N.S. Mangy Passes

N.S. Mangy came to the Village from a pair of friends that rescued him and his 2 buddies.  Sadly Mr. Hood passed a few months ago.  Tonight I walked in the room to check on them for the night and found that N.S. Mangy had passed.  N.S. Mangy was a sweet, shy old man.  He was dubbed N.S. Mangy when he came here for "Not so mangy."  When he was originally rescued, they didn't think he'd make it he was so ill looking.

He always greeted me at the door when I went in the room, waiting for his grub and a brief scritch.

Rest in peace little guy.

Woolsey Passes

Sadly Woolsey passed.  I found him curled up in his burrow.  He was a sweet, gregarious hamster that will be greatly missed.  He was 2 years, 8 months old.  Rest in peace little Woosley.

Helping Others

We like to document our helping of other rescues for the public.

In June 2014, FATE did the following:

1. Fundraiser held for Best Friend Rodent Rescue, www.bfrr.org.  After fees, FATE collected $349.37, we have already sent $258.62 to Dr. Kamaka, the balance will be paid as soon as the $90.75 check clears the account.
2. Fundraiser held for a little female rattie that needed an emergency spay, we raised $212.26 ($220 less $7.74 fees for Paypal).  FATE paid the difference from our account as the spay was $244.22.
3. We sent 2 bags of 2 cubic feet of Clean and Cozy, a pound of Oxbow Essentials for Hamsters and Gerbils and 1 pound of spray millet to Small Paws Big Hearts Sanctuary in New Jersey. Value of $60.36. www.smallpawsbighearts.org/

We are very glad to help out in this small way.  We also want to say thank you to our donors for making this possible.

Roscoe and Bartholomew

These boys don't live together, they didn't even come in together, but I did take pictures of them today so I thought I'd throw them up.

Bartholomew is happy because he has a nice clean cage and a new box to shred.  I swear he is part gerbil! He just loves to shred.

Roscoe, aka French Fry Shark, was happy to have his litter box cleaned.  He is exceptionally fastidious and uses his box.  I didn't have to train him.  He's the second boy I've had that just used it.

This is him "breaking," like he does for french fries, hence the nickname, French Fry Shark.

Rodent Diet Changes

I made some changes to the commercial diets served here.  The rodent mix has not changed.

species	commercial food	source
rat/ mouse	Science Selective Rat*	Whatever has the best deal.
rat/ mouse	Oxbow Essentials Adult Rat Food*	I order mine from Drs Foster and Smith
hamster/ gerbil	Mazuri Hamster/Gerbil Diet #5E10	I order directly from Mazuri.com.  They have free shipping.
hamster/ gerbil	Supreme Hazel Hamster	I order mine from Pet Mountain.

Despite the fact I love the Science Selective Rat food, I will probably have to switch to Oxbow exclusively due to the cost.

*Most of the rats and mice I get here are older  In the event younger rats are here, I'll bump up the nutrients with supplemental food.