Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 10:08:45 GMT -5
I've been digging through the different posts and noticed a lot of people foster and rescue fur babies. I was thinking it would be amazing to have a section to prepare people for taking care of neglected ferrets and even questions to ask to avoid slapping the owner across the face. I rescued two and even had a conversation with my friend explaining she can't go off on the owner because it won't change anything. But when I saw the ferrets outside and remembering the weather we had the weeks before and saw the state of the ferrets and their cage. It took everything I had to keep my mouth shut. So I'd like to see a rescue/adoption/foster section that focuses on dealing with special circumstance ferrets or other animals.
Mainly collecting vets that will give breaks for initial check up and test, getting them to eat, deep cleaning the cages, and everything else people can come up with.
My argument for this section came from getting my two rescues:
Owner is ill and in hospital often. Ferrets were rarely played with, no toys. Ferrets were using kitty litter, the kind that makes dust. Nails were over grown and each ferret had a broken nail. Cage was rusted and caked with dirt, litter, hairballs, and feces. Blankets were stained with urine. Both ferrets had litter stuck to fur and very dry straw like fur. I watched the owner pick each ferret up by their heads while the ferret hissed and showed teeth. Through questioning I found her grandsons (around 16-20years old) demanded them as pets and dumped on their grandma after a week. So really, I don't blame the grandmother for the neglect because she was not prepared and she immediately put them up for adoption. However, you'd think a young adult understood responsibility over a life. It was heart breaking and a rough experience and I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do something. So a section to warn people and give them the tools to learn how to save lives would be great.
Mainly collecting vets that will give breaks for initial check up and test, getting them to eat, deep cleaning the cages, and everything else people can come up with.
My argument for this section came from getting my two rescues:
Owner is ill and in hospital often. Ferrets were rarely played with, no toys. Ferrets were using kitty litter, the kind that makes dust. Nails were over grown and each ferret had a broken nail. Cage was rusted and caked with dirt, litter, hairballs, and feces. Blankets were stained with urine. Both ferrets had litter stuck to fur and very dry straw like fur. I watched the owner pick each ferret up by their heads while the ferret hissed and showed teeth. Through questioning I found her grandsons (around 16-20years old) demanded them as pets and dumped on their grandma after a week. So really, I don't blame the grandmother for the neglect because she was not prepared and she immediately put them up for adoption. However, you'd think a young adult understood responsibility over a life. It was heart breaking and a rough experience and I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do something. So a section to warn people and give them the tools to learn how to save lives would be great.
