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Yup. When I get bored, I feel the need to show off my babies, and the stories of how they came here. ^^ So, I hope you enjoy.
Morgan - my little cairn terrier, looking devastated that I'm not letting him in yet (lol). My parents got him from a really shoddy breeder, despite my suggestion of getting a shelter dog, and now they're paying for it: he's got just about every health problem in the world, and has wracked up so many vet bills that we could have bought the whole breeding operation if they wanted cairns so bad.
Leo - pre-diet, I need to get a picture of him all slimmed down. He's named after the steer Leo at Farm Sanctuary. Why? Lemme tell ya. Leo was found terrified and covered with calf diarhea, trapped in the auction pen at an upstate NY stockyard. We were there seeing the auctioning process on veal calf day first had as part of the FS internship. The spent milk cattle were to be auctioned next, and poor Leo was destined to be trampled. So, I did what every good vegan would do; I grabbed a feral, agressive, #### covered kitten, called shelters to arrange a home, and brought him back with me. Problem was on his wellness exam, he turned up FIP +, and the shelter wouldn't take him, so he's mine.
Charlie - was found in an abandoned apartment along with an iguana (who we also took and placed with a vet) emaciated, lethargic, and generally not doing so hot. After years of vet visits and hundreds of dollars, brushes with death and lots of crying, we've found out that Charlie has severe ulcers. They hemmorage and cause all kinds of health problems. He's on maintenance drugs for them, but he never really is healthy. However, he's a perky little fellow when he's feeling well; very playful and sweet.
Rosalinda - is a chilean rosehaired tarantula. Someone brought her and five other tarantulas to the trevor zoo (along with iggy) after finding them in tiny paper cups, emaciated and infested with mites, in a mall pet store. Due to their extremely weak and ill states, two of the tarantulas quickly perished. The zoo only had room for one of the remaining tarantulas (Chilean Rosehairs are territorial!), so they needed homes where the others could receive mite dusting, tons of food, and warmth. Obviously not too many people would voluteer to bring home a big, sick arachnid, so I did.
Darwin - A fraudulent rescue called FERR got busted for having poor conditions for their animals, and we agreed to take on a pregnant female rabbit with a back injury. She couldn't nurse her offspring when they were born because she couldn't get into the position for it, and rejected them. I attempted to bottle raise the very inbred babies, but 2 hemmoraged to death due to severe internal problems, one right in my hands, screaming. For this I will never forgive FERR (and for other reasons, which I will probably post about because I am so outraged). Darwin was the sole survivor, but he has a lot of health issues; his forlegs and head are deformed, he's very undersized, and has an extremely sensitive GI.
Brindam - Brindam came from a DCSPCA cruelty case I helped with (taking photos to build a case). While photographing I had seen 2 baby rabbits with severe cold and eye infections. I had been tempted to take them, but figured I'd be in deep trouble if I did so. I returned 2 weeks later and found that the sicker of the two had perished. Brindam's eye was hugely swollen, pouring pus, and generally looked awful. I offered to take him, and Gretchen obliged. Brindam needed eye flushes, terramycin, and other treatment 3 times a day for months, but he now has partial vision in the eye. It turns out that he is a cottontail hybrid (the only male in the pen was a wild rabbit that got stuck in there looking for females), and looks exactly like a wild rabbit. He is extremely agressive and dislikes people.
Brindam and Alejandro sunbathing in the winter garage pens on a cold day[/img]
Alejandro - My neighbors, went to buy chicks for their kids for easter (
), and since my rooster had just died... they picked up a little "rooster" chick for me. Now, to clear things: we did NOT want another rooster; my family is trying to stabalize the amount of animals we have, not get more. However, we couldn't very well just, you know, reject the gift. So, I had a "rooster." The rooster turned out to be a large, vocal, affectionate hen with upper respritory problems.
