have you rescued an animal?

All my 7 cats are rescues. I have a 13 year old Maine Coon that I just rescued a month ago, a Sphynx rescued from a breeder along with 6 others. MooShoo and his cousin Pixel are the only survivors. Then there's Shorty (a beautiful calico munchkin who spent the first year of her life in a cage because of a breeder), an American Curl named Carly the Curly Girl, and a tortie named Mollie Rose who just turned 8 yesterday (yes we had a Fancy Feast Party) and Casey, who turned 7 on Easter Sunday. I'll try to post pictures soon.

I dont know if you would call getting my hammie from my school for free a rescue
but i luv him anyway!!

My husband and I just adopted a dog from an SPCA organization. We're bringing her home tomorrow. The SPCA rescued her 6 months ago from a shelter so that she would not be killed. She had been picked up from an elderly lady who had too many pets and couldn't afford to feed them all. She and the other animals were all malnurished when they were picked up by the shelter, but she looks great now. Her name is Susie and it took a while for her to get adopted because she's not used to personal attention. She's very friendly with other dogs but a little stand-offish around poeple. Even we spent a couple of hours with her before deciding to adopt her. I think she'll come around quickly. After the two hours, we had to leave her in her crate for a while to sign the papers. When we came back to say good-bye, she actually wagged her tail and looked interested in us because she recognized us. I can't wait to make her a part of our family. She's our only child so far.

We (my family) rescued our cat Dudley, and Skittles, Oreo and Nugget (rats), from becoming snake food. When/if I get a dog, when I move out, I refuse to buy my dog from a breeder, I am going to the pound to rescue my pooch.

All my cats were rescues. I was doing TNR (trap-neuter-release) for cats, and out of the 7 I trapped, 3 have become part of the family. The other 2 cats in my avatar where also homeless, but I didn't trap them . . . they just wandered on over. I consider Lizette (not pictured in avatar) semi-family. When I released her she chose to stick around the house. Untouchable, but she knows we will feed her every day.

Between 1985-1999 we rescued/adopted/took in over 30 dogs...some (strays that we took in) eventually went on to forever homes (we took them to the vet, got to know their personalities and found them forever homes with people we knew or the friends and family of people we knew) but before a sudden move to OH from TX in 9/99 we had 6 permanent dogs living with us (they were placed with family and friends and we still get updates on them all). The only pet we had that moved with us was a Missisippi Map turtle who has been with us since 8/95 and for 14 mos. LT was our only pet.

Since 11/00 (we bought our 1st home in 6/00), however we have adopted or rescued......

3 dogs (Buckeye....an 8yo Black Lab w/us since 11/00, Sassie...a 19 mo. old Black Lab with us since 11/01 & Daisy (a 9mo. old Beagle/? mix w/us since June)

50 guinea pigs (38 currently living with us....1 died from cancer, 1 after a stroke and 1 from unknown causes and the others from old age) between 4/01-6/02 (1 of my girls, Momma Copper, was POTD last month),

& 6 African Pygmy hedgehogs. Our 1st 2 girls (Tiggy & Winkle) came to us in June from a friend who moved from a large house to an apt. and had to place most of her pets in new homes, our next 3 (2 boys named D'Artagnan & Porthos/1 girl named Glori-Rose) came to us in Aug. from a hedgehog rescue (1 was owner surrendered to the rescue, the girl was given to the rescue by a breeder since she was born minus her right front foot & could not be bred and the other was actually bought by the rescuer because of a feeling she had.....that he was meant to go to someone else) & our last girl (Gwenyver Fiona..or Gweny-Fi, said Gwenna-Fee... for short) came to us from the same friend we got the 1st two girls from (she visited us...until then our friendship was an online friendship and saw how well the girls were being cared for and the 1 girl she had lept was obviously missing her "sisters" so she felt she would be better off here & she arrived in Sept.).

