03.09.10
Posted in Events at 8:41 am by Jenn
Rabbit Day 2010 was a huge success, and we’re thankful to all the hard work of the volunteers of the Triangle Rabbit Group and the other rescues. It was a wonderful turnout and we had a great time!
The ACR&S booth looked unusually professional, considering it was us that did it. Bonnie and Clyde are on the left, and Leo and Winnie are on the right!
Andrea and Leo pose for a picture. Leo is angry.
A view of the other booths and Dr. Dan’s table.
More pictures can be viewed in the Flickr set, located here. Thank you everyone that stopped by to wish us well! It was wonderful to see old adopters, new faces, and bunny lovers from all over the Triangle at our booths. Special thanks to Oxbow Animal Products, Phydeaux Pets, and Ursula Vernon for providing wonderful raffle prizes to help out our bunny friends.
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02.24.10
Posted in Events at 6:00 am by Jenn
All Creatures Rescue & Sanctuary is proud to announce their participation in 2010’s Rabbit Day! Rabbit Day is an educational event held in the Triangle area, geared towards showcasing adoptable rabbits, publicizing the rabbit overpopulation problem, and serving as a really awesome get-together from rabbit loving individuals from all over the state. We would invite anyone interested in meeting our bunnies (we’ll have Leo & Winnie, Charlemagne & Fauntleroy, and Bonnie & Clyde there for all to meet), fostering, learning more about us, donating a couple of dollars to the awesome raffle, voting in the bunny picture show, or watching bunnies being clicker trained to stop by!
Rabbit Day 2010 is being held at Animall, which is located in Cary Towne Center in Cary, NC.
Please be sure to visit the Rabbit Day 2010 homepage for more info:
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02.23.10
Posted in Adoptions at 12:05 pm by Jenn
Congratulations to Billie Jean for finding her forever home! Billie Jean was left at a local animal shelter shortly before
Christmas (very near Frazier and Amelia). She was initially very skittish and terrified of us, but once settled down became a favorite in her foster home. She was athletic and spry, and was always leaping into hayracks and on top of her pigloo.
Springer had recently lost his little sow-wife, Maggie. Maggie and Springer had been together for several years, and her loss had left him heartbroken. When he met Billie Jean, he seemed to perk up immediately. He was excited and thrilled to show her all of his fantastic hiding spots and running tunnels.
Bob and Sue, her new mom and dad, reported that she spent about a week pretty scared of the new setup — they’ve got a free-range piggie habitat — but once she settled in, she was running and leaping like an Olympic champion. Thanks to repeat adopters Bob and Sue for offering this little girl a place to finally call her own with a big manly boar like Springer to keep her company.
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02.06.10
Posted in Adoptions at 6:00 am by Jenn
Amelia is a 5 year old lady that was surrendered to the local animal shelter by her family just before Christmas. They left a note saying that they had had her for five years, but could no longer care for her, and asked that she be found a good home. ACR&S pulled her, as a senior, and set about looking for her perfect home.
It didn’t take long! Alison and Ed saw her on Petfinder and fell in love. They already have an older sow named Sophie who was alone. She’d been alone for most of her life (with out of cage playdates with other piggies), but they were open to seeing if the girls would get along together.
The introductions went very well, with the two girls mostly just sitting in opposite corners and calling each other names, but soon they settled down and agreed to have a snack together, with Sophie graciously allowing Amelia to reside in her piggie palace. Thank you again to Alison and Ed for opening up your homes and your hearts to a piggie in her twilight years.
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02.04.10
Posted in Adoptions at 6:00 am by Jenn
Frazier has found his happy ending! Frazier was abandoned at the Orange County Animal Shelter all alone right before Christmas. He was estimated to be around 1 year of age, and seemed lonely. Joe and his family had just applied for a piggie to be friends with their piggie, Rocky. I sent them pictures of Frazier and told his story and a date was set!
Rocky, an older 2 year old male, had never had a friend before, so I brought over my blanket and introduction fence, and we spent a few smelly hours watching the pair chase and mark each other. Finally, tired, they flopped down and had a snack together — and that was the end of it! Frazier and Rocky are now close friends, and both enjoy running laps and annoying each other like true brothers.
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02.03.10
Posted in Adoptions at 6:00 am by Jenn
A hearty congratulations to Parsley (formerly Kris) for finding his forever home with Mehrunissa and her family! Parsley went home to live with his two new brothers, Ariel and Apple, and though it was a long day, he’s now best friends with both of them. Initially it was pretty rough — Parsley being a young energetic adolescent, and the older piggies wanting nothing more to do than to eat and nibble and snooze, but soon enough they were sharing salads and making piggie trains through their palatial C&C cage.
Thank you again, Mehrunissa, for offering this little man the perfect home, complete with big salads, good buddies, and lots of room to run and play!
