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.