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:cool: well , this may be not so important to everybody , but this morning I saved a caterpillar from being walked over by my husband !
:mad: No !!!! this is not meant as a joke !!
It is not because that animal is so small , that it doesn't have its value in our nature !!!
so please , eveybody , save any animal you can , no matter the size or kind , just do it !! Sure there is always a mummy happy for it !!:) :)
Good for you, Lut! :D :D
I guess I could say so. Casper and Kitty would have ended up in the shelter if someone didn't take them. I'm so glad we found them, and got a pair of precious and priceless cats, whom we love VERY much!
Oh that is so cool about the catepillar. I would have done the same thing. My bf makes fun of me because I save earthworms form getting drowned after a rain storm. I keep praying mantises also. They are starting to come out so I will catch some and breed them. They usually live til September but I keep mine alive all the way to January the next year. I love those things. I keep them in a huge outdoor cage where they can fly around and eat all the moths and bugs they can find. I buy crickets literally in the thousands. For some reason I name them all Prangy.
Here's a pic of my latest rescues. These are 11 rats that I rescued from behind a refridgerator at the local petstore that I used to work at. The mother had gotten loose and had a litter of 12 rats, but one was stillborn. I took the babies home to handrear them since the mother had been out awhile and was pretty unhealthy. I fed them with a syringe and then two days later took them over to my friends house whos rat just weaned a litter. It was perfect.
I can't believe I kept them alive though. They were only 2 days old and needed to be fed every hour. And to think that there was 11 of them. I didn't get much sleep those 2 days with the rats and a four month old son. I kept them warm using a heating pad on the lowest setting.
And don't worry I didn't place them directly on top, the heating pad was placed under the nest that they were in.
The foster mommy took to them like they were her own and in a couple days the babies were noticably healthier. Their fur was shinier, they weren't as floppy, and they were filling out in their middle.
When I first got them they had mites and I had to get all the mites off of them because they were sucking the life out of them. Now mite free and in new homes as of yesterday I am very proud of them. ;)
I had to keep one for myself though. A little american irish slate. She is a sweetie.:)
Awwwwwwww! The little rats are soooooo cute! I'm glad you found them!
Cheers,
T
All my animals are rescued.... Devon and Jaz are from the Doberman rescue, Tiddler and Moonshine are from a cat rescue, and Flower and Disco are from the Equine Rescue League! I worked as a volunteer at the Equine Rescue League (in VA) for over 4 years - it was a wonderful experience.
Can't forget my rescued pets who are no longer with me: Hannibal and Sable (horses); Cleopatra, Gabrielle, Pandora, and Saxon (rats); Khol and Spade (dogs).
PS - Visit Flower's site, it is all about horse abuse and what to do about it!
Flower's Pet of the Day spot: http://petoftheday.com/archive/1999/April/13.html
I love reading about all the people who care enough to share their homes with animals in need! :)
WELCOME! I just visited Flower's site--had to tell you what a kick I got out of the descriptions of the 'riding disciplines!' How true are those?! lol It's wonderful to have another horse lover on board!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Flower Power
All my animals are rescued.... Devon and Jaz are from the Doberman rescue, Tiddler and Moonshine are from a cat rescue, and Flower and Disco are from the Equine Rescue League! I worked as a volunteer at the Equine Rescue League (in VA) for over 4 years - it was a wonderful experience.
Can't forget my rescued pets who are no longer with me: Hannibal and Sable (horses); Cleopatra, Gabrielle, Pandora, and Saxon (rats); Khol and Spade (dogs).
PS - Visit Flower's site, it is all about horse abuse and what to do about it!
Flower's Pet of the Day spot: http://petoftheday.com/archive/1999/April/13.html
I love reading about all the people who care enough to share their homes with animals in need! :)
Sadie and Cincy are not rescues in the sense that we got them from a shelter or rescue group, but in a way they were.
