Pippin

02/29/2024

Better to have loved and lost ❤️❤️❤️

02/29/2024

A two-year-old dog, Cobe found himself dumped at a shelter and the reason why he was at the shelter is nothing short of saddening. It seems that his owners were so angry about him digging through the garbage that they left him at a kill shelter.

Coby was so confused and terrified once he was there that he just sat and stared at the wall. He wouldn’t make eye contact with any of the volunteers at the Fairfield County Shelter in South Carolina

“He is scared out of his mind … almost like a feral dog would be … but not once did he growl, or try to bite,” Samira El-Hage, one of the shelter volunteers wrote on Facebook.
It wasn’t long after his story was posted on Facebook that it began to spread and an angel decided she had to step in...

Continue reading. Link in the comments ⬇️

02/05/2024

12/10/2023

"A shamanic practitioner may feel the presence of an exceptional energy," archaeologist Riitta Rainio said of the acoustic resonance inside the cave.

11/03/2023

Beautiful Mama Cat needs an indoor home before winter. I just can't bring them all in!

07/21/2023

Here's the litter...which one do you want? If Bridie will accept her, I may keep one.

10/15/2021

BALUKA was LOST on October 7, 2021, near 568 White Bear Rd, Birdsboro, PA, USA, 19508

If you have ANY information about BALUKA contact the owner directly

To contact BALUKA'S owner, follow this link:
https://www.pawmaw.com/lost-baluka/121017

Have you Lost or Found a pet? Please report it here:
https://www.pawmaw.com/report/

Thank you for your support!

07/09/2021

George just came across my old sweater vest for our cold winter walks. Why does he seem so sad? I miss him, too.

06/14/2021

06/14/2021

06/14/2021

05/12/2021

As Spring starts, we are getting more and more phone calls about red bites on your dogs stomach. We wanted to give everyone this information, these are a type of fly bite, and dogs generally get them from laying in the grass. They look terrible, but usually do not bother the dogs. They heal quickly on their own, and do not require any treatment. These flies are usually around for a few weeks every spring and then go away. We hope this eases any worry that you may have had about your own dog!
If you have any concerns please feel free to call the clinic for more information!

04/28/2021

04/25/2021

04/25/2021

Valentino was one of those cats that no one wanted to get near. His fur was grimy, his eyes were caked shut, and he had a serious skin infection.

04/01/2021

03/24/2021

03/14/2021

03/01/2021

02/25/2021

02/22/2021

01/23/2021

Would you wear this pin to fight animal abuse? ❤🐶
https://www.thepetcarecard.com/collections/animal-abuse-awareness/products/stand-against-animal-abuse-awareness-pin

HOW DOES THIS PIN HELP ANIMALS?

Every day across Southeast Asia, innocent dogs are abused, beaten and killed for their meat. Some of these dogs are bred in captivity, but many were once pets, stolen from their owners to be killed. This treatment of animals is beyond inhumane and cannot continue.

With each pin purchased, we're able to donate a portion of proceeds to charities we support who help rescue animals from the abuse while also providing medical care and transportation to furever homes. 🐾

Learn More and Get Your Pin Here >> https://www.thepetcarecard.com/collections/animal-abuse-awareness/products/stand-against-animal-abuse-awareness-pin

01/23/2021

If you have pets at home, you need this! 🐶❤
https://www.thepetcarecard.com/collections/whats-hot/products/emergency-pet-keychain-tag-1

WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS TAG?

We created this key ring tag because we've heard countless stories of people who lived alone with their pets were involved in an emergency situation where they were unable to return home for an extended period of time to care for their pets, and their pets suffered as a result.

This happens more often then you'd think, and it's a problem we think we can solve.

We all know someone who lives alone with their pets. Maybe it's a friend, neighbor, a distant family member, or maybe it's you.

Now imagine this scenario...

If you (or someone you know) were involved in a car accident and were non-responsive for a few days, how would first responders know you have pets at home that need to be fed and let out?

An E.R. nurse shared a story of an elderly woman who was involved in a car accident and was in a comma for 6 days. The first thing she said when she woke up was "I have cats at home".

She instructed this nurse to call her neighbor to get into her house and check on her cats.

Luckily the cats were okay, but that isn't always the case.

This goal of this bright yellow key ring tag is to direct first responders to your Emergency Contact Card in your purse or wallet.

That card will have the name and number of the person who should be contacted in case of emergency to care for your pets while you are unable to do so.

We never know when we'll find ourselves in an emergency situation, so we want our fellow pet parents to be prepared.

Learn More and Get Your Tag Here >>
https://www.thepetcarecard.com/collections/whats-hot/products/emergency-pet-keychain-tag-1

12/11/2020

12/07/2020

Many of you have seen T’challa’s story in bits and pieces and have had a lot of questions. Is he a pet? Why do people keep calling him “potato?” What’s that thing on his neck? Can I pet him?

For our newer friends and fans, here’s his whole story... and an opportunity to ask us anything!

T’challa was found in a driveway as a newborn kitten, on what was no doubt a very surreal morning for his finder. He had a gash on his foot that looked like it was left by a raptor claw, and his mom was nowhere near. He was taken to a veterinarian. The vet treated him for his injuries and got him to an emergency foster home, with people experienced caring for newborn domestic kittens, while they looked for a rehabilitator. They found us!

