The benefit and new chinchillas

Today was the first day of the Benefit. We enjoyed our stay with Marcia Scott and her husband. We are hoping for a nice turn out tomorrow. (Saturday, December 5th) There are many nice gifts (proceeds go to select organizations). We have Eva the dwarf hamster, Wario the bunny and Oreo the guinea pig on display. They are adoptable. Times for tomorrow are - 3:30PM to 7:30 PM and Sunday from 11PM to 3:30PM. Located at 3250 Countryside Lane, Hamburg, NY 14075. Please stop by and tell your friends and family.
Niko the ferret is now in search of a foster home. His current foster home cannot keep him any longer. Niko doesn't know limits to how rough he can play with other animals. He is instigating play with the family's Great Dane and may be irritating the dog too much. Niko would do well in home with no dogs or cats. Or in a home that has a ferret proofed room that he can run and explore in without any other pets coming in. Niko does not terrorize any other pets while he is in his cage. But he does need the exercise and time out of the cage each day. Please consider fostering the little guy. What he needs the most is to be adopted. He has been waiting for his forever home for many months now. Please call us at (716)634-2462 or 472-2415 or e-mail at rachel@lifelongtails.org if you are interested in fostering or adopting Niko.
We have 2 new arrivals. They are male chinchillas, their owner's allergies became too much and now they are looking for a new home. Damien is 7 year standard grey. He is a shy little guy , he is more reserved and keeps to himself. Gizmo is a 4 year old silver/white guy , he is adventurous , outgoing and shows no fear :) They are bonded to each other and must be adopted together. They are gorgeous and I can't wait to get pictures of them.
Pictured above is Niko. We would love to find him a home for the holidays. If you cannot adopt him or foster, please spread the word about him.

Adoptions and New bunnies and Rats

First , I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who donated to help Nizzle the ferret and for getting more bunnies spayed and neutered. Thank you to everyone who has adopted a little one into their life and home. Thank you to everyone who follows us on our blog, Facebook page, though e-mails and phone calls, visits, or fostering and/or volunteering. We have met so many wonderful people who love the little furries as much as we do. I am grateful for meeting people who have adopted, donated, supported, foster ( all of the above) who have also become friends. I never knew that starting this endeavor would introduce me to great friends and people that make me smile. I am thrilled about it. Even the e-mails or spoken words of support that we receive motivates us and makes us ( and me) smile. Thank You! It means a lot! :)
Great news! Littlefoot the rabbit has been adopted. Littlefoot came from a rescue in PA, our sister small animal rescue, Judge's Park. Judge's Park was overwhelmed with rabbits at the time. We took in 4 rabbits from there to help out and find them loving homes. We brought Littlefoot, Lissa, Abigail and Sara to Life Long Tails small pet rescue. It was about a 4 hours trip there, but it was a good time. The bunnies did well on the road trip back. Now , Littlefoot has a forever home. That same day, Spike and Pepper were adopted. They have a fantastic home where more than person is in love with them. They will be super spoiled!
Yesterday we received 2 bunnies. They were in a home where allergies and asthma was getting to difficult to manage. The bunnies names are Bun and Boomer, they are dutch mixes. They are both boys, already neutered and are bonded together. Couldn't ask for better bunnies. They will be adoptable soon. They are adapting to life in a the large bunny pen. So far they love timothy hay and running through the tubes. Then, later that day, we received 4 rats. They are all males named, Jules, Vincent, Gambit, and Logan. Jules and Vincent are older, nearly 2 years old. Jules has had chronic respiratory issues his whole life and is battling an onset right now. I've started him on a Baytril and Nebulizing regimen. I am thinking that we may keep Jules and Vincent within the rescue where a nebulizer and antibiotics are close at hand at all times. Jules and Vincent must stay together, they depend on one another. Logan and Gambit will be adoptable, they are younger. Logan is a white and blue dumbo eared boy, and Gambit is a red eyed siamese marked boy. Those two will also need to be adopted together. They are wonderful rats, very personable and friendly! :)
That's all for now. Just want to say again, thank you for following and supporting us and the little ones!
Pictured above is Littlefoot, Spike and Pepper

First Event

Life Long Tails small pet rescue will be attending their very first event!! We are hoping for some fund raising and maybe some adoptions too. Here is the invitation-
Scottie’s Hobbies
And
Mary Kay Cosmetics…

invites you to our annual Open House to benefit: “Pet Cancer Awareness”, “A Piece of Heaven Kitten Rescue”, “Joyful Rescues” and “Life Long Tails”.

