Lil' Bit

Lil' Bit found a home while at the Port Orchard, WA show. It's so exciting. I'm so glad to hear that she has found a wonderful home. A great thanks to the wonderful folks at Little Mischief Rescue!

Oh No I Broke a Glass Water Bottle....it's not a problem :-)

I broke one of my new glass water bottles....oh no!!! But no worries. I use the Lixit GB-Kit S (Recycles Beverage Bottles) Small Tube water bottle kits. They seem spendy, but they are WELL worth the money. I bumped the table and poof. Well, I just went over to my cabinet and pulled out another. Totally cool. This is also a great bottle if you have trouble opening the screw top bottles, which I have trouble with. Once you attach the hardware onto the cage, you don't remove it. Just scrub it when you scrub the cage. It is also easy to keep lots of bottles in reserve. I use Snapple bottles I get from the recycle bin at my work lunchroom--other bottles work as well. I remove the labels using a hair dryer and then I scrub the bottle, then I put it in boiling water and then run it through the dishwasher sans soap (I don't want soap residue in the bottle).

Even better, you can purchase additional stoppers with tubes so when you clean your bottles, you can have standbys readily available. And you are contributing to sustainability.

There are various places this can be purchased, but it is primarily listed under BIRD water bottles as it is marketed as a bird water water bottle.

Transport, Cages and Ratties Oh My!

Today was a rat filled day. I had to drop one of my boys, Mando with his brother Alex at the vet today. (Alex went for moral support.) And who should I see? Debbie! :-) She was so nice and was going to give up some of her appointment time since my appointment was not on the schedule but it all worked out with the "drop off" as my boy got seen and that was what was important. Turns out he has two heart problems and I brought him in for his EYE. So he has to take eye drops and medicine and get rechecked in another week or so for his eye. And I got to meet two of Debbie's lovely ratties.

I had to meet someone else in a few hours and needed to be rat free....so I could transport a little rattie boy from Woodburn to Portland where I was met by a friend that was adopting him but could not get to Woodburn. So off I went. Don't you all kind of feel like the people running organs to get to the patient on time or if it is dark and stormy...a drug runner? lol Shhhh! The rat is in the cage. Here's his stuff. Ugh. The young man that had Popcorn was very nice and he himself had rescued Popcorn.

Popcorn. I have to say, Popcorn is an absolutely amazing rat. He was the one I was transporting. He is going to a great home too! 4 mamas (mother and 3 daughters) and a very understanding dad, that love ratties and have 2 boys. They bought my 3-level cage too. So 3 rats have a HUGE cage to run around in.

I got to Quality Cages and their showroom was empty. I about had a heart attack! Then they told me that they were shampooing the carpet because of the bird festival. Phew. A lady came in and turns out she has rattie kids that are grandkids of ratties from 13 Moons Rattery. :-)

Well, the family got there and Popcorn took to them immediately. I'm sure it is a perfect match and I was happy to help Popcorn find a new, loving home. Good luck to the person that originally rescued Popcorn.

After running all over looking at the cages, Mr Cage Designer extraordinaire, Guy, patiently listened to me describe my new design. God Bless him, he is so patient. People, I'm telling you, support our local manufacturers! There is nothing quite like going in and seeing the process. Besides, it supports our LOCAL economy.

Charles and Edward aka Cody and Zach

Cody and Zach found a new home together and live in a Martins R-680. The girls are still waiting in foster care for a new home. I'm so glad the boys have a new home!