Thanks everyone!
No trip today ... At the last minute, I was told that NRM did not have a drive and it would have been very late tonight if I had unexpectedly added 2 to 2.5 hrs more to my trip by driving to Saint John to pick up the 26 rescues on the way to Saint Stephen.
EDIT: due to a misunderstanding ...
I waited to hear back re a definate time for our meeting at the border, so I didn't leave
the MRR volunteer, Willow, drove to the Saint Stephen border thinking I had already left
and NRM, in Saint John, made no plans to meet up with anyone or send the 26 rats she had
Unfortunately I did not have anyway to contact the MRR volunteer except through email.
The volunteer did not phone or email letting me know she was on her way
and I guess NRM didn't phone the volunteer re scheduling the trip for Sunday, although I thought that she had.
So the trip did not happen, although Willow the volunteer made a 8 hr drive.
I will make arrangements and plan to drive hours out of my way to pick and transport the rats at NRM's ... if they are ready to go
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Much Thanks goes to:
Dr Scott Stewart who did a health check on the 47 rescue ratties, spent time writing a letter for customs and only charged me $80.
He must have volunteered his time to help these ratties, because according to my estimate, the bill should likely have been at least three times that amount.
EDIT: I had a vet apt today (April 27) and found that the woman was mistaken. The bill was actually $160 for the exam of 47 rats ... which is still a wonderful break. I paid it today.
Thank you to the Islandview Vet Hospital and staff for donating 3 used cat carriers and 2 used cages that they had in storage so that the 47 ratties would have something safe to make the trip in.
The babies look a lot like my two litters. My Moms are most likely siblings of these moms since they came from the same person.
