Clarence the pig giving us a little smile this morning 🐽
Skittles Munching on Ice
Skittles the pot belly pig decided she needed a crunchy snack this morning, I guess 😂
This is the first ice we have had and I suppose that means it’s time to stop putting off the inevitable and buy some tank de-icers. We have a few more warmer days and then we will be in full blown winter and really need them.
❄️ I know it’s a long shot since our posts about the farm animals never do very well, but if you want to help get our rescued livestock a Christmas gift this year, please consider donating! We’re going to need about $200 and smaller amounts add up quick!
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Senior and Disabled Horse Pasture
The horse pasture for our senior/disabled horses. None of these horses can be ridden, but that doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy life for however many years they have left.
The goats, sheep, and mini cows will have an equally large pasture of their own once we are done with the fencing.
*Henry looks kind of ribby but he’s truly not underweight, he just holds it different (less muscle on his topline) in his advanced age.
New critter unlocked 🔓
This is the first time I’ve ever been asked to take in ferrets, and I couldn’t resist. Someone had brought them to the Oklahoma City shelter and planned to leave them there, but a foster stepped in and said she would take them since the shelter already has so many guinea pigs (that I’m still trying to get them to transfer to me) as it is.
I have basic ferret knowledge but I’m no expert. Give me all your tips and tricks and good websites to visit. They probably won’t be here too long before going up for adoption, but I want them well cared for while they’re here of course.
Inky
I’m a little under the weather today but I wanted to officially introduce Inky, who is probably going to be our last permanent cat resident. Of the four kittens we have taken in, she gets along best with the adult cats and I’m just obsessed with her crazy, black hole, endless abyss eyes. Her favorite activity is bothering the older cats to play and then getting scared and hissing when they actually play 😂
The two male kittens are being neutered this upcoming week and then the females have their surgeries a few weeks after that. This is not an expense we ever planned on but we WILL NOT adopt out unfixed kittens and add to the overpopulation issue. The cost of these surgeries will be $250 if anyone would like to donate! Spaying/neutering is one of the most important things we can do in rescue and something everyone can help contribute to!
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Our naming raffle winner! 🥳
Sorry it took me absolutely forever to input 500 entries. I’ll post all the names chosen for the animals once I talk to the winner!
Update and Kool-Aid
We are slowly getting there folks 😮💨 the biggest battle right now is trying to get the lights to work in the bunny building. Sometimes they come on when you flip the switch, sometimes they don’t, and electricians haven’t been much help so far… and we’re out of money for this project. It’s a very very tall 900sqft building so it’s not very bright even when the lights are on and there are no windows. So I’m often having to leave the doors open for more light and that lets in more bugs 😩
Anyways, if we get just get this figured out we can officially open to the public. Just no point when no one would be able to see anything. I can’t even get any good pictures/videos to debut the new space because it’s always so dimly lit!
For now, enjoy this video of Kool-Aid post nail clipping. Nail clipping day is a LONG one having to catch all 36 buns who all hate said nail clipping more than anything else. I have to corral them to a smaller area then catch each one. Sometimes they can get testy with each other and definitely with me. Kool-Aid is one of our more chill buns though, so he doesn’t mind being loved on afterwards.
If you want to send Kool-Aid a donation he’d appreciate it! He’d really love to have a better lighting situation 🥲 He was a bunny that was being given away as “free meat” so overall he’s happy to be here, loved and alive, but lights never hurt!
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The Sniff-spection
Small does a daily sniff-spection to see if I’m worthy of touching her. I’m usually not 🥲
For context, this is Small. About a year and a half ago I bottle raised Small from when she was about a week old because she was found abandoned on a sidewalk. She was extremely sick, (and small, as you might imagine) and I spent months bottle feeding her and medicating her. She loved being held and cuddled and was affectionately called “crusty” due to her autoimmune issues that made her fur fall out in crusty patches.
Over many months she grew past the illness as her immune system developed, and then she remembered that she is a beautiful calico queen who doesn’t need any silly human’s help. She no longer allows touching of any kind unless you pass her sniff-spection, and it’s a really tough inspection to pass. I still don’t know the exact code of smells that I’m meant to follow and she won’t tell me 😔
Regardless of her being the least grateful creature on earth with no respect for the person who kept her alive, I love her. She’ll always have a home here even if I never crack the code to the sniff-spection and win back her love.
Big Project
This weekend has been miserable and pouring rain. Yesterday it poured for 12 straight hours! There was even a huge tornado that hit only 20 miles from us and caused a lot of devastation.
Luckily we were spared any serious damage and we finished this project making some shelters for the pigs, cows, goats and sheep just before the rain really started to come down. The new place already had some shelter for the horses but nothing for the smaller livestock who arguably hate rain more than anything.
This was $450 worth of material and they’re not really finished 😮💨 (we need to put metal roofing material on and paint them to be more weatherproof). Needless to say, we are once again in need of donations big time but this should hopefully be the last major cost for a while.
Your donations are what make projects like this possible! Projects like this are a big part of providing a safe, loving home for these animals that otherwise would be discarded or someone’s dinner.
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New Cat 🐈
I know we don’t make rescuing cats and dogs our main mission but we actually have four dogs (three pitties and an Anatolian shepherd) and three cats so it’s really no biggie to add just one more 🙈 I went to the OKC shelter to check things out and get a feel for the rescue world out here and accidentally fell in love. We have a house twice as big as our previous house so I just couldn’t think of a reason not to adopt him and christen the new house with a new family member.
Meet Turbo, named for his absolutely hilarious, loud, engine-like purr. He seriously has a purr like no other (maybe it’s respiratory infection or maybe it’s natural, only time and antibiotics will tell). He’s about the sweetest cat I’ve ever met even though we literally already have a cat named Friendship 😅
Turbo was a stray but estimated to be about 4 years old, very skinny, and has one very runny eye as well as potentially a mild respiratory infection (or he is just weird). He has been at the shelter for quite a while and was free. Much longer and he would have been on the e-list.
Things are so different here. I thought AZ was in a rescue crisis but it’s honestly nothing compared to crisis here in OK. The e-list is a mile long every single day and no, they don’t all get saved like is often the case in AZ. Anybody sick, underaged, too old, isn’t getting adopted, has any sort of behavioral issue etc is on the list and has a day or two to find another rescue, a foster or an adopter. The employees are all very kind and doing their absolute best but the reality is there are too many animals and not enough homes, and I know all of this must weigh heavy on them.
There are SO MANY underage litters of puppies and kittens on the e-list just because there is no one available to feed them with so many being born and abandoned. I’ve bottle fed kittens before and may start taking in a few at a time if time permits. Now everyone else just needs to do their part and SPAY AND N
Pig, Cows, Goats settling in
Who wants to get licked by a mini zebu or pet a mini pig’s belly? Also, undoubtedly, jumped on by goats when they’re feeling a little less sleepy after our long journey 🤣 Hopefully in just a few weeks we’ll be “back in business” so to speak, and people can come visit again. It will be easier than ever, and much better weather, for visiting with the farm animals and the sanctuary bunnies too.
We still have A LOT to do and we are still drowning in vet debt from Poppy Seed’s surgery. We need to raise $2000 more. If you’re able to donate anything we would appreciate it so much!
Any donation of $50 or more you can choose one of the farm animals and I’ll post a video in our stories feeding them a snack in your honor!
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Raffle Winner
The winner of the raffle is Madison Foster 🎉
Send us a message with your address so we can send you your prizes!