Pooky's Home

05/28/2023

I just arrived back home! Did you know we sometimes take in fosters for rehoming?

This little guy's name is River, he just came here to us on Saturday!

More details to come. But he's been nothing but wonderful for first impressions 🖤🖤🖤🐇

05/21/2023

Hey all, I've been going through some big life changes but I'm still running the rescue and taking care of our current 5 residents 💕💕

I've come out on my private page, and then this week, unfortunately there's a family emergency so I'll be traveling this week to the East Coast.

Here's a snapshot of Chesters new cage set up! When I get back I'll be posting the new setup I do for the 3 boys Mr.Moo, Salsa and Peas. 🐀

I found our hamster, old man Bear, a 🏰CASTLE🏰, so I'll be trying to record him in the little one I found for him when I return as well!

Much love from all of us here at Pooky's Home 💕

Donations for more bedding, food and platforms for climbing at [email protected] via PayPal and e-transfer ❤️💙🧡🖤💜💚💛

04/30/2023

Been busy here at Pooky's Home! The 3 new boys are settled in ❤️(last photo is current)

04/16/2023

Salsa, Peas and Mr.Moo have arrived at Pooky's Home!

Check out this video! May also upload it separately so you don't have to open up tiktok or a web browser to view them, let me know if anyone needs that ☺️💕

New housemates at Pooky's Home (check us on Facebook for updates)

04/15/2023

We're expecting new rattos coming in from a very unfortunate situation, but were given lots of love and care!

Watch for posts about them! 💕💕

Can't wait to see their little personalities 🥰🥰

04/13/2023

💕Cute animal habits? Notice every little critters has special little things they do!

Chester the rat leaves skins and p*els in front of his tunnel for me to clean. He glares at me while I play games until I acknowledge his presence. 🤣👀

Bear the hamster is always hoarding stuff in his second level and he nips if you surprise him in his hoard! He likes to dirty his water with food he doesn't like, or just by using it for a bathroom 🤦

What things have you noticed in your own animals? ❤️

04/03/2023

It's been a rough mental health spout for me! I'll be back to posting this week 💕

Here's an update!

Chester🐀 trusted me to scratch under his chin! He's been sleeping well on Valerian Root Essential Oil, and he's loving being pet and cuddled since his social anxiety has decreased!!! 🥰🥰

Bear🐹 has been enjoying his new bag of munchies and I'm setting up a bit of a free roam area this week.

I love them so much!

03/21/2023

FILLED! A wonderful friend of ours bought him his food!

⭐⭐Donors needed⭐⭐
With Lola's aquamation costs, we don't have enough money to order Bear 🐹 the winter white dwarf hamsters food! He might not have enough to last as we're digging in the bottom of the bag.

Reason I gotta order- there's NONE IN STORE ANYWHERE OF HIS KIND‼️

He's an old man, our little Bear. He's over 2 years old. He probably won't take to a diet change well or else I'd be willing to try (Lola🐇 showed me not to change their favourite dry mix!!!)

Just a small amount this time and he'll have a new bag of his munchies. (Bear content to follow in other posts)

E-transfer or PayPal to
[email protected]

03/20/2023

Today we bring Lola over to Faithful Pet Memorial.

I can't express how grateful I am to have had so much time with Lola. She's been quite the vocal girl every interaction, every p**p clean-up, even charging the broom and dust pan!

She loved social time, even just being with us was good enough, but she'd buck your ankles to get pets. 🥹

She is always going to be a loved baby.

Donations to the rescue can be made through PayPal or e-transfer at:
[email protected]

03/19/2023

📰Sad news: Lola the satin rabbit crossed the rainbow bridge tonight around 11:45pm. 🥺🐇😭

She meant so much to me personally, to all of us here. I never knew an old lady rabbit would have so much attitude and energy!

Unfortunately there's still the difficult journey of laying her to rest. We've gotten 35 dollars in donations towards her communal aquamation.

If we can even raise 50 more, it helps:

- guarantee we'll have enough for her weight
- takes stress off the rescue for the rest of the month with cash flow

Any bit helps and thank you so much to the donors who have been able to spare a few dollars.

😢 I miss her energy already. I could tell when I walked in the room. 😭🐇💞

03/16/2023

RAT NEWS: With the recent increase in pet rat adoptions I've seen, I'd love to remind everyone of a few things:

-store bought rats are more likely to die earlier, unexpectedly
-store bought rat food mixes (pellets ESPECIALLY) are known for having too high of protein and should not be their only diet (if you feed them a lot of egg or other proteins, it's the same idea)
-if you want to find a breeder, THOROUGHLY research, BUT

-THERE ARE PLENTY of rescues for rats. And even if they have some "issues" they are all worthy of love.

🐁🐁Chester our resident Ratto has continued to be on the mend! I even found him sleeping with his eyes closed for the first time. ☺️ Rehabilitation is possible!🐁🐁

03/15/2023

🐇Lola is fading faster than I'll be able to produce the funds for an at home euthanasia.

She's fading faster than the appointment would even happen, I'm afraid. 😢🐇

The total for the communal aquamation, 158.20 is what I'm aiming for. When she passes, I'll take her to Faithful Pet Memorial.

I don't believe she's over 19lbs, as satin rabbits usually stay under 11lbs.

But she's old and large. Our precious Lola. 9.5+ years.

If you can help with a small donation towards honoring her life, and getting her properly laid to rest, here's the email for etransfer:

[email protected]

Much love💕

03/15/2023

🐇Officially taking donations through e-transfer.

[email protected]

Working on PayPal but I have my personal PayPal for use if you message me directly!