Stop by, enjoy good food, coffee as you shop for unique gifts and support the above charities. A portion of each sale will go towards these charities. With the exception of a few special items, the customer decides which charity their purchase will support.

When: Friday, December 4th
4:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Saturday, December 5th
3:30 PM until 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 6th
11:00 AM until 3:30 PM

Where: 3250 Countryside Lane
Hamburg, NY 14075

Please RSVP by December 2, 2009 at 648-1030 as to which day you are planning to come so that we will be able to provide food and refreshments.

Hamsters, Latte, Arnold and Larry

We had a few adoptions last week. First, Blueberry and Raspberry went home together. Latte the guinea pig went home. Then Miki the sugar glider went home. Miki now lives with a female sugar glider. Miki is neutered, so no unexpected babies will come about. I am very happy that Miki is not alone anymore. Then Arnold and Larry the rats went home. It was a fabulous week :)
The beginning of this week started with a hamster surrender. 5 dwarf hamsters were brought to Life Long Tails in a cardboard box that used to have rat and mouse glue traps in it. Thankfully, the box was empty of any glue traps. But the five hamsters were beating each other up! I quickly separated everyone, discovered 4 females and one male. We now have to watch the females for a month to make sure no one is pregnant. If they are , we will take care of Mom and babies. Mom and Babies will be adoptable once they are ready. If they are not pregnant , they will be placed up for adoption. The boy that we named, Hefner, was bitten on the side of his face. One of the girls, now Susie Q has bite wounds on her belly. And poor little Katarina was bitten on her eye! I have an appointment for Katarina to see Dr.T, I fear her eye is gone. The others are already healing well. They are winter white dwarf hamsters. They are so sweet. I feel awful that they went through that horrific situation. They are now by themselves , the way they like it, safe and warm.
Tomorrow, Wario and Lissa the rabbits are getting spayed and neutered.
Pictured above are Latte the guinea pig, Arnold the rat and Raspberry the hamster. They all have been adopted.

Alexis and Tula

Wonderful news!! Alexis and Tula the girl guinea pigs were adopted together! We love adoptions :)

Foster Help, Coco and baby hamsters

We are in need of foster homes and families for a ferret and rabbits. We received calls today, 1 is for surrendering a ferret and the other is for surrendering a rabbit. We are at capacity for rabbits right now, we do not have the room. If someone would like to help by fostering a rabbit we have here, then we can take in this bunny that needs help instead of turning away. We have Niko the ferret right now , he plays much too rough with other ferrets. It wouldn't be fair or right to place a new ferret in with him. We would also want to make sure the new ferret is healthy before introducing him to anyone else. We do not have the room to set up a spacious ferret cage for a newcomer. It would be wonderful if someone can foster Niko ( he has been at the vet for a physical, he is healthy) so we can take in this ferret, instead of turning her away, that would be fabulous! We will provide cages, accessories and pay any vet costs to foster parents. All that will be needed to provide by foster parents is love, TLC, and food and bedding. We will provide some food and bedding to start out with. Thank you to anyone who responds or wants to help.
I say this with a heavy heart.. Coco passed away. The poor little man started seizing and didn't make it long after his seizures began. We do not know what ailed him so severely, that he had such awful neurological symptoms. We had another vet appointment for him on Monday, but he passed away late Saturday night. We decided to not have a necropsy done since we wouldn't be able to get him to the vet's office until almost 2 days later. Latte , Coco's friend, is doing well. He is staying in good spirits, he is eating and drinking very well. Latte was brought to us with an abscess on his throat, with treatment he has made a full recovery. Coco came to us in perfect health, but then he suddenly became very ill and went downhill fast. I feel awful. I wish there was more we could have done for him.
The 6 baby hamsters from the group of 10 adults (males and females were housed together) are nearly ready to be separated by sex, they won't need their Momma soon. We won't let that happen. Plus, they will be able to impregnate their Mom and sisters very soon as well. They will be ready for adoption in just a few days. One of the adult females delivered 4 babies Thursday night. They are still little squirmy pink babies.
We have 4 new young bunnies that are adoptable. 3 females, their names are Sara, Abigail, and Lissa. And 1 male, his name is Littlefoot. They came from our sister small pet rescue in Pennsylvania called Judge's Park. She was overwhelmed with over 20 rabbits, so we helped out by taking in 4 of them. They are cute, small, and young , they are ready to go to a loving home or a foster home.
Please contact us at rachel@lifelongtails.org or our home number 716-634-2462 if you would like to help us by fostering Niko the ferret or a rabbit. It would mean so much to us :) Thank you.