Krelli - was also from FERR. We had been looking for a mate for Skoggi for some time, but since he is a weak and small bird, we needed a gentle hen. Krelli was the bottom of the pecking order at FERR, and was also a popular mount. As a result, she had almost no feathers, was completely emaciated, and had a lasceration in her side from overzealous roosters. We adopted her and brought her home, and she has since blossomed into a gorgeous, spirited, and intelligent bird. She is currently dying of uterine cancer, sadly.
((Please excuse this old, pre-diet, pre-nail/beak tream photo. They look like heck!))
Theto and Sigma - were actually adopted to try and cheer up Velveeta after Sky's death. I found them on petfinder; the owner had parkinson's disease and was having difficulties continuing their care. When I picked them up, they were on an all millet diet (very overweight), in a small cage with no behavioral enrichment. They are now enjoying a nice, big aviary-style cage with healthy diets and plenty of toys, but unfortunately they didn't take kindly to Velveeta. Actually, they decided to starve and attack her. Oh well; just hearing other keets has really cheered her up, and I think that they're happier now, too.
Velveeta - I got her and her mate Sky (deceased) for free from evil Animabilia, because they weren't banded and had bad colds. They made a good recovery with some TLC. Veveeta has a super fast metabolism, and no matter how much she eats, she is always underweight. She is angry all the time, though she enjoys toys like no other bird. She can not be kept with other keets as she is very submissive and they do not allow her to eat.
Jesus - is a zebratail/burmse hybrid finch. He's super cute, and super old - almost 13! I hand reared him after his parents and siblings died. He had phneumonia, rickets, and was generally a wreck, but he made it. He was also attacked by a sugar glider pretty severely, nearly bleeding to death. He is my little miracle bird, and by far one of my favorite pets.
Pretty Bird - is a red lored/white fronted (depends on who you ask and how old they are, heh) amazon parrot. I adopted him from Compassion Veterinary. He was once Lori's bird, however, when he hit sexual maturity, he started biting, so like most poor parrots, he got ditched. After being in a home for 2 years, 5 years in a tiny cage living off of sunflower seeds with no mate or companionship took its toll; he was very agressive, nervous, and distrustful. He and I worked up a good relationship, and my parents allowed me to adopt him for Christmas. He's making beautiful progress.
Aspen - is a moody little Green Cheeked conure who was given to me as a birthday gift. Not a very smart gift idea, eh? Ok, it was partially my fault; I saw him at the store and gushed over him, and it being near my birthday, my mom/grandparents picked up on it and brought him home as a suprise on the 17th (which would be my bd.) Well, as much as I hate the bird trade, he really is a wonderful little guy.
Widget (l) - came from the Trevor Zoo live feed room. She is one of the small population of hideously inbred gerbils that resides there. Widget was having terrible seizures for two weeks before I decided to bring her home. (Ok, employee neglect resulting in cannibalism convinced me she needed to come home, but the seizures were also a deciding factor.) She was very good natured for a seizure gerbil, and pretty to boot; a cream colored pelt with bits of tan through it. However, Widget had a suprise.. or rather, 3 of them. She had a litter a few weeks after getting her, and promptly stopped having seizures (hormonal imbalance?). The boys were placed at NY Gerbils and More (an AMAZING rodent rescue in upstate NY), and the lil female now lives with her.
Auhlae ® - is Widget's baby girl. She looks like her mum but has some grey on the ears and tail. She's very high strung and not at all hand tame. We kept her as gerbils are social and figured the mom would like some company.
Anja - is from the Johnson Animal Clinic. She was used in the lab animal portion of our program. Anja suffered an eye injury during a R.O.S blood draw, but recovered. However, no one wanted to adopt her because she was nervous, jumpy, and disliked being handled. I adopted her shortly after her eye injury occured.
Lucia and Nadja - were the last two little albino mice left over at the clinic by Christmas. No one seemed to want them because Lucia was highly agressive and Nadja was nervous. I was origionally only taking them home for Christmas, but everyone fell in love with them, so they stayed. These are my only mice who are housed together, because they proved to be completely inseperable.