We named him T’challa because we thought it would be suitable to name this year’s bobcats after Marvel heroes, since they’re so powerful and majestic. But, during his kittenhood at For Fox Sake, it slowly became clear that T’challa was “special.” He missed all of his milestones, and was late to learn to do things as simple as licking formula from a dish. He didn’t try to “hunt” food or toys at the ages he should have done so. His lack of intelligence ultimately earned him the affectionate nickname “Potato.”

Although we tried to maintain our distance in hopes that he could “wild up” and be released one day, he was overwhelmingly friendly and tame.

When T’challa was four months old, his veterinarian asssessed him and determined that he could not be released to the wild, and wasn’t likely to develop the instincts he would need to do so. This was probably, at least in part, because his brain was damaged when the raptor dropped him.

Not only did he have no instincts to hunt or defend himself, but he was rejected and attacked by other bobcat patients we tried to introduce him to. He believes he is a person! In the wild, he would have either starved or gotten trapped or shot.

This put us in a dilemma. We loved him dearly, but we believe that bobcats should never be pets and should never be presented to the public in a way that makes it look like they’re pets. A bobcat on a leash and harness just isn’t the message we wanted to give!

Most bobcats are not like T’challa and will eventually become unmanageable and aggressive. They mark everything they own with concentrated urine and they have powerful jaws and claws that can be very dangerous if they “snap.” We felt T’challa would do best at a large facility where he might get some much-needed love behind the scenes, but would only be seen by the public in a natural-like setting.

We worked hard for months to find T’challa a home with large facilities, zoos, and nature centers, particularly those accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance. But, because COVID hit many organizations’ budgets and most are overwhelmed with bobcats that were surrendered “pets,” no large facility in Tennessee was able to take him and the state denied our request to transfer him out of state.

We’d be lying if we said we weren’t, on some level, happy about setting up a huge habitat, sorting out licensing and insurance, and keeping T’challa here. We love the little bo**er and know he feels safe and loved here.

But we also know that our education programming sends mixed messages to the public. Since we can’t “display” animals at a home-based facility where wildlife rehabilitation takes place, it means T’challa comes off-site on a leash and harness when he comes to educational programs. We worry that our supporters see him wearing his harness and leash and— despite everything else we say— get the idea that they can go out and buy a bobcat and expect it to grow up to be a big silly potato like T’challa!

Although having T’challa as a permanent resident at For Fox Sake was plan C— after releasing him to the wild and rehoming him to a larger sanctuary— we’re ultimately thankful for the honor of giving him a forever home and sharing him with you.

Our ultimate goal as T’challa’s handlers is that he will help people realize that bobcats are beautiful, sensitive, and worthy of love and respect in the natural world. We hope he might make people think twice before shooting or trapping a bobcat to turn it into a coat or out of a misguided attempt to protect livestock.

We also hope that people understand that bobcats are happiest in the natural world, and that it’s not a good idea to kidnap or buy a bobcat in hopes that it might grow up to be this docile. He is one-of-a-kind and that’s why he is so precious!

11/30/2020

We’ve gotten a number of calls, comments, and texts from people who believed they had found a coyfox, a hybrid between a coyote and a red fox. It’s an understandable mistake to make. Many people, especially here in the Southeastern U.S., might encounter an animal that looks too big to be a fox but has reddish fur and a big, bushy tail.

As cool as it would be if they were… these animals aren’t coyfoxes.

In general, animals can crossbreed only if they’re very closely related and have the same number of chromosomes, or just a very slight difference in their number of chromosomes. For example, a horse has 64 chromosomes and a donkey has 62 chromosomes, and they are members of the same genus, Equus. Because of this, they can have offspring (mules), which happen to have 63 chromosomes, and are generally sterile.

Domestic dogs, coyotes, red wolves, and every subspecies of grey wolf are all very closely related. All these animals, which can be found in North America, are members of the same genus (Canis) and all have 78 chromosomes. They can cross freely and have fertile offspring. Coyote/dog and coyote/wolf hybrids are possible, though very rare in wild.

A red fox is a member of an entirely separate genus from these animals, since they parted ways long ago in their evolutionary history. A red fox has 36 chromosomes (though interestingly, some of them can have one or two fewer or more!). That’s a huge, huge difference between the number of chromosomes in a fox and in a coyote, so it’s essentially impossible for a living embryo to be born to both species. Not to mention, a coyote would be very unlikely to choose to mate with a red fox in the first place!

Domestic dogs– even foxy-looking ones like shiba inus and Pomeranians– aren’t able to breed with red foxes, either. The only exception was in a laboratory study of the genetic differences between red foxes and dogs, where scientists were able to splice the genes of the two animals into one cell. Of course, that didn’t result in a dog-fox hybrid actually being born.

So what’s the answer to the mystery of the coyfox? It’s both simpler, and more interesting, than you might expect! An animal that looks like a coyfox is, most likely, a coyote with either erythrism (a condition causing reddish fur coloration) or leucism (a condition causing blonde or gold coloration). Most coyotes with these genes have trace ancestry from wolves and domestic dogs. Leucism, in some coyotes, has been linked to a male golden retriever who joined a coyote family decades ago in Newfoundland, while erythrism in Southeastern coyotes seems to be a legacy of the red wolf, which is now extinct in the wild.

11/29/2020

11/19/2020

11/14/2020

Oh no.....!