Hi! My name is Andrew and I attend Woodland School in Portola Valley as an 8th grade student. In our school we have a project called Capstone. Capstone is a class for 8th graders to try and make a difference in a topic that interests us. My Capstone project is about an unmet need of exotic veterinary services. In order to help with this issue, I decided to make this website!
I had 4 guinea pigs before I started this project, Rue, Prim, Dolly, and Midnight. However, we noticed that Rue was acting strange, and her behavior quickly devolved into seizures and running into walls. We spent the next couple hours searching for a vet that would take her in for emergencies, and Rue was suffering the entire time. We eventually found one that was 2 hours away from us, and she passed away at the vet. This made me realize the severe lack of exotic vets, and I started this project.