Monday, May 17, 2010

Please Help Us With Angora Rabbits

Would anyone like to foster an Angora rabbit or two for us ? ( the rescue) An SPCA in Canada siezed over 160 angora rabbits , and now they need help and somewhere to go. People will be taking them across the border to take them to rescues throughout the NorthEast US that are able to help. We can only help if we find foster families for some of the bunnies. Please contact me if you wish to help. rachel@lifelongtails.org rachel(at)smallpets-bighearts(dot)org
If you know someone that may want to adopt or foster an angora bunny, plese contact me about it, or have the person contact me.
If you are able to foster one of them, it makes a HUGE difference to that one bunny. And to us :)

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Name Change, Coco and Adoptions

Curtis the rabbit was adopted yesterday. Marlin, Napoleon, Baron and Wallace the rats were adopted together. We are very happy that they have found forever homes.
Coco the guinea pig went to the vet today. She has been itchy and her skin has been flaky. She has Seborrhea and a skin infection. She will be on antibiotics for 3 weeks and will need baths twice a week. She will not be adoptable again until after her treatment. We hope she starts to feel better soon, the itchiness was getting uncomfortable for her.
We will be chaning the name of the rescue. We are saddened that it has to happen , but we want everyone to be aware of it. We hope we do not lose any supporters and friends during the transition. We will be changing Life Long Tails small pet rescue to Small Pets-Big Hearts.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Updates!


We have some of the baby rats on Petfinder.com already, for adoption.
Black Pearl the male guinea pig has been adopted :)
Tommy the guinea pig has arrived back because he wasn't a good match for the guinea pig he was adopted for. Tommy was behaving a bit too dominantly. He already has someone that may be adopting him soon.
The hamsters with the skin issues were positive for Sarcoptic mange at the vet. We are still battling the mange. They are getting Revolution and Ivermectin shots. There is small improvement , but they still have a lot of recovery to go. I feel bad for the little guys. With the treatment, they will soon be mange-free and not have irritated skin, and we are hoping their fur grows back.
Right now, we are very full within our household and in foster homes. We have been turning away surrenders. Until we received one call about a hamster that has lost all feeling in his back end and has been dragging himself. I am well aware that this doesn't usually happen unless a fall or trauma happens. I cannot say for sure how he became paralyzed. The person also told us that he is being housed in the garage! We said, "yes", definitely we will take him in and help him. He NEEDS help. unfortunately she was unable to bring us or have us come get him right away. The injured little guy should be arriving within the next few days. Then he can get the special care and medical care he needs. He will also be in the house , with family , where he belongs.
Pictured above is Black Pearl