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02.02.10
Posted in Adoptions at 8:25 am by Jenn
A congratulations to Comet and Meteor for finding their new homes! Comet and Meteor were returned guinea pigs — originally adopted out by South Carolina Guinea Pig Rescue (which has since merged with ACR&S), their family was unable to keep them after several major life changes. The big (and we mean huge!) 3 year old boys returned to us.
Doug and his family were looking for the perfect piggies to live with their family, piggies who were used to kids and would not be spooked by their well-meaning caresses. Comet and Meteor, having lived with kids their whole life, were much calmer than the average piggie, and after scant minutes in their new house were already wheeking for veggies and accepting cuddles.
Thank you again to Doug and his family for offering Comet & Meteor their forever home!
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01.26.10
Posted in Memorials at 10:54 am by Jenn
It is with a heavy heart that we wish Pinball the guinea pig a swift trip over the bridge. Last Tuesday, January 19th, Pinball was back in for another tooth trim, in preparation for his new chin sling headgear. The weekend before (5 days after his last trim) we had already noticed his incisors out of alignment, and knew that we were likely to find the same situation this time as we had last time. And we were right. When Dr. Munn got a good gander at his teeth, they’d already trapped his tongue again.
He prepared to start trimming and prodded the first tooth gently. It fell out. The one behind it was also quite loose and with gentle wiggling also fell out. [Picture of the teeth can be viewed here] We were both flabbergasted, but I asked him to trim what remained and we’d go from there. He didn’t appear to have any trouble on the anesthesia while he was under, but showed some difficulty waking up. He was brought home to be coddled and kept warm until he could wake.
Pinball spent most of the evening in a quiet room on his heating pad in his carrier. Much later in the night, he started stirring regularly and we thought he was out of the woods. I went to bed and left my husband to keep an eye on him (to make sure he didn’t get burned on his heating pad and in case he had trouble). At 2am, Anthony woke me up to let me know that he’d sighed and breathed his last.
It was a staggering loss for us. He’d only been here a month, but Pinball was so energetic. He’d learned when feeding times were and would beg as adroitly as any of our other, normal piggies. He loved coating himself nearly head to toe with Critical Care, and tolerated his sponge baths with much dignity. We are still saddened by his loss, and we haven’t yet been able to bring ourselves to break down his little quarantine cage.
We would like to thank everyone who called, emailed, wrote, and posted their good thoughts and good wishes to Pinball. We told him every night how many people were pulling for him and how he’d never have to worry about anything again if we could only get through this. We received donations and cards from all over the US, and even internationally. Our sincere thanks go out to Sponsor a Guinea Pig for allowing Pinball to be January’s pig, and for helping organize all the good will going towards his recovery. If nothing else, Pinball’s illness has been an important wakeup call that vet care is never optional for small animals, and that denying them this care can severely impair them for life. If his suffering can help even one other pig to not end up in the same situation, it has not been in vain.
Thank you again, everyone, for your kind thoughts and for rooting for Pinball. He was one of a kind.
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01.09.10
Posted in Adoptions at 7:00 am by Jenn
A very happy ending to Nina and Leda! The day after New Year’s, these two adorable piggies went to their forever home.
Meg and family had lost two beloved cats in 2008, and their family was looking for another pet. Their girls had wanted guinea pigs, and after much research and forethought, the parents agreed — they would make a good family pet that everyone could enjoy! It was difficult for them to pick from among so many eligible piggies, but the eventually settled for Nina and Leda.
The adoption was picture perfect! Leda showed off her highly developing eating skills while Nina showed off her camouflage skills (more than once we couldn’t tell which end was which!) After a session to meet the family, the girls settled into their new piggie palace and helped themselves to a salad!
A huge thanks to Meg and her wonderful family for offering these girls (now Truffles and Penny) a forever home, and for helping ACR&S to start off a wonderful new year with a slew of quality adoptions!
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01.08.10
Posted in Adoptions at 7:00 am by Jenn
Machu the chinchilla, after spending over a year in foster, finally went to his forever home for the new year. SciWorks, a learning museum in Winston Salem, is working on a brand new “South America” exhibit. They approached us, wanting to patronize rescue since there were so many animals looking for homes. They wanted one or more chinchillas that were friendly and approachable, and would make suitable program animals.
Machu had been looking for the perfect place to go — he is an amazingly friendly guy who’s outgoing personality never failed to win over strangers. He is also an adept beggar, so when we dropped him off we made sure that they knew that his little doe eyes hid the world’s best scam artist.
So far, staff are reporting that he’s a big hit (although his enclosure isn’t ready) and that everyone’s day is brightened as he begs for chin scratches and treats!
Thanks so much to the kind and caring staff at SciWorks for providing a forever home for Machu, and for going out of their way to provide an ideal environment for him to reside in!
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