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Healing Whiskers is a blog about the life of a therapy rat.

17/10/2024

Please share or donate if you can! ❤️🐀

14/04/2024

Happy Neil Day!

03/04/2024

Thank you all so much for participating in our Pet Partners fundraiser this year! 💖🐀

With your help, we raised $305! That money will be used to help fund future therapy animal teams. 🐾

14/03/2024

🚨Fundraiser ends on March 18th!🚨

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!

We only have a few more days to raise funds for our Pet Partner's fundraiser!

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

12/03/2024

🚨ONE WEEK left in our fundraiser! 🚨

Anyone who donates $25+ will get a special coupon for our Etsy shop! (https://healingwhiskers.etsy.com)

We have greeting cards, stickers and mugs featuring Vincent and many of our other rats.

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

07/03/2024

🚨There's a little more than ONE WEEK left in our fundraiser! 🚨

This year, we have little gifts for those who donate and if you donate $100+ you get one of these pins sent to you along with some other goodies! 💖

Fundraiser ends March 18th!

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

05/03/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

Vincent enjoyed a well-deserved retirement filled with pasta and snuggles with his brothers. In late 2020, a small mass on his belly appeared, which turned out to be cancer. We kept going until he told us it was time to go 💔.

Vincent had 97 volunteer hours, visited 947 people, and we traveled 2464 miles for events. 🐀🌈

Vincent comforted many people and was (and still is) such a huge influence. A small rat making people smile in person and internationally via the web...there's something special about that. 💖

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

29/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

As Vincent became older, I decided to retire him from therapy work.

He was getting slower and tired more quickly, which is understandable for an almost two-year-old rat.

Our last visit was where Vincent had his first event, at Berry College. He loved seeing his buddies, and it was very bittersweet. ❤️

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

27/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

When we had our reading program, I would visit a local library every other week. We had our usuals, and I saw significant improvements in their reading confidence. 📖

I remember a frequent visitor who was too young to read but made up a story from the pictures in the book to read to Vincent. ❤️

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

23/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

One of my favorite little swag items for kids and adults was an "I Pet a Therapy Rat!" button. I mean, who all gets to pet a therapy rat?

This was an excellent reward for those who were nervous about petting him.

They would typically pet his back real gently, pull their hand back