We got Sadie from a the brother of a friend of a friend. (Say that quickly!) Her mom, patches (a dalmation), was owned by his neighbor. He had mention that if the guy ever wanted to get rid of patches, he would take her and find her a good home. Well, the guy took him up on it, saying he didn't like the way the dal was acting. Turns out how she was "acting" was pregnant! His black lab had out her in that position and he didn't want to deal with it, so he was going to put her down. Thankfully the guy we got her from took her in and took excellent care of her. She had a little of 11 adorable black puppies, some, like Sadie, with white chests and feet. He kept them in his garage, with heat (they were born Oct. 25) We were not sure about the timing of getting Sadie because we had just got married when we found out about her. But after we got back from our honeymoon we went to see her and she just took to me like you wouldn't belive. I actually held her little brother first, and he was a sweet dog, but when I took Sadie in my arms, and she cuddled up inside my coat and started licking my face, I knew I had to have her. The hardest thing we did was walk away at that time, "reserving" her, allowong her to stay with mom two more weeks until she was 8 weeks old.
Cincy was a different situation. we had been thinking about getting a second dog and my mom was eager to help. She called on Sturday and said there were free lab mixes in the paper down in Findlay (about an hour south of here) I called the lady and talked to her a little and at that time asked her if we decided to take one of the pups could we leave it there 2 more weeks until she was 8 weeks. well, she said they could probally work something out and we went down the next day to see the puppies. we took Sadie along, but she was more interested in the kitty then the puppies (sorry Sadie, no cats, mommie is allergic!) well, I was having a hard time deciding, they were all so cute (there were 4 left) I thought Cincy seemed to have a good personality that would mix with Sadie (the other puppies seemd more aggresive/adventerous) and since Sadie is so submissive I didn't want her to be uncomfortable. Plus, something else was drawing me to this little runt. I knew we had to take her home that day, that these people were not watching out for her well being and she might not survive 2 more weeks (They had already taken "momma" back in the house and the puppies were outisde alone in a chicken coop-type structure.
n the way home, Ralph found a tick in Cincy's ear. She had a horribly bloated belly and although we don't kow what caused it, within a day of being with us it looked 100% better. Cincy has had 2 eye surgeries, warts in her mouth and bouts of flu like symptoms. She has recovered from all these and is a happy, healthy, 6 1/2 month old puppy. I have no doubt we were meant to take her home, to make sure is properly taken care of.
Sorry my stories about my "rescue " dogs got so wordy!!!
both of our dogs are rescued from the local shelter. Katie we got 3 years ago and shyla we got 10 weeks ago.
they have been a great addition to our family.
wouldnt change them for the world.
:)
MIO
I have rescued two animals. Tango and Snoopy. They came from an animal shelter. Snoopy was abused by young children in his previous home and Tango was neglected because he was a energetic puppy. They are both fine now and the most spoiled dogs in the world.
I guess you could say my muscovy duck, Scruffy was rescued because I had picked him up from a farm, and if I hadn't got him, he would have been someone's dinner by now:( He is 4 years old this year, and I hope that I will spend many more years with him in the future.:)
I've also rescued an animal....I found my cat when we were moving.(I was 1)...I still have her too!
Hey Sam's My Baby, how is your gerbil doing?;)
Hey Gepansy!!!! Sams doing great! Hows oreo? I miss hearing about that cutie! Got any new pics of him???:D :D
Hello everyone. I have rescued a couple of animals in my life. The most recent was 2 Indian ringneck parakeets. They are mother and daughter. The mother is about 15 years old. We only know this because of the band on her leg. The band is from India and is no longer allowed in this country. They stopped importing more than 12 years ago. She( Olivia) was a wild caught. She must have been a breeder and who ever had her before kept one of her babies. I now have her as well, Katlin is about 5 or 6 maybe we don't know for sure. The man I got them from was just taking care of them until his friend got out of the hospital. Well, his friend didn't come back. When I answered the ad and went to pick them up they were both in a cage the size for a regular parakeet. I don't know if you have ever seen and Indian ringneck before but they are the size of a large conure. I felt so bad, Olivia has never let us touch her and she screams when I have to towel her to take her anywhere. We have not clipped her wings. We allow her to fly in our room as mush as she wants and is never caged. I feel she has been in slavery way too long. She will enjoy the rest of her years just doing her own thing. Now Katlin is a little different:) She allows us to pet her. That is as far as it goes with her. I am thankful for that. Katlin has had her share of problems mentally from being caged the way she was. She has pulled out all her wing feathers, and tail feathers. She can not fly at all. She looks like a little chicken.:( I am forever pulling blood feathers out of her. I just hope that they will both someday feel comfortable enough to call this home and start to relax. :)