This will help with costs of any vet, new enclosures, upgrades and special in-person needs.

I'll be posting a wishlist for the rescue as well. 🐁

Enjoy some premium video of Bear the Winter White Dwarf Hamster ☺️💕🐹

03/14/2023

Unfortunately Lola the rabbit seems to be slowing her habits and might be wanting to cross the rainbow bridge soon. I hope this is just like another time- she came back from that; but I don't know that this is the same.

Send all your love, maybe it'll help. 💕

03/10/2023

Another day at Pooky's Home:

🐇Today I bathed Lola, cleaned her pen.

🐁Chester got more Valerian essential oil for his sleeping problems, AND he came and cuddled and played in a new area without even a nip of anxiety or frustration!

🐹I'll be looking into another level for Bear's cage. He's happy with the space but if I can give him more exploration areas, it's more fun for him!

This weekend I'll be fixing up our Amazon Wishlist for us! Keep an eye out and share when you can.

Much love 💕

03/09/2023

The sad news at Pooky's Home: A few weeks ago we lost our dear rat friend🐀, Cat to age. This is one of the last photos of her, curled up sleeping on my shoulder.

She was about 3 years old. We've had her in our care since the summer. Her sister was lost to a mass in October. And her cagemate was Mr.Peanut for a while.

Rest peacefully baby, with your companions and siblings. 🐀

We love you Cat!

03/07/2023

🐀Chester's Story:

Weeks ago we had the arrival of Chester, who proved to be quite the challenge.

He had been overweight, struggling behaviorally, even climbing was something that seemed to overwhelm the guy.

He didn't want to be pet or picked up, he bit a few of us hard, even sending me to the hospital. And it would be really sudden or after a few seconds of good interactions.

I wasn't sure what the issue was. But then I started to notice....

He hasn't been sleeping! Any little noise in the room, he would be up and alert, ready to engage but anxious. Never did this boy sleep!

Valerian essential oil was something I found that had proven to be effective for rats with sleeping issues.

And it took a few weeks to come up with the money because for 50ml it's over 60 dollars.

But since he's had it?

He's come out for visits! He's let me pick him up a few times. He's been more cuddly with pets and licks a lot more. He slept wayyyy more the first 48 hours after his first treatment.

As you can see, his body has thinned out into typical rat weight, and he balances himself easily along surfaces he struggled with before.

Chester is finally able to enjoy some of the benefits of being a loved pet rat 🥰🥰

03/07/2023

Hey guys, Chester the rat has insomnia! 🫥

Did you even know rats can have insomnia? 🤷🤷🤔🤔

Did you know if left untreated, this can lead to antisocial behaviours, biting, increased risk of anxiety overall in your pet rat?

How would you even tell?

Well rats sleep in cycles, typically between 8am to 8pm they should be asleep or "resting" 76% of that time! But can wake up over 300 times in those periods. So leave them in a quieter, low traffic area if possible, just as a way to help their quality of sleep.

The articles I've read have shown that it always depends on their environment but they should typically sleep more during the day than at night, and light can matter for quality of sleep.

BUT you cannot keep them in the dark during daylight hours! They need to sleep in dark hides and dark places for them. The room itself should be at least as light as the day outside. ⛅

Personally I recommend keeping an eye on your rats for antisocial behaviours and look for causes! Always be looking to better your knowledge about your particular critters behaviour because you never know what you'll find. 🐁🐈🐇🐖

My next posts will be about updates on the rats here. We have bad news and good news.

And an idea for expansion for Pooky's Home ❤️ which will include raising funds for equipment we need.

03/05/2023

Attention! From now on you should see an increase in activity from this page.

A lot has happened. A lot to recap. A lot of tears but a lot of new hope for Pooky's Home and for the future of little critters everywhere 💕💕

01/26/2023

With a LOT of tears, I unfortunately have to announce the passing of delightful Mr.Peanut who suffered from a general lung disease all his life.

Like with many animals, we've also bred rats to be more "socially acceptable" for people. Aesthetically pleasing.

With this, lung disease and other illnesses tend to carry on heavily.

Our Mr.Peanut was a fighter. He was so loved and cared for. We'll miss you buddy. 💜 Mama loves you.

01/21/2023

He's so sweet!
*Has to curse he's so cute*

I tried to not but it's my personality 🤣

Anyways, here's the new add to Pooky's Home and he will be well loved and cared for. More videos and stuff coming!
Sorry for the delay in content/posts. 💞💞

01/21/2023

We await the arrival of sweet Bear, he's a Winter White Dwarf Hamster. He's technically in his later years but he's still full of love and I personally cannot wait to house my first Hamster at Pooky's Home 💞

01/15/2023

Got the 100 pack of extra large doggie pads so she can wait in comfort and so we can train her to p*e only on the pad instead of her comfy blanket. 💕💕💕

12/17/2022

Morbo has found a home!

11/23/2022

I've been lucky to only accidentally clip Lola the bunny's quik just once on her two front paws, but I've found a thread that gives a great explanation of how to clip a bunnies nails.

Listen to your animals, they'll tell you what hurts, what's uncomfortable, and even what they need, if you know what you're listening for. 💕

Hi, All, I decided it was time to pin this advice on nail trimming to the top. It is a technique I learned a while ago that helps trim nails while reducing the chance of cutting the quik and making bunny bleed and be in pain. It is the PRESS/PRESS/CLIP technique. You can try to […]

11/17/2022

🐾🤔Official Page Launch? It's about freaking time 💕 we're all excited here ☺️😁🐾