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.