Friday, July 25, 2008

Where is the camera?


I was about to take some digital pictures of pets that are now available for adoption, but I cannot find the camera anywhere. I have a few hamsters, guinea pigs and Vinny the Holland lop rabbit to take pictures of.. but how will I do that without the camera? I'll keep on looking, have to retrace my steps, remember where I last used it.


On Monday, 6 male rabbits went to see Dr.T to be neutered. Oliver, Potter, Waffle, Domino, Morsel, and Memphis are all now fixed. They recovered very quickly and were eating and drinking by that same night.


Chelsea the female rabbit has been adopted :) She arrived here with her litter of babies, which was an accidental litter. She was searching for her forever home for a while, but then I got a call from a former co-worker, Sandy. Sandy had lost her female bunny due to old age and was looking for an new spayed female. She had her eyes and heart set on Chelsea and wound up adopting her. A happy ending for Chelsea.


The last 3 degus from the group of 12 that arrived months ago have just been adopted by their new Mom, Jillian. We are enthused that all of them are now happy in homes, and all of them were adopted in groups of 2's, 3's and 4's so no one was adopted by themselves.


We do have a few new arrivals- 5 new rats. The boys are Link a dark brown hooded, Gibson a blue hooded and Warwick a blue hooded. The girls are Kara and Zan they are albinos. Also, a black lop female rabbit was brought to us. This poor girl was abandoned at a park and had been there for weeks. A couple of good Samaritans spent a good deal of their time trying to catch her and then succeeding. They then brought her to us so we could have her vet checked, spayed then find her a wonderful home.


The picture above is Chelsea, a happy bunny living the good life now.




Sunday, July 13, 2008

Yay! Adoptions!











We have had many adoptions this week, I am so thrilled.
Noodle the hamster now has a wonderful home with Marcia on Friday. Marcia just recently lost her beloved hamster, Felicity. Felicity passed away due to old age. Marcia was ready to bring a new little hammie into her heart and home, and she choose Noodle. Mr.Noodles is such a sweet boy and quite a character. They will be so happy with each other, love at first sight.
Later on that same day, Cadet the rabbit was also adopted. A nice young girl by the name of Paige ( a name we love, we named our black cat, Paige) was looking for a bunny in her life and wanted to adopt. Cadet was who she was drawn to on the Petfinder page, who wouldn't be he has the most adorable face. Cadet will love all the attention he will be getting with Paige and family.
On Friday, Ace and Gizmo the long haired Peruvian guinea pigs went home. Their new Mom is Diane. Diane was searching for the Peruvian breed of piggy and found these boys. If a male can be called gorgeous, that is what they are! long flowing fur that is more like hair.
Today Sebastian the guinea pig was adopted. Sebastian is one of the boys from the 50 plus guinea pig abandonment fro about a week ago. He is now with Chad, who was so excited and happy to be adopting Sebastian. And Sebastian feels the same way.
I love writing about so much good news, this has been a wonderful weekend, I hope it keeps up. It will keep a smile on my face at all times.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Home for Willis, new arrivals , Chip and Mascot







Today Annette picked up Willis the rabbit and now he is home :) Such a wonderful outcome for Willis. Sure he does have a tiny bit of attitude and is full of personality, but I sure will miss sitting on the couch with him and rubbing his head and ears, while he laid there looking content and happy.
Two more baby guinea pigs found homes also, Chip and Mascot. They are both boys and brothers. The babies are finding homes rather quickly, I am hoping the same for all of the adults. Those piggies have been through so much, they deserve a new start at a happy life the most.
A couple months back, two rabbits at Life Long Tails found a happy home, Pizzazz and Cashew. In their new home they bonded to a neutered boy bunny named Vinny, he is a tiny Holland Lop. Under sad and unfortunate circumstances the family fell into hard financial times and seek ed our help with finding a new home for the little ones. The family was heart broken to bring us the trio and also their ferrets , kevin and Panda, they truly loved them deeply. But a family with 6 children needed to make this painful decision to stay afloat... my heart goes out to them. We will spoil them they same way they were and all three bunnies will adopted together and both ferrets will be adopted together too. Once a bond is formed amongst rabbits, ferrets, rats, etc it is cruel to split them up for any reason. The only time a bond is separated is if one passes or the bond is broken somehow and fighting starts amongst them.
Tomorrow is the fourth of July , please keep your pets safe and think of them. Many pets are spooked and stressed during all the noise and activity of this day. If you know one of your pets get spooked during fireworks, place them in a room where they cannot injure themselves ( accessible glass windows, objects that can fall over, etc) and play some soothing music or a TV, some kind of neutral sound to help drown out the sound of the fireworks. Dim or turn off the lights in this room. For birds or other small pets , cover them up partially with a dark colored blanket, play music for them too. Don't become stressed over your pet's nervousness , they do pick up on our mood and it will only heighten their agitation. Stay calm and talk in a slow , soothing voice to them, they will appreciate it. Hope to hear that everyone had a safe Holiday and no one was hurt :)
Here is a picture of Willis, Chip and Mascot