4PawsFostermom

01/05/2025

A Good day to sleep and relax 🥱

01/05/2025

Save the dates! A very fun event for everybody! Located in Wright City Missouri.

You’re invited to our 10th ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH for the herd. Help us celebrate all of our four-legged friends’ birthdays at one big party in the STR Barn!

Saturday, January 18, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cake Cutting at Noon

We will have hot dogs, birthday cake, door prizes, games, fire pit, and s’mores. It may be cold outside but it will be toasty warm in the barn with all the love!

If we cancel due to weather, we’ll celebrate the following Saturday, January 25.

Would you like to bring a gift? You’ll find detailed suggestions on our registration page (link in bio).

Hope to see you there!!

01/05/2025

Atena Martin Gus sister Zoey

01/05/2025

Someone's clearly on bird-watching duty today!

01/05/2025

Just like people, animals struggle in cold temperatures.

01/04/2025

Given the severe weather forecast for the next several days, I volunteered at the PAC today to assist with storm preparations and cleaning, I brought home a very sweet cat named Big Stinker, who had recently undergone eye removal surgery and required a home setting to be monitored after his recent surgery.
Big Stinker is incredibly sweet and loving I'm happy to be able to help them being a home environment especially through this nasty weather.

01/04/2025

Pray for this non-profit they do so much for rabbits in the area. They have just been hit so hard with all the calls and requests people being irresponsible and letting their pets rabbits go outside.
Rabbits are not for everybody please do your homework reach out to Dolly's with any questions before adopting a rabbit. They're very knowledgeable people.
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🚨 Urgent - Please Read 🚨

We were recently alerted to a hoarding situation involving 49 rabbits in Illinois. While our rescue is at full capacity due to space limitations and pre-planned intakes, we’ve still been called upon to assist.

We want to be very clear that we cannot intake these bunnies and never planned to get involved at all, but there are very few rescues on the Illinois side that intake bunnies. So we’re doing what we can to help.

Here’s what’s happening and how we’re helping:

- A family member was initially selling the rabbits for $5 each with a minimum requirement to purchase 2. We’ve successfully stopped them from being sold to anyone and everyone.

- Our team has visited the location numerous times to s*x the rabbits, provide carloads of supplies, and offer support.

- One of our amazing volunteers personally paid for primary vetting and CVIs for 5 of the rabbits before they were transferred to the APA in Brentwood.

- We’re also providing carriers and assisting with transporting 10 rabbits to a rescue in Wisconsin.

Unfortunately, a person related to the situation is now allowing individuals to take rabbits and falsely telling them that Dolly’s will cover all vetting, supplies, and ongoing care. This is NOT TRUE.

Here’s the reality:

- These rabbits are not in our program, as we do not have the space or funds to take them all in, especially as we finish up working 2 separate colony cases.

- If we were to intake all 49 rabbits, we’d need $75 per rabbit for CVI paperwork before crossing state lines to avoid a $10,000 fine per rabbit from the Department of Agriculture.

- We would also need a building donated and $20,825 to cover vetting, supplies, and other costs.

While we are doing everything we can to assist these rabbits, we need everyone to understand that these rabbits are not in our program. We cannot cover all vetting and supplies. If you have picked up a rabbit from the situation and have been told that Dolly’s is covering all costs, please send us a message.

We will continue to help as much as possible, but want to reiterate that we cannot bring the rabbits into our program at this time, so are helping in other ways to ensure everybun is safe. We’re going above and beyond to help, but refuse to be taken advantage of.

Thank you for your understanding!

To help us reimburse our volunteer the $376 for exams and CVIs, get carriers for 10 buns to travel up to Wisconsin, and continue helping with supplies, click here: http://dollysdreamhome.org/donate

Update: we went again last night to help even more. There are about 25 buns left still searching for licensed rescue placement.

01/04/2025

The weather this week has the potential to be icy and bitterly cold. Don’t forget shelter for our outdoor friends! Feral cats need to have options to be safe and avoid frostbite and hypothermia!! Whenever it gets freezing out it reminds us of our first Fospice case, Bucky, a senior hypothermic kitty, and reminds us that the effects of the extreme cold on the cat’s body are incredibly jarring to the animals.

