But we like to hum cats, rats and elephants while we do our pet chores......
We have a fresh batch of ratties - a mama and her 14 babies plucked from a pretty sad and awfully smelly place.
Mama is convinced that newspaper is a good bedding material & has been ignoring the fleece scraps I gave her. I'm trying to dig out as much of the really smelly stuff as I can without making her too mad. Don't want mama to wig out and hurt her babies which can happen if you mess with their nests.
For the same reason, they're staying in this nasty icky smelly aquarium thingy until they're bigger and we can safely move them to a proper nursery.
Mama is a hooded rattie; she has dark eyes and her color is a kind of silvery beige. The babies are all blue, grey and black; 10 boys, 4 girls. They'll all be available for adoption through Little Mischief Rescue eventually.
And this little pirate I scooped up last night in our neighbourhood. No collar and a messy eye. I can't even tell if the eye is there & it's just infected, or if it out altogether (but then the lids need sewing shut). Either way, the street is no place for a kitty with an eye injury so it came to stay in Casa Crazy Zoo overnight & is going to the shelter today where good people will help it get whatever it needs.
A lovely cat, very friendly & enjoys petting though wasn't too keen on being picked up. I love the mustache & goatee markings!
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Awwwwwwww!!! I'm passing this link on to one of my friends... she's a rat fanatic. She'll love seeing the babies :) I hope the kitty gets all set up soon!
Oooooh, 2 of our favorite things -- rats and cats!
Just had an update from the shelter that kitty went straight to the vet. There's no eye in the socket. Surgery to clean it out & suture is set for Monday. In the meantime, kitty has pain meds and abx.
Three cheers for this awesome shelter & paws crossed for kitty's fast recovery.
Rats....just not my thing:( But wow, 14 babies!
Aww, good for you for helping the kitty. You've got to wonder how it lost the eye.
I need to find a home for my mum's cat Nelson. Of course if all else fails, he will come here, but he is scared of the dogs. That wouldn't be a problem, but Luna is so intense with cats, is right on top of them, trying to herd them. Our cat Smudge mostly ignores her, but then she's always been around dogs. Nelson hasn't. A blood drawing swat to the nose doesn't put Luna off, unfortunately.
I don't think elderly Smudge would be at all happy with another cat being around either.
And this is why I love you. I'm so glad the kitty is getting the help she needs.
Poor cat. Lucky for him/her you found it. I hope it's eye gets better quickly and it finds a forever home soon.
The baby rats are so cute:) I used to have pet mice when I was young but never ventured into rats.
Just found your site through the Secural Homeschool site. Got excited that maybe you'd found a unicorn. I'll check back--maybe you'll have more luck next time and find a unicorn with a bunch of rats and a cat trailing behind. Not that rats and cats alone aren't super enough.
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