FurrButt Farms Rat Rescue
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FurrButt FarmsThank you for considering us in your quest for a new pet. If you are interested in adopting or if you have any questions about our furrbutts, please let us know. If you are looking for another breed - Let me know because I may not have what you are looking for, but may know someone who does.
WE COULD REALLY USE FOOD, BEDDING OR MONETARY DONATIONS !!!
We buy our food from Kim's Ark Rodent Rescue because it is the best food around and you cannot buy it locally. The money supports their efforts in rescue and also delivers the best quality lab blocks right to your door for just $1 a pound !!!!! If you would like to donate some food to our rescue or help them in their efforts - you can send money by Paypal to : store@kimsarkrescue.org. You can put in the message to send the food to me or you can make a monetary donation to their rescue. They have my information and they are very very nice to work with ! Also, if you would like to to donate to our rescue for bedding, medical care, etc. - you can send money to : ratmama@insightbb.com thru Paypal. Anything can help - even just $5.
We are always taking in surrendered ratties and some of them are healthier than others. We had one rat (Templeton) come into the rescue - Templeton is the cutest and sweetest dumbo rat, but had some serious issues when we got him. First he was covered with mites and was all scabby and itchy. We treated him with medicine, gave him a bath and after 5 weeks of treatment, he is mite free and looking handsome. He also had two overgrown bottom teeth that were about 1 1/2" long and had to be cut down and he is missing his two top teeth that broke off when they got stuck in a toy. We took him to the vet to make sure evertyhing was fine, but he now has a permanent "hairlip" where the bottom teeth moved the tissue on the top lip. He can eat and drink fine and he is just the cutest thing !!!!!! We have recently had surgery done on a number of our females that have developed tumors and the bills are adding up. Each surgery (plus medicine if needed) is anywhere from $100-$150 per surgery. We have a wonderful vet that helps us out, but all of this money comes out of our own bank account. I have some awesome pictures of the work our vet does (before and after surgery) so you can see where the money is going. We are also always buying bedding for the cages, high quality lab blocks made with soy not corn fillers, water bottles, etc. We love our babies very much and I have spent thousands of dollars in the past 5 years getting my rescue established and keeping it going. I think that we have done a great job in keeping our guys healthy and happy, but nothing comes for free. Thanks for considering and helping us in our quest to help the babies !!! If you would like to donate to our cause- our paypal address is :
ratmama@insightbb.com
We were recently featured in a news story by our local news station and CNN Headline News picked up the story and ran it on national TV the very next day - (www.CNN.com - put in rat rescue in the search area and you will see our story). We were so proud to be featured in such a positive light and I hope we changed some minds on rats as pets. Even if we changed just one mind, we did our job !!!
FurrButt Farms is finally to under 30 rat residents at this time (6/2008). I am so happy that most of our guys & gals have found great homes and maybe one day - my rescue will not be needed. I have to honestly say that I have met some of the most awesome and greatest people during my time doing rescue. I appreciate the support that I have received from everyone that knows us - I hope to never disappoint anyone. The ones that do not find homes will be our personal pets and we just plan on loving them until they are no longer with us. We stay busy with the other animals that we have (4 dogs (and 1 foster dog at all times) and 6 cats. We do rescue with Woostock Animal Foundation and we got involved with them during a major rat rescue. (****If you have a place in your home and heart to help foster a dog or cat - please see Woodstock on Petfinder.com - http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/KY38.html). We could always use the help !!!!!! WE do stay busy with keeping all the cages clean and everyone fed, but it is a total LABOR OF LOVE !