And to think, that doesn't even count the fish ::laughs::
Morgan - my little cairn terrier, looking devastated that I'm not letting him in yet (lol). My parents got him from a really shoddy breeder, despite my suggestion of getting a shelter dog, and now they're paying for it: he's got just about every health problem in the world, and has wracked up so many vet bills that we could have bought the whole breeding operation if they wanted cairns so bad.
Leo - pre-diet, I need to get a picture of him all slimmed down. He's named after the steer Leo at Farm Sanctuary. Why? Lemme tell ya. Leo was found terrified and covered with calf diarhea, trapped in the auction pen at an upstate NY stockyard. We were there seeing the auctioning process on veal calf day first had as part of the FS internship. The spent milk cattle were to be auctioned next, and poor Leo was destined to be trampled. So, I did what every good vegan would do; I grabbed a feral, agressive, #### covered kitten, called shelters to arrange a home, and brought him back with me. Problem was on his wellness exam, he turned up FIP +, and the shelter wouldn't take him, so he's mine.
Charlie - was found in an abandoned apartment along with an iguana (who we also took and placed with a vet) emaciated, lethargic, and generally not doing so hot. After years of vet visits and hundreds of dollars, brushes with death and lots of crying, we've found out that Charlie has severe ulcers. They hemmorage and cause all kinds of health problems. He's on maintenance drugs for them, but he never really is healthy. However, he's a perky little fellow when he's feeling well; very playful and sweet.
Rosalinda - is a chilean rosehaired tarantula. Someone brought her and five other tarantulas to the trevor zoo (along with iggy) after finding them in tiny paper cups, emaciated and infested with mites, in a mall pet store. Due to their extremely weak and ill states, two of the tarantulas quickly perished. The zoo only had room for one of the remaining tarantulas (Chilean Rosehairs are territorial!), so they needed homes where the others could receive mite dusting, tons of food, and warmth. Obviously not too many people would voluteer to bring home a big, sick arachnid, so I did.
Darwin - A fraudulent rescue called FERR got busted for having poor conditions for their animals, and we agreed to take on a pregnant female rabbit with a back injury. She couldn't nurse her offspring when they were born because she couldn't get into the position for it, and rejected them. I attempted to bottle raise the very inbred babies, but 2 hemmoraged to death due to severe internal problems, one right in my hands, screaming. For this I will never forgive FERR (and for other reasons, which I will probably post about because I am so outraged). Darwin was the sole survivor, but he has a lot of health issues; his forlegs and head are deformed, he's very undersized, and has an extremely sensitive GI.
Brindam - Brindam came from a DCSPCA cruelty case I helped with (taking photos to build a case). While photographing I had seen 2 baby rabbits with severe cold and eye infections. I had been tempted to take them, but figured I'd be in deep trouble if I did so. I returned 2 weeks later and found that the sicker of the two had perished. Brindam's eye was hugely swollen, pouring pus, and generally looked awful. I offered to take him, and Gretchen obliged. Brindam needed eye flushes, terramycin, and other treatment 3 times a day for months, but he now has partial vision in the eye. It turns out that he is a cottontail hybrid (the only male in the pen was a wild rabbit that got stuck in there looking for females), and looks exactly like a wild rabbit. He is extremely agressive and dislikes people.
Brindam and Alejandro sunbathing in the winter garage pens on a cold day[/img]
Alejandro - My neighbors, went to buy chicks for their kids for easter (
), and since my rooster had just died... they picked up a little "rooster" chick for me. Now, to clear things: we did NOT want another rooster; my family is trying to stabalize the amount of animals we have, not get more. However, we couldn't very well just, you know, reject the gift. So, I had a "rooster." The rooster turned out to be a large, vocal, affectionate hen with upper respritory problems.
Krelli - was also from FERR. We had been looking for a mate for Skoggi for some time, but since he is a weak and small bird, we needed a gentle hen. Krelli was the bottom of the pecking order at FERR, and was also a popular mount. As a result, she had almost no feathers, was completely emaciated, and had a lasceration in her side from overzealous roosters. We adopted her and brought her home, and she has since blossomed into a gorgeous, spirited, and intelligent bird. She is currently dying of uterine cancer, sadly.
