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.

New Arrival Hamster

A new arrival today. His name is spunky and he is a male syrian hamster. He has short fur. His colors are brown and white. He is 4 to 5 months old. He was brought to us because he wasn't friendly enough with children. Yes, he is cautious with hands and being picked up. I see a lot of potential in him , with patience and a tender touch, he will warm up to people.. I am sure of it.

Fundraising for 10 Rabbits

We currently have 10 rabbits within our foster network that needs to be spayed or neutered. We spay and neuter rabbits before they are placed up for adoption. We have Thumper, Simba, Penelope, 4 lionhead rabbits that haven't been named yet, Grace, Misty and Todd. Neuters cost $85 and spays cost $110. This surgical procedure will help calm a rabbit and take away bad behaviors (such as spraying, cages aggression, etc) and help with good behaviors ( such as using a litter box). There are also health benefits. It is a known fact that spayed/neutered rabbits live longer and healthier lives. Thank you for supporting us and the 10 bunnies.
You can use the ChipIn link below to Donate. Thank you everyone! We couldn't do this without you support :)

Tax Exempt!!!

Small Pets-Big Hearts is now officially a 501c3 Tax Exempt organization!!!!!!!! YEAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pheobe

I have some terrible news. We lost Pheobe the ferret, she passed away. She saw Dr.T yesterday, she had low blood sugar, he suspected insulinoma, a tumor on the pancreas. He told us to start her on Prednisolone and get some food in her if she isn't eating. I gave her the meds last night and syringe fed her some chicken baby food. She perked up , seemed to gain some energy after that. I went to bed late last night and woke up to find that she had passed.


We will miss her terribly, and so will Rufus and Crimson the ferrets.