If you find a cat suffering from hypothermia here are important dos and donts:

-DO reach out to the veterinarian in your area for tips and if safely able to do so, bring them in to the vet.
-DO NOT feed or water a hypothermic cat until you have raised their body temperature.
-The body must be warmed SLOWLY. Start with warm dryer heated blankets and a hair dryer BEFORE the heatpad. Warm water bottles are another great choice. When the kitty feels warm to the touch you can start the heat pad. You’ll start on the lowest setting and slowly turn it up. The process of reaching the correct body temperature is not quick it can take hours for the body to catch up and remember what to do.
🐢 Slow and steady wins the race of life saving!

01/04/2025

The frigid weather is fast approaching. We have had it easy so far this winter. Now, the temperature will drop, and there are several possibilities of a large amount of snow in the next several days. Please remember to watch for outdoor animals and wildlife. While they are outside in the cold. If you see an animal struggling, please do something; do not look the other way.
Wildlife information
https://www.mowildlife.org/i-found-a-wild-animal

01/04/2025

Stop by Petco and Dardenne Prairie and check out this beautiful black cat.
https://www.shelterluv.com/matchme/adopt/CCCR/Cat

01/02/2025

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This is what lead poisoning looks like. Patients suffering from lead poisoning typically exhibit neurological symptoms such as seizures, head tremors, vision impairments, leg and wing weakness, foot clenching, and inability to stand or balance properly. Even mild symptoms of lead poisoning can slow the birds reflexes, increasing the risk of injury, or leave the bird too impaired to hunt effectively, leading to emaciation. The combination of emaciation and lead poisoning is a nasty one, as both conditions can affect the gastrointestinal (GI) system and complicate treatment for each other.

Lead poisoning can cause diarrhea, vomiting, poor nutrient absorption, and GI stasis, all of which cause increased dehydration and weight loss, something that emaciated patients can't afford. Emaciated patients need to be rehydrated, and then slowly start getting calories introduced in an easily digestible liquid form. By the time they come to us, they are typically at the point where if they don't get some nutrients soon, they will die. It is difficult to get them these essential calories as they vomit up even the smallest amounts of liquid diet due to their lead poisoning.

Sadly, this deadly combo was present in two of our recent Bald Eagle patients, 24-734 and 24-770. Both eagles were severely emaciated and had very high lead levels. Both had catheters placed and were hooked up to fluid pumps to help rehydrate them. They were put on oxygen support, given meds to treat the lead poisoning, meds to help with the nausea and vomiting, small amounts of tubing diets every few hours, and even a blood transfusion. Despite receiving all of our available treatment options, both eagles continued to decline over their first several days of care. Both ended up showing clear signs of organ failure and we chose to humanely euthanize them to end their suffering.

Our hospital has treated 64 patients for lead poisoning this year. That's over 8% of our patients. Stay tuned over the next couple days for more information about this devastating yet preventable illness as we go into how wildlife contracts lead poisoning, which species are most affected, and what we can do to prevent these deaths.

01/02/2025

This weekend is expected to be exceptionally cold, with potential snowfall reaching up to 12 inches. Please ensure you have necessary supplies for the upcoming weekend, and check on friends, family, and bring in outdoor pets.

12/30/2024

Roscoe's been under the weather the past couple of days, so I took him to the vet. He was a little dehydrated, so we got him some much-needed fluids and some medicine he has to take for the next 10 days.

12/29/2024

Please pray and donation for the cat recovery

12/29/2024

Tiny Tina's getting so big! She is just too cute! 🥰

12/28/2024

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12/28/2024

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Meet Anna! A 1-year-old sweetheart who was brought into the shelter as a surrender with her sister Elsa on 4/29/24.

Anna is still a bit shy, but with space, time, and patience, she will come to you. She absolutely loves other kitties and is okay with dogs. Anna has a cute habit of talking when she eats and enjoys having her head scratched. She also adores toys that crinkle and roll!

Anna is looking for a loving home where she can feel safe and cherished. Could you be the one to give her the forever home she deserves?

𝙋𝙀𝙏 𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙋𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍
4850 MidRivers Mall Dr
St. Peters, MO
636-949-7387

*Potential adopters/fosters must submit an application and be approved prior to adopting/fostering.

Adoption application ⬇️ https://www.sccmo.org/FormCenter/Humane-Division-16/Pet-Adoption-Center-Adoption-Application-120