Updates

I have many updates to give.
We have had many adoptions. All 5 female mice have been adopted, Salsa, Sweet Pea, Lima Bean, Sprout and Sprite. Beautiful bunny Bianca also has been adopted, she is very gorgeous! She was adopted by Amanda, she adopted Anthony the bunny. Oreo and Pepper the guinea pigs were adopted together. Phil the Rat was adopted by a wonderful couple who has adopted pumpkin the hamster from Life Long Tails, and Alex and Ander the guinea pigs, they love to adopt:) Then, persephone and Pandora the rats were adopted together to give Molly the rat company. Molly's best friend, Samantha passed away recently due to complications of old age. She is sorely missed by her human Mom, Kitty, and Molly the rat.
Latte the guinea pig is doing wonderfully!!:) His abscess is completely gone and healed. He is eating great and his weight is perfect! But now , his cagemate and friend, Coco, is very sick. He started showing severe neurological symptoms. He doesn't walk well and only circles in one direction. He went to the vet, where a true diagnosis was difficult to achieve. It could be inner ear infection, tumor, trauma, etc. So we have been treating him with an anti-inflammatory- anti pain medicine and an antibiotic. So far, there has been no change. He is eating and drinking minimal amounts. I have been syringe feeding him pedialyte and crictical care food, but the food he either spits out or lets sit in his mouth, he isn't swallowing it :( I am very worried about him. I will be making him another vet appointment.
We took in 5 females rats and 5 males rats. Someone saved them from a home where they were not housed or fed properly, the person was feeding them alley cat, cat food, and that was it! She also was keeping boys and girls together so the numbers were getting out of hand. The person that saved them, started feeding them a better diet and spoiled them. But it was soon evident that the females she saved were already pregnant , she soon had many babies on her hands and she needed to find them homes. We took in 10 of those babies ( the 5 boys and 5 girls) to help her with finding them homes. Two of the girls already have been adopted, Pandora and Persephone.
We also took in some Campbell's dwarf hamsters. Someone couldn't tell males from females and soon the numbers of babies escalated. She tried to find homes on Craiglist and Freecycle , but she was unable to find homes as fast as they were multiplying. We agreed to take in what she had left. She brought us 10 adults and 6 babies. Out of the adults there are 2 males and 8 females, I separated them immediately. I can tell that one is already pregnant from having lived with a male. She is now in her own enclosure to have her babies in peace. The 6 babies will be ready for adoption in 2 weeks.
A bunny arrived last night. A female lop eared bun. her owner lost her job and couldn't afford her any longer. She was calling her Chicken Nugget, but we have changed her name to Noble. She is 3 years old and isn't spayed yet.
Pictures from top to bottom are: Top- Noble the bunny middle- Sprout the mouse Bottom- Phil the rat