((Please excuse this old, pre-diet, pre-nail/beak tream photo. They look like heck!))
Theto and Sigma - were actually adopted to try and cheer up Velveeta after Sky's death. I found them on petfinder; the owner had parkinson's disease and was having difficulties continuing their care. When I picked them up, they were on an all millet diet (very overweight), in a small cage with no behavioral enrichment. They are now enjoying a nice, big aviary-style cage with healthy diets and plenty of toys, but unfortunately they didn't take kindly to Velveeta. Actually, they decided to starve and attack her. Oh well; just hearing other keets has really cheered her up, and I think that they're happier now, too.
Velveeta - I got her and her mate Sky (deceased) for free from evil Animabilia, because they weren't banded and had bad colds. They made a good recovery with some TLC. Veveeta has a super fast metabolism, and no matter how much she eats, she is always underweight. She is angry all the time, though she enjoys toys like no other bird. She can not be kept with other keets as she is very submissive and they do not allow her to eat.
Jesus - is a zebratail/burmse hybrid finch. He's super cute, and super old - almost 13! I hand reared him after his parents and siblings died. He had phneumonia, rickets, and was generally a wreck, but he made it. He was also attacked by a sugar glider pretty severely, nearly bleeding to death. He is my little miracle bird, and by far one of my favorite pets.
Pretty Bird - is a red lored/white fronted (depends on who you ask and how old they are, heh) amazon parrot. I adopted him from Compassion Veterinary. He was once Lori's bird, however, when he hit sexual maturity, he started biting, so like most poor parrots, he got ditched. After being in a home for 2 years, 5 years in a tiny cage living off of sunflower seeds with no mate or companionship took its toll; he was very agressive, nervous, and distrustful. He and I worked up a good relationship, and my parents allowed me to adopt him for Christmas. He's making beautiful progress.
Aspen - is a moody little Green Cheeked conure who was given to me as a birthday gift. Not a very smart gift idea, eh? Ok, it was partially my fault; I saw him at the store and gushed over him, and it being near my birthday, my mom/grandparents picked up on it and brought him home as a suprise on the 17th (which would be my bd.) Well, as much as I hate the bird trade, he really is a wonderful little guy.
Widget (l) - came from the Trevor Zoo live feed room. She is one of the small population of hideously inbred gerbils that resides there. Widget was having terrible seizures for two weeks before I decided to bring her home. (Ok, employee neglect resulting in cannibalism convinced me she needed to come home, but the seizures were also a deciding factor.) She was very good natured for a seizure gerbil, and pretty to boot; a cream colored pelt with bits of tan through it. However, Widget had a suprise.. or rather, 3 of them. She had a litter a few weeks after getting her, and promptly stopped having seizures (hormonal imbalance?). The boys were placed at NY Gerbils and More (an AMAZING rodent rescue in upstate NY), and the lil female now lives with her.
Auhlae ® - is Widget's baby girl. She looks like her mum but has some grey on the ears and tail. She's very high strung and not at all hand tame. We kept her as gerbils are social and figured the mom would like some company.
Anja - is from the Johnson Animal Clinic. She was used in the lab animal portion of our program. Anja suffered an eye injury during a R.O.S blood draw, but recovered. However, no one wanted to adopt her because she was nervous, jumpy, and disliked being handled. I adopted her shortly after her eye injury occured.
Lucia and Nadja - were the last two little albino mice left over at the clinic by Christmas. No one seemed to want them because Lucia was highly agressive and Nadja was nervous. I was origionally only taking them home for Christmas, but everyone fell in love with them, so they stayed. These are my only mice who are housed together, because they proved to be completely inseperable.
And to think, that doesn't even count the fish ::laughs::
Im not a big fan of amazons as they do tend to be evil for about 6 months out of every year 
But they are beautiful parrots! And good on you for taking him in 
