Hi everyone, it's been a long time since I've been on a board. I will not be a big participant but I will stop in from time to time. I see you all have so much going on, and I feel out of the loop!
Some of you know me, I'm Jane and I ran Small Victories Rodent Rescue. I only do advice and referrals now, plus opportunities to do good PR for rats. I am very grateful that so many others are also doing the work I used to do and the stuff they do too!
I am due to update Mooshika.org and will do so shortly, so check it out in a few weeks - or now, and send me requests and comments I can add to my to-do list.
I have 11 girl rats and for the three newest ones (former adoption came back), I did a term paper in Religion and Alternative Medicine on giving them complementary medicine after their tumour surgery. When I handed in the paper, I was sure they would simply be long-term palliative care for me. Then a week later, their recurring tumours turned out to be abscesses, and almost miraculously cleared up. Tangerine now has a recurring tumour in another place, but I got tamoxifen as a few of my older girls (Sicero will be 2 soon, and her best friend Michaela of unknown age) are getting tumours and this should help.
I have been slowly lowering my number of animals at home because I have been very busy and I will continue to be very busy for a long time, so ideally in the future I will only keep 4 - 6 rats. Rats are friends I can't imagine being without, but I have to reclaim time in order to pursue my ambitions, without compromising on their care.
I have three cages of mice - two boys, and a fabulous cage of girls (I really should post a pic). I also have 2 bunnies and a dog; ages 3, 5, and 10.
I will be posting in the Rehomes section when I hear of rodents in Montreal needing homes. Take it for granted there are rats at the SPCA here. A good bunch of volunteers, much better than when I started rescuing. The pets get rehomed fairly well and quickly.
Also, soon I will also be posting to find fosters for my pets for my upcoming trip to Denmark at the end of the summer. I will take care of them financially as best I can, and hopefully I can take either 3 rats or the bunnies with me to DK. This is just an early heads-up; for the rat girls I doubt I can foster all 8 together somewhere so perhaps it will be 4 and 4, or 5 and 3.
That's all for now, feel free to reintroduce yourself to me if we used to chat on Pet Rats Canada or somewhereâ¦
Some of you know me, I'm Jane and I ran Small Victories Rodent Rescue. I only do advice and referrals now, plus opportunities to do good PR for rats. I am very grateful that so many others are also doing the work I used to do and the stuff they do too!
I am due to update Mooshika.org and will do so shortly, so check it out in a few weeks - or now, and send me requests and comments I can add to my to-do list.
I have 11 girl rats and for the three newest ones (former adoption came back), I did a term paper in Religion and Alternative Medicine on giving them complementary medicine after their tumour surgery. When I handed in the paper, I was sure they would simply be long-term palliative care for me. Then a week later, their recurring tumours turned out to be abscesses, and almost miraculously cleared up. Tangerine now has a recurring tumour in another place, but I got tamoxifen as a few of my older girls (Sicero will be 2 soon, and her best friend Michaela of unknown age) are getting tumours and this should help.
I have been slowly lowering my number of animals at home because I have been very busy and I will continue to be very busy for a long time, so ideally in the future I will only keep 4 - 6 rats. Rats are friends I can't imagine being without, but I have to reclaim time in order to pursue my ambitions, without compromising on their care.
I have three cages of mice - two boys, and a fabulous cage of girls (I really should post a pic). I also have 2 bunnies and a dog; ages 3, 5, and 10.
I will be posting in the Rehomes section when I hear of rodents in Montreal needing homes. Take it for granted there are rats at the SPCA here. A good bunch of volunteers, much better than when I started rescuing. The pets get rehomed fairly well and quickly.
Also, soon I will also be posting to find fosters for my pets for my upcoming trip to Denmark at the end of the summer. I will take care of them financially as best I can, and hopefully I can take either 3 rats or the bunnies with me to DK. This is just an early heads-up; for the rat girls I doubt I can foster all 8 together somewhere so perhaps it will be 4 and 4, or 5 and 3.
That's all for now, feel free to reintroduce yourself to me if we used to chat on Pet Rats Canada or somewhereâ¦
