Thursday, October 28, 2010

Upcoming Adoption and Fundraising Events

Small Pets Big Hearts, Inc. will be a part of an Open House fundrasing event. Marcia Scott is holding the open house. There will be a small display table all about Small Pets-Big Hearts, and anyone can donate to all the little rescues. ( donations are not tax deductible) This is the information regarding the event-
The Open House is the 12th from 4-8 and the 13th 10-4. Address is 3250 Countryside Lane, Hamburg, NY. People can call to confirm at 648-1030. You can RSVP with Marcia to let her know you will be stopping by.
Small Pets - Big hearts, Inc. will also be participating in this year's Pro Plan Rally to Rescue event. Here is that event information-
American Legion
3740 North Buffalo Road
Orchard Park NY 14127
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010
10AM to 5PM
FREE ADMISSION
There will be many other rescue organizations and Pizza and snacks! There will be many things to see and do!

These events came at crucial time. We took in a 6 year old ferret named Molsen at the beginning of October. After a vet visit we disocovered that he has a tumor on his front toe and also adrenal disease. The adrenal disease is a tumor on one of his adrenal glands. Even though 6 years old is senior age for a ferret, we still want him to possibly live a couple more years and be healthy during that time. We want to give him that chance and go ahead and have the vet perform the surgical removal of both tumors. Molsen's procedure will cost up to $300 possibly more if the tumor on his toe is attached. If that is the case, his toe would need to be removed to take away the entire tumor. This would bring up the cost a bit. We hope to raise the funds for Molsen soon. We want him feeling young again :)
Donations are not tax-deductible at this time.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Wonderful Adoptions!!

We have had 13 adoptions this month so far. I cannot express how happy I am about this. I am thrilled that people and families are looking into adopting and are also spreading the word about adopting the little pets.
First for the month- Zack the neutered male rat, Darlene, Janet, Gypsy and Tempe the females rats were adopted together. The little senior aged mouse, Ralphie, was adopted. Kirby the guinea pig went home this past Sunday as well as Jack and Jill the senior aged rabbits ( a neutered male and spayed female bonded pair). Sage and Oregano and baby angora rabbits went home on Wednesday as well as Hefner the dwarf hamster. On Thursday Albert the hamster was adopted. Every one went to wonderful families and homes, I know they will be cherished and loved they way they should be. I am grateful to anyone who gives a senior aged pet a chance. Even though it is not known how long their newly adopted pets will be in their lives, they still open their hearts and home to them. It is an enormous act of kindness and love. Thank you so much to Jack and Jill's new Mommy and Daddy, and Ralphie's new Mom.
We do have some new arrivals. We took in a 1 year old ferret named Sam. He is now with Alyssa , a foster parent for our ferrets. She introduced Sam to Charlie the ferret ( adoptable) and they now love each other :) They sleep cuddled up to each other. We took in another ferret who is currently residing at the Small Pets-Big Hearts, Inc. headquarters ( our home) and main foster home. Molsen is a 6 year old Sable colored ferret, he will need to be checked over by the vet before he is adoptable. We also took in a golden colored Syrian hamster named Willy, he is 1 year old male and very friendly. A male guinea pig named Scooter who is brown and white and has teddy type fur. And then recently Herman and Goober the guinea pigs arrived, they are males , short haired and are calico colored.
I think that is a good run down of October so far. Oh, I forgot to update on Chillia the chinchilla. Chillia does have slightly overgrown tooth roots, this was shown on his dental X-rays. Dr.T does not advice removing the two bad bottom incisor teeth. Without the bottom teeth , the top teeth would grow at an alarming rate. There fore it would best to let his teeth be, instead of removing all his incisors. He also fears placing a 10 year old chinchilla through a tooth extraction surgery of that magnitude. Dr.T is very certain that Chillia is at least 10 years old. The overgrown roots will eventually cause him pain, at that point he will need to be placed on Metacam for pain managment. SO far he seems comfortable, he eats his pellets like a champ and loves dried papaya as a treat. I wish he would eat rose hips , but he seems to truly dislike them. He is a cutie pie and we hope to find someone who will adopt him despite his age and special needs. Chillia is currently adoptable.