On 11/10 2 more hedgies, Zevida Avigail (Zev'Avi or Zev for short)and Vanya Jelena (or Van'Je...said almost Vonnie with an h sound) will be coming here to live. Zevida was owner surrendered from a family in IN (we live in OH) who had gotten her in 11/01 for their son who wanted a HAMSTER (still trying to figure out how you can confuse hamster with hedgehog) and he burst in to tears when he saw her. She is 2-4 years old and has never been held without gloves (they came with her), 9 days ago she got her 1st bath in AT LEAST a year, her nails have not been trimmed in AT LEAST a year (well...they were trimmed yesterday.....), she was being fed table scraps (which included bacon, pork chops, fried chicken and french fries and who knows what else) & she has never had a wheel. She has...mites, is overweight, has ear fungus that was so bad it had to be trimmed with scissors before medication could be started & her feet are so damaged she may never walk correctly for the rest of her life (because of her nails). She was picked up by a wonderful woman (Lori) on Friday.....she is who runs the rescue we adopted our 3 hedgies from in August (you may have seen my little guy D'Artagnan last month...he was POTD on 10/9). When Lori emailed me to let me know she had to go to IN on Thurs. she asked me if I would adopt a little girl she had there at her rescue. Of course I said yes...we have to go to her house to pick up Zevida so bringing home 2 is not an issue. Vanya is under a year old and was bought from a breeder (the same one Glori and Porthos came from) for a little girl. The family decided she wasn't quite what they wanted and gave her back to the breeder (who btw is well respected in the hedgehog community..she's one of the good ones) who in turn gave her to Lori, to find a loving home for her.

In December Little Bit (who we THINK is a girl...and if LB IS a girl her name will be Rivka Azahra or Riv'a which is said like the 1st part of river and uh at the end) will be coming to live with us. A friend bought a female hedgie from a pet store and 2 weeks later SURPRISE....baby LB arrived (she heard the 1st chirps on 10/15 but we aren't sure of LB's exact bday). She asked me on Wed. if we would take LB in when she is 6 weeks old and of course I said yes. They live close to us so I have been able to visit LB and have even held her a few times already (mom trusts me).

It's a house full but...we wouldn't have it any other way! The dogs rule the house but mainly stay in the living room and ALL of the other animals live IN our living room (which is thankfully HUGE!).

Lets see- what have I rescued?

April 5th 2002- I found a Brontosaurus in my backyard, he was hiding under the pine trees, and I lured him out with a piece of parsley. I named him Brutus.

June 16th 2002- I rescued an Ameoba from my science lab. I let him go in the tolilet and told him to be free.

July 04,2002- We were on vacation in South Carolina. We were on the beach, and I found a beached Blue Whale. I shoved it back into the sea, before I realized it was my mom. So, I had to rescue her twice.


Yup, I've rescued a lot of critters!

All 4 of my bunnies were rescued. You can find such wonderful animals there, that I really wished more people would adopt from rescue places or SCPA's. The only bunny I got from a pet store was Josephine, pictured in her tunnel. She passed away 3 weeks ago. She was a treasure who i had the pleasure of living with for 7 years. She had an amputed front leg and recently became paralyzed in her back legs. No need to say, she couldn't really get around. I gave her tons of attention, love and many different types of food (she loved food so much). She died in my arms.

I have been rescueing reptiles for quite sometime... Currently We have Myrtle a 47 yr old eastern Box turtle... who has been with me for well over 13 yrs now, His Friend Alice a 43 yr old female Eastern Box Turtle who was rescued from a pet mill, Audrey our Finch who was attacked by a cat, and Grizelda(Griz for short) who is a Blind Green Iguana that we recently adopted from half way across the country.

Beyond what we currently have, I have rehabbed many turtles, birds and other fuzzies who were able to go back into the wild... As well as some reptile rescues that are sadly missed... after long battles with infections, Metabolic Bone Disease and a score of other problems from thier previous poor care. Oh and I forgot to mention nearly 100 chickens, geese, swans, ducks, a goat, a turkey, a pony, a pair of peacocks, a pair of Emus, 30 some dogs, a cat, 5 hermit crabs, a tank of fish and a toad... I think I have done a good bit of work... but I never feel as though I have done enough... so many still die.

I like to think they had fulfilling, happy lives, spoiled beyond that of most children.