The Angora Bunnies

Here are a few pictures of the angora bunnies we took in from the HUGE seizure in New Brunswick Canada. So far, they have needed treatment for fur and ear mites and also Coccidia. And worse of all, they did not have the males separated from females. There were many more females than males, so we received all females. They will also be on pregnancy watch.
Thank you to everyone who has donated on their behalf. They will also be getting shaved. Their fur is dirty and smells awful! Angoras should never be bathed because they take way too long to dry and do not fry properly. Instead the nice vet techs at Seneca Animal Hospital will be shaving them for us. All the dirty smelly fur will be gone, so they can grow in new fur, for a new and better life :)

A Plea for Katarina

Katarina is a pink eyed, white, Russian dwarf hamster. She arrived at the rescue with a missing eye. She lost her eye from another hamster that had beat her up :( She has been well healed and okay for many months now. Just recently, her only eye has become cloudy and bulging a little. She just saw the vet yesterday and she has a cataract in that eye! She still has some vision out of the eye, but it will deteriorate and she will become blind in the near future. Poor Katarina doesn't have any luck with her eyes and vision. There isn't any treatment available for hamsters for cataracts. There is for dogs and cats , but not a small hamster.
Katarina isn't a friendly hamster at all. She will bite. (I pick her up and move her by scooping her up inside of a dish) But, can you blame her? We would love Katarina to get adopted and finally have a permanent loving home. She was special needs before, now she is greatly special needs. We will include her cage with adoption. She is very familiar with those surroundings. Does anyone have it in there hearts to take in a hamster that will be blind and isn't friendly?

The Mice

Yesteday, I took the 3 mice ; Stampy, Mars and Shaft; off of Petfinder.com. They have become senior mice. They arrived at the rescue at the end of June last year. They were not baby mice then. Mice normally only have a lifespan of 1 to 1 and half years. We have decided to retire them from adoption and let them live in comfort at the rescue. Moving to a new home may not in their best interest right now. Shaft is showing worrisome signs of rapid breathing, I will call the vet in the morning to get him an appointment as soon as possible. I fear their age may already be catching up to them.

Good Bye Motorman

We lost our beloved cat , Motorman, to cancer. He was the very first cat I adopted, 15 years ago. He layed with me every day, slept with me, greeted me at the door, etc. Loosing him has hit me hard and I miss him greatly. I know Ray does too. There is an emptiness in our hearts and in our house.

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 :)

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.

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