Parker's Rainbow Bridge Animal Rescue

03/26/2025

03/11/2025

Leptospirosis has been reported in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties in 2025!

Have you every heard of Leptospirosis?

Lets take a moment and review some of the concerning highlights.

1. Lepto is a bacterial infection.
2. Lepto bacteria is found in soil and standing water.
3. Lepto can easily infect dogs. It is less common in cats.
4. Lepto is zoonotic, which means it can infect people too!
5. It causes kidney and liver failure.
6. Symptoms of lepto include: fever, shivering, muscle tenderness, reluctance to move, increased thirst, changes in the frequency or amount of urination, dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, lethargy, jaundice (yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes), or painful inflammation within the eyes.
7. Leptospirosis is generally treated with antibiotics and supportive care. When treated early and aggressively, the chances for recovery are good but there is still a risk of permanent residual kidney or liver damage.
8. Currently available vaccines effectively prevent leptospirosis and protect dogs for at least 12 months. Annual vaccination is recommended for at-risk dogs.

If you wish to get your dog vaccinated for lepto, your dog will need a series of two injections 2-4 weeks apart. After that, annual boosters are effective.

Call Suburban Animal Hospital 239-694-6969 if you wish to discuss your dog's risk, or schedule an appointment for a lepto vaccine.

02/08/2025

Heads up …if your pet is microchipped by “Save This Life Microchip “ they have closed the service. The chip in your pet is no longer valid. You must either install another chip or reregister the numbers with a different company.
If you need to look up what company your pets microchip is registered with, you can look it up on the AAHA microchip registry look up site.
https://www.aaha.org/for-veterinary-professionals/microchip-search/

(Image provided by Central Line Veterinary Hospital)

02/03/2025

Welcome this tiny (not even 2 oz ) 5 week old male chihuahua with a cleft lip and possible hydro to our rescue
I think his new name will be Eeyore not definate yet ..
Say prayers he continues to thrive

02/02/2025

Stay tuned … We have an incoming new one today ❤️

01/30/2025

Urgent foster needed for Gia ! 🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘

01/17/2025

Please follow and share to others
Be their voice!

MAY WE ASK A FOR A SMALL FAVOR?

The power and force behind our work to eliminate animal abuse and mistreatment is driven by one factor...and it's FREE!

By following the Lee County Sheriff's Office Animal Cruelty Task Force page...and by asking a friend or family member to follow us, as well, you help us share the message...that the mistreatment of animals is UNACCEPTABLE.

And, we're not specifically discussing Lee County, Florida, alone! When people around the nation and around the world recognize the importance of having an animal cruelty component to their local law enforcement agency...the movement grows!

We have encouraged citizens from around the United States to reach out to their legislators...to their law enforcement executives...and demand some form of an animal cruelty/abuse task force in their jurisdiction.

So...asking a friend or relative...regardless of where they live...to follow the LCSO Animal Cruelty Task Force page helps advance this critical cause.

Please. Take a moment to reach out to just one friend or family member. Ask them to follow this page and to become part of a desperately-needed movement!

Thank you for all of your support!

01/14/2025

Urgent need for foster or adopter
Current foster to adopt who has changed mind has now given us a deadline of end of january to find placement or Gia will have to be placed into boarding

Cape coral florida
Need another foster or adopter for Gia
She is having difficulty with bladder incontinence and needs someone who is home more than her current one to allow access to potty times
We are trying her on bladder meds and will be also trying a diaper for her
Good with other dogs cats and kids

01/11/2025

After almost two years of courageously fighting his Inflammatory Bowel Disease Our resident Furever rescue kitty Bear passed away last night .. We will miss his sweet personality and love he gave to everyone
Run Free our sweet Bear until we are reunited again
💔🐱🐾🐾🌈 July 2013-January 2025
If you would like to donate towards his private cremation

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/parkersanimalrescue?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1vllTopCTjFpOSZxR1TJ1rsFQwIbkiZRFkDVfC43W6WEjwwfLmowyb17s_aem_LcbjKyk1Lgl0g9gmczbhmg

01/08/2025

Cats often hide on your tires or in car engines to find warmth, especially in the when the temperatures drop. This can be dangerous for the cat, as it can be seriously injured or killed if the car is started while the cat is still inside.

