update and Mice

Sorry for being MIA for a while. I am battling an upper respiratory infection right now, but seeem to be winning. I'm feeling a little better. Still sad about Valor and we also lost Joseph the guinea pig last week. He went to the vet for a minor surgery and passed away shortly after :( It was a shock to all of us, we miss both little piggies so much. On saturday we took in a Momma mouse and her nine babies and one male mouse The male nouse has his own cage seperate from Momma. We named Momma, Siri, and I hope to have pictures of her and her babies soon. Their backstory is - a lady saved them from some children that were treating them badly, but the lady was unable to keep them herself. After two weeks of tyring to find a home or someone to take themm the lady finally found us. And within the two weeks the one mouse had babies which took their saver by surprise! The male mouse's name is Buck Mouse, he will be adoptable very soon. Momma and babies still need a few weeks, the babies don't even have their eyes open yet.

Adoptions and Thinking of Valor

Many adoptions today! Cream and Marvin the guinea pigs; Tripp, Douglass, Merle, Hercules and Ellwood the rats ; and Perry and Pierce the hamsters were adopted today! :) I have been missing Valor today, but his spirit is with us. I wish we would have gotten him well enough to have been adopted into a happy home

Valor

It is with a very sad heart that I am writing today to let you all know that we decided to have Valor the guinea pig euthanized. His battle through pneumonia had many ups and downs, he stopped eating. He was being syringe fed critical care. Early yesterday morning, he couldn't even get up onto his four feet to walk. He was only suffering at that point. Our hearts are broken..but we do not regret any of our time or efforts with him. He was a special soul and a gentle spirit that all of us will remember. Those memories of Valor are worth everything

Keep Valor in Your Thoughts

Please send a lot of good and healing thoughts for Valor the guinea pig. He is struggling with pneumonia right now. He is on nebulizing treatments, antibiotics and steam therpay sessions to help him get through this.

Samuel and Jasper the baby rats were adopted together today. And, Quartz the baby rat was also adopted. What a wonderful day!! We did take in two rats today, Lana and Pearl. Pearl was named Willow, but we changed her name because we already have a rescue rattie named Willow. That would have been a bit confusing for everyone. Pearl is a red eyed white , and Lana is black and white. Lana is extremely thin! Pearl is thin also, but not as extreme as Lana. I would even go as far as saying she is emaciated. SHe is eating from the mix I make for the rats, they are both loving it. There will be a vet appointment in the near future for Lana to be sure there isn't any health problems that is causing her frailness. We do hope there isn't.. If there is, please let it be treatable. I am going to shop for Ensure and Nutri-cal for her tomorrow, they are good boosters for thin or ill rats.

Scruffles the Mouse

Scruffles the 6 month old mouse arrived today. She is a white , red eyed female mouse. She was surrendered because she was in a home where the family cats would not leave her alone. Rest assured, our kitty family is paying Scruffles no attention whatsoever. She is loving running in her wheel right now. She will be adoptable soon, after she has had some time to settle down after the change , and we also know she doesn't have any medical concerns

7 Piggies

7, 7 week old baby guinea pigs arrived today. Thank you Volunteer Beth for picking them up from their previous home. Beth is wonderful!! There are 4 girls and 3 boys. Since the boys were with the girls for a short time, the girls will now be on a 2 to two and half month pregnancy watch. It only takes a short moment for pregnancy to happen with these little guys. The girls will not be adoptable until after that period of time , and we know they are not pregnant. The boys need at least a week or two to de-stress and for us to know they do not have any medical concerns. We will announce when they boys are adoptable, and they will also be added to the Petfinder page and our web site at that time.