I have been praying and praying about this, and debating asking Chaz for help - and finally decided to post. I lost my job - and I have a ton of rescue animals right now. 3 bearded dragons, 2 sugar gliders, 4 turtles, a salamander, 2 toads, 1 leopard gecko, 1 hamster, and 40+ rats. Your first question: where did they all come from? Way too many stories to tell. I have an overabundance of rats right now because a really disgusting, run down pet store a friend of mine worked at knew I was a rat lover and brought some very sick ratties to me and asked if I could help them.
Of course, I did. Had to sign up for CareCredit in my parent's name because I couldn't get one in my own - and $500 later everyone is happy and healthy, with an unlimited supply of respiratory medication since almost all of them had Mycoplasma infections. I absolutely cannot put any more debt on that card, as I am already paying $75 a month on it - no idea how I am going to make the next payment, anyhow. Some of the ratties were mamas to be, which explains the story of some. About a month ago she contacted me again and asked me to rush to her house, where she had taken a litter of 15 (what was left of them) that the males in the tank had started eating. Missing ears, tails, patches of skin. I bottle fed them and nursed them back to health, healed their wounds and when they were healthy enough put them in with a foster mama (if I had put them in there at first she may have killed them because they were in such bad shape). I contacted a rat rescue in my area and she helped me by taking quite a few rattie friends, but recently her house flooded and continues to flood and she cannot help me with any more.
Anyway...many of the females have developed mammary tumors (notorious in rats), and some of the males are genetically disposed to being extremely aggressive, something only a neuter will fix, and one of the females has developed a nasty lung problem that nebulizing and antibiotics have had no effect on, so she needs to go in to get checked out. Like I said, I lost my job, and the rescues in the area have done all they can do to help me. I have a vet appointment on Tuesday with an amazing vet that has agreed to give me an incredible deal on the neuters and spays, the cost of the treatment for the rat with the lung issue obviously cannot be determined until she gets her hands on her. I m struggling to afford caring for these guys after losing my job, and I can't bring myself to cancel the appointment because I just keep praying help will come. I don't know what kind of reactions I am going to get, and I am really ashamed to be asking for financial help, but I don't know what else to do...I am wondering if anybody is willing to make donations to my Pay Pal account to help pay for this vet appointment on Tuesday, and for my next bulk order of food.
This is my house ATM...
And Miracle the beardie...who came to me with a broken jaw, all 4 legs broken, broken tail, and a broken pelvis...still working on getting him walking with daily swimming exercises, although the vet is doubtfull...
Of course, I did. Had to sign up for CareCredit in my parent's name because I couldn't get one in my own - and $500 later everyone is happy and healthy, with an unlimited supply of respiratory medication since almost all of them had Mycoplasma infections. I absolutely cannot put any more debt on that card, as I am already paying $75 a month on it - no idea how I am going to make the next payment, anyhow. Some of the ratties were mamas to be, which explains the story of some. About a month ago she contacted me again and asked me to rush to her house, where she had taken a litter of 15 (what was left of them) that the males in the tank had started eating. Missing ears, tails, patches of skin. I bottle fed them and nursed them back to health, healed their wounds and when they were healthy enough put them in with a foster mama (if I had put them in there at first she may have killed them because they were in such bad shape). I contacted a rat rescue in my area and she helped me by taking quite a few rattie friends, but recently her house flooded and continues to flood and she cannot help me with any more.
Anyway...many of the females have developed mammary tumors (notorious in rats), and some of the males are genetically disposed to being extremely aggressive, something only a neuter will fix, and one of the females has developed a nasty lung problem that nebulizing and antibiotics have had no effect on, so she needs to go in to get checked out. Like I said, I lost my job, and the rescues in the area have done all they can do to help me. I have a vet appointment on Tuesday with an amazing vet that has agreed to give me an incredible deal on the neuters and spays, the cost of the treatment for the rat with the lung issue obviously cannot be determined until she gets her hands on her. I m struggling to afford caring for these guys after losing my job, and I can't bring myself to cancel the appointment because I just keep praying help will come. I don't know what kind of reactions I am going to get, and I am really ashamed to be asking for financial help, but I don't know what else to do...I am wondering if anybody is willing to make donations to my Pay Pal account to help pay for this vet appointment on Tuesday, and for my next bulk order of food.
This is my house ATM...
And Miracle the beardie...who came to me with a broken jaw, all 4 legs broken, broken tail, and a broken pelvis...still working on getting him walking with daily swimming exercises, although the vet is doubtfull...
