Small Animals in Foster Care
Grizz and Dot Com
Meet Grizz and Dot Com! From lounging to snacking to hanging out on your lap, these adorable boys are happiest doing life together! Dot Com is the more outgoing of the pair. He’ll come up to greet you or hang out at the entrance of his house so he can see what’s going on. Grizz is more timid, but lots of treats and attention are helping him come out of his shell. Though they’re both on the quiet side, they love veggies and herbs of all types (dill and carrots are favorites) and will definitely let you know when it’s snack time!
If there’s one thing Dot Com and Grizz excel at, it’s relaxing! Both piggies love to have soft pillows and hideaways in their shared cage to stretch out and nap on. They’re more than happy to snuggle up and soak up the pets—and will probably give you piggy kisses in return—but they also appreciate just doing their own thing with their humans nearby. If a calm, sweet pair of guinea pigs is what you’re looking for, Grizz and Dot com will be just the duo for you!
Age: both about ~2 years old
Animal ID#: A180415 & A180416
Location: foster care- these pets are not at the shelter! Please email adoptions@phillypaws.org for more information.
Science Guy
Calling all science enthusiasts! Do you love learning about the natural world? Do you enjoy experimenting and discovering new things? Science Guy could be the piggie for you! Science Guy can’t wait to come home with you to hear about your discoveries and curiosities. Science Guy prefers to hang out in luxury on a pile of hay, just waiting to see what snacks (and discoveries!) you have to show him. Science Guy is pretty laid back and enjoys brief lap time sessions in a cuddle sack while receiving gentle back and neck strokes. If you’re looking for a cuddle buddy to curl up with while watching nature documentaries, he’s your guy! He provides a lovely calmness to balance out your busy day. He can’t wait to meet you!
Age: about 1 year old
Animal ID#: A180473
Location: foster care- this pet is not at the shelter! Please email adoptions@phillypaws.org for more information
Cannellini
Cannellini is a chiptune cyber punk piggie, always experimenting with new sounds. She’s excited for all kinds of treats and veggies and will definitely let you know it! Cannellini lives in foster care with her offspring, two lady-piggies in foster care, though she could easily either live on her own OR join her two kiddos in their adoptive home, since everyone seems to get along quite well. One on one with humans, though, she’s always down for some attention if you’ve got a snack handy for her!
At first, we thought Cannellini was a bit of a Regina George kinda gal, since she was very…assertive.. with the two other guinea pigs she’d been living with, but as it turned out… she was just making sure she could be the best guinea pig mom she could be! Cannellini turned out to be an expecting mother during the summer, and gave birth to two little potatoes on Sept 11th of this year. Post-delivery, this girl is full of personality and loves to have someone in the room with her to have dinner with (she will literally holler to get your attention and then calm down and start snacking as soon as she sees it’s a familiar face bringing food). She’s been away from pigs her age for a couple months, so it might take a little bit to get her used to other “adults” again, but she adapts to any situation with pluck and aplomb!
You can check out Cannellini and her kiddos being cuties here!
Age: ~2 years
Animal ID#: A180169
Location: foster care- this pet is not at the shelter! Please email owtowler@gmail.com for more information.
Gnocchi & Orzo
You can check out Cannellini and her kiddos being cuties here!
Age: ~1 month (date of birth 9/11/25)
Animal ID#s: A180582 & A180581
Location: foster care- this pet is not at the shelter! Please email owtowler@gmail.com for more information.
