Friday, January 15, 2010

Updates and Daisy the guinea pig

Nizzle the ferret is doing well. She is slowly gaining strength back and now she has pain meds to help her along.
All 9 baby bunnies are doing fantastic. They are energetic and wriggling around. They have a tad bit of hair growth going on. It looks like there are 6 white, 1 light tan and 2 black babies. Sara, the Mom, is a white bunny, she used to be all white but as she matured she developed some grey on her nose and ears. Sara looks very healthy and beautiful, thank you Heather for taking such good care of her :) Sara is being a wonderful Momma and everything is turning out great. Being in a larger pen with her babies in a box ( actually it is a large sized litter pan) made it better for Sara to care for her babies.
On Wednesday we took in a blind and deaf female guinea pig. We were alerted that there was a guinea pig that needed help in the Chautauqua -Fredonia area. She was taken out of a pet store by a concerned employee. The person couldn't keep the piggie but was searching frantically for someone that could. After I was alerted about the situation, I contacted the person that we could help. Daisy the guinea pig was then driven an hour and a half to us. Daisy has a neglectful past. At the pet sore she was probably a product of in breeding. She was used to breed time and time again. She had a poor diet, and she didn't even have a food bowl. Her pellets were just thrown in her cage and she had to fight amongst other guinea pigs to get it. She was itching badly. We rushed her to the vet that day. She was treated with Revolution to get rid of any mites or lice. Even though a skin scrape didn't show any mites or lice doesn't mean they aren't there. She is definitely deaf and has impaired vision. She walks a bit stiffly on her back legs, more than likely from not getting enough vitamin C in her diet while at the pet store. We will be supplementing her with Vit C and hopefully that will slowly go back to normal. Once her health is better, she will be adoptable as a special need guinea pig.

1 comment:

HEATHER said...

I AM SO GLAD THAT THE BABIES AND MAMMA ARE DOING FINE. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM EITHER CAN THE DADDY WHO IS MOPEY AND SOMETIMES ANXOUIS BECAUSE HE MISSES HIS MATE. I KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE BEAUTIFUL AND CAN'T WAIT TO BRING SARA AND TWO OF THE BABIES HOME. GOOD LUCK AND I AM GLAD THE MURPHIES ARE TAKING EXCELLENT CARE OF THEM. THANK YOU WITH ALL THE BOTTOM OF MY AND CHRIS'S HEART. I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THE MURPHIES HAVE DONE FOR THE MAMMA AND BABIES.