Here are some tips to keep cats safe and away from your car's engine:
Check for cats before starting your car: Before starting your car, pound on the hood, slam the door, or honk the horn to wake up any cats that might be hiding.
Regularly inspect the engine bay of your car.

01/01/2025

Bear (rescue sanctuary furever kitty ).. He is still continuing to lose weight due to his inflammatory bowel disease despite being on a steroid
He is still slightly anemic but holding his own with the pet tinic he is on
Dr Davis has added an anti nausea medication to help his stomach upset he has recently been having
We will continue to keep him happy and love for as long of a time as he has with us
Today he is having a sunfilled day resting on the lanai after a bath to clean him up ❤️🐱
If you would like to donate to his care for medical and prescription food

https://www.paypal.me/parkersanimalrescue?locale.x=en_US

12/31/2024

Happy New Year’s Eve

12/25/2024

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AT RAINBOW BRIDGE🎄🌈

T'was the night before Christmas, at Rainbow Bridge too.

We Bridge kids were thinking as always of you.

We'd seen how the holidays weren't bright this year,

Heard you whisper so often, "I wish you were here!"

We know how you wish you could just stay in bed

And sleep through the holiday lying ahead,

When all celebrate with their loved ones so near...

Unless they have loved ones on this side this year.

But we're no less alive here, on the other side.

If you could just see us, you would've laughed and not cried.

The dogs all in harness, pulling the sleigh.

The cats all in Santa hats pointing the way.

The pet birds all flying back over the rainbow,

Bound homeward in spite of Earth's darkness and snow.

All the pets that you've lost, pets for whom you've cried,

Flying home on this Christmas to be by your side.

If you feel warm fur brush you when no pet's around,

Hear a soft bark or purr, just a ghost of a sound,

We're trying to tell you we're visiting this way,

And our visits, even rainbows, can be on any day.

But for Christmas, we have something special to do,

A sleigh full of happy dream visits for you.

On doggy, on kitty, on winged friend and ferret!

The love that you lavished, we mean now to share it!

We're fetching that love home, the way we once played,

With the closeness we shared and the memories we made.

Our Earth lives with you were too short for us, too,

And on this Christmas Eve, we have so much to do.

So all through this night as you sleep in your beds,

Sweet visions of fur babies dance in your heads.

This one special night we can bring you Home for a while,

Your true home in Heaven, where again you will smile.

Over the rainbow you'll fly, for a short while this night,

Hours that you'll be happy, hours that will feel right,

Hours to cuddle and hug us, to run and to play,

Before the return to Earth in our magic way.

And when you awaken and face Christmas Day,

We pray you'll remember your trip on our sleigh,

But in case you forget, just remember our love.

Remember us watching you, your angels above.

Sending love wrapped in rainbows, shining and bright,

Love that will guide you through the darkest night,

Love found in each memory unwrapped through the year,

Replacing dark sorrows with Christmas cheer.

Leave the toys to St. Nick, we Bridge kids bring dreams,

Sweet visits to remind you all is not as it seems

When you look all around you with tired Earthly eyes.

If you saw as we do, there'd be joy and surprise.

There are fur angels waiting by those Christmas trees,

Always there for you and hearing your pleas.

We're never more than a thought away from your home,

You're never forgotten, you're never alone.

Nor are we alone here, with our Rainbow Bridge friends.

We know only joy here, the celebrating never ends,

And after our reunions with you Christmas Eve,

We Bridge kids will party like you'd never believe.

But we'll slip away often to be by your side.

Sitting there watching you, eyes open wide,

Praying you'll be able to catch a glimpse of us, too.

But whether or not you see us - Merry Christmas to you!

- Cindy Morgan (2007)

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas to everyone