Feed the Ferrets

We have a "surplus" amount of ferrets right now. We simply have more at the rescue right now than we normally do. No worries though, they have it good and are soon on their way to forever homes. We would love help in the form of Ferret Food. We feed the foster ferrets the 8 in 1 Ultimate Crunchy. We don't like to change their food on them and upset their tummies. If you would like to donate a bag or two of this food to the fuzzy ferrets, that would help us A lot! Or monetary donations to help us buy their food would also help the same way. Thank you everyone :) Your the best group anyone could ask for.

Adoption Event at PSP

Small Pets - Big Hearts will be at the Pet Supplies Plus in Buffalo, from 11AM to 4PM, on Sunday (January 29th). We will have Gravy the hamster, Wesley the guinea pig, Cedar and Jasper the rats and Misty the rabbit with us. We are hoping to find them homes.

Kiwi

Kiwi the guinea pig was adopted today!! :)

The Four Ferrets

The four ferrets have arrived! Beth did a great job of picking them up, driving them and caring for them. They are all 4 years old. There are two males and two females. All of them are sable in color , so, it is going to take me a bit to be able to tell the difference between them. After I get to know them, I will certainly see differences in them. They did not come with names. I need help with that. Please e-mail us with name ideas at - rachel@smallpets-bighearts.org

Thank You!!

Big Thank yous to Beth for volunteering to pick up the 4 ferrets and bring them to Small Pets - Big Hearts tomorrow! :)

Please Help with Transport

We are looking for someone who is willing to volunteer their time ( as some gas mileage) to pick up four ferrets from the Chautauqua county SPCA , located in Jameston NY. And bring them to us in Cheektowaga. Their hours are - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – noon until 5. Thursday and Friday – 1-6 Please let me know if you can help.
Call us at 716-634-2462 or e-mail at - rachel@smallpets-bighearts.org

Adoptions this Weekend

Sonia and Kelly the guinea pigs were adopted yesterday . Juliet and Treasure the rats were adopted today! :)
We have found a small lump on the underside of Veronica the rat today. It is most likely a tumor that will need to be removed. poor girl, she is only a year old. We hope that once she has it removed that she will be tumor free for a long time.
Valor is doing wonderfully. After that extensive surgery to have the abscesses removed, he has really bounced back nicely. He remains active and eats like a pig, a guinea one, that is. He still has over 2 weeks of antibiotics to go and will need to have his stitches out in a week and two days time.

Mighty Mouse

I have some sad news. Might Mouse passed away while at his foster home. He was with his foster Mom for nearly a year and was surrounded by love and comfort.

Boo

If everything goes as planned, Boo the guinea pig is going to his forever home on Saturday. Boo is a special needs guinea pig. He has Hydrocephalus which is water on the brain. He is also blind. The hydrocephalus caused his blindness. Despite his disabilites, Boo has a good quality of life and can manage most things. Such as ; eating from a bowl, drinking frmo a water bottle, etc. He has found a wonderful person who loves him as he is and will give him the best of care.

Update on Valor

Valor is back home! There were two abscesses. Dr.T was able to completely remove one of them. The other one was too difficult to take out, so he drained and flushed out that one. Valor now has an antibiotic that he hasn't been on before to try and keep out all infection and not allow an abscess to reappear. The little guy has been eating and drinking very well tonight. Dr.T said he should be feeling pretty good with all that infection out of him.

Valor's Surgery

Valor the guinea pig is at the vet today to have his abscess removed. Last night it felt like the one abscess turned into two. And the origincal abscess was a lot larger than it was when Valor arrived at the rescue. I do hope he is okay and the surgery was a success. I will update when the little guy is home later today.

Rabbit Altering

Yesterday, Winston and Jester the male rabbits were neutered. They are doing well, eating and going about their business as if nothing occured. We now have 6 out of the 10 rabbits that we fundraised for spayed and neutered. The rest will be done in the near future. We now have two more rabbits added to the amount. We took in Lola who needs to be spayed and a large male rabbit we named Cadbury, he will need to be neutered. Donations are always welcome to help out. We are on a mission to alter every bunny at SP-BH.

Update on Fig Newton and Chocolate Chip

Fig Newton and Chocolate Chip were laying side by side on their fleece pillow this morning. They are eating their green pepper and cilantro right now with gusto. I didn't doubt these boys ate well, they are large and round, a good sign of a hearty appetite!

Valor

A little, young guinea pig just arrived. He has an abscess on his neck area that didn't respond to treatment with Baytril. It will need to be surgically removed, he han appointment on Wednesday to take care of it. Although , He is much sicker than what was thought. He breathing is labored, he shows signs of pneumonia. Thankfully I have antibiotics on hand. I just gave him some and I will give him steam therpay to open his airways and help him breathe better. This little guy needs a strong name to pull him through. I am thinking "Valor" , what do you think?

Two New Guinea Pigs

Two new arrivals today. They are two adult , male guinea guinea pigs. One is a silkie/sheltie all white with a brown faced , he is now named Fig Newton. The other is a short haired calico, but mostly black, he is now named Chocolate Chip. They were both abandoned at a local pet store :(
Sierra has been doing great. Her incision area looks good and she has been leaving it alone to heal. We just hope that no other tumors pop up on her.

Adoptions and Sugar Gliders

We had 184 adoptions in the year of 2011! That is fantastic! We thank everyone who supports our cause and adopts. That is many happy and loved little ones with forever homes. All of us at Small Pets- Big Hearts are thrilled and overjoyed. I know I am .

Two of our resident male sugar gliders have just been neutered. Ollie and Echo are their names. Echo is bonded to his sister, Peek-a-boo and needs to be adopted with her. They will both be adoptable in two weeks after Echo has had time to recover from his surgery today. Although he is bouncing around like nothing even happened! Ollie is bonded to female sugar glider, Gypsy , and he must be adopted with her. Gypsy has two babies that just came out of pouch on December 1st. She arrived to us with babies already in her pouch. Once her babies are weaned and she has time to recuperate from feeding two extra mouths , both Ollie and Gypsy will be adoptable. With Ollie neutered, Gyspy won't have to go through this ordeal ever again.

Sierra the rat's surgery

Sierra the female rat went in for surgery today to have a tumor removed. The procedure was more involved than we thought, the tumor was wrapped around a vein. Her incision area is quite large :( She must be so sore. We have a smaller cage for her to recover in with lots of fleece fabric for cuddling and sleeping. When she is all healed she will go back to the tall cage with her two sisters, Savannah and Kenya.