Guinea Pig Awareness Week (GPAW) will be back in 2023!

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What is GPAW?

Guinea Pig Awareness Week, or GPAW, is a week of activities dedicated to improving the health and welfare of guinea pigs. Throughout the week, we’ll be exploring what it means to be a guinea pig owner and share some top tips, uncover interesting facts and, of course, post lots of great photos!

Endorsed by the British Veterinary Association and British Small Animal Veterinary Association, we will be covering the five welfare needs of our guinea pigs.

Plus, our partners will be helping us along the way. For this jam-packed week of activities, we have partnered with four animal welfare charities: Blue Cross, RSPCA, and Woodgreen.

GPAW will be back in September 26th-30th 2022!

Diet

Health

Behaviour

Environment

Companionship

Be the first to know the GPAW news!

This year promises to be better than ever for Guinea Pig Awareness Week. There’ll be free GPAW packs to download for owners, vets, rescue centres, and retailers. In the packs will be a wealth of materials, including the Perfect Piggies Programme, how to run your own GPAW campaign, guides to all things guinea pig, and more!

Want to be the first to hear all the GPAW news? Register for our reminders today.

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