cage Warning

If you are building your own C&C cage, we do NOT recommend you buy grids at Target!

Target has recently changed the design of their grids that people commonly use for C & C cages. The brand name of the grids was Organize It.

The "old" grids were 9 SQUARES ACROSS and safe for guinea pigs. However, there are now only combination boxes of grids that are 8 squares across and 5 squares across.

Please do not use anything but the 9 square grids as the ones with 8 grids have larger holes (spacing over 1.5 inches), are DANGEROUS to guinea pigs and have resulted in tragic accidents.

Target has seemingly phased out all their old grids and only carry the new unsafe ones. Target.com does carry the Whitmor brand of storage grids which are safe. You can order them online and have them shipped to you. WalMart.com carries the same grids and you can have them shipped site to store without paying a shipping fee.

Sometimes Bed Bath and Beyond or KMart will carry grids as well.

Note: Many sellers on ebay and other sites are selling C&C cages with the unsafe grids. If you are ordering online, please make sure you order a cage with the proper grids. Sue's store is one of the safe places to order: http://guineapigcages.com/buycc.htm

We also have grids for sale if you have trouble finding them locally.

OCCH in the Press

Best Friends Magazine news article on OCCH, page 24
OCCH in the LA Times!
Article about OCCH in the Daily Pilot
OCCH in the OC Register

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December 2010 (PDF)