Saturday, August 2, 2008

Parker and April




I can't believe we are already into August, time has been going by too quickly.
within the past week Parker the rabbit and April the guinea pig were adopted. Parker is an albino boy that was surrendered with is Mom , Chelsea ( also recently adopted) When we took the baby bunnies in to see Dr.Fijas to have them all sexed, Dr.Fijas was a little baffled as to what parker was, they aren't as evident when they are that young. He appeared to be a girl and Dr.Fijas was 90 percent certain he was, I kept on re checking him and he still appeared girl-like. Until recently, when a couple of things dropped on him that only boys have and that proved to me that he is in fact, a boy. I was calling him Pandora, since We were so certain of a girl, but I changed him name to Parker once we knew. Thankfully he was housed with spayed female rabbits. All the other babies Dr.Fijas was 100 percent certain on, and have been correct because they are now all fixed. Hey, we all make mistakes, we are only human. Parker's Mom didn't mind learning that the rabbit they were applying for was a boy instead of a girl. They loved his looks and personality and still wanted him as part of the family. April is a 4 year old guinea pig, her new Mom, Cathy, Just recently lost a 5 to 6 year old guinea pig that left a female Guinea pig of theirs, all alone. This guinea pig is also 4 years old, so we are hoping April is a good match and will become great friends with Cathy's Piggy.
On Tuesday we took Kevin and Panda the ferrets, and Layla the rabbit to see Dr.T. Kevin and Panda went in for Rabies shots and a check up. I let Dr.T know that they seemed a bit too itchy than what I would like to see. And he found that they do indeed have ear mites. They are now getting ivermectin drops in their ears once a week for six weeks. until those six weeks are up, they will not be adoptable. Layla is the rabbit that was found loose and abandoned in a park. She checked out good and healthy :) She does have some scarring in two places up near her neck and shoulder blades. Dr.T said they are in perfect placement to have been tooth marks like a mouth had been on her. Looks like she was able to get away from a predator or dog, she survived an attack! The wounds are already very well healed, and she'll probably always have the scars. The poor girl, what a terrifying thing to go through. She's is a survivor.
Pictured above is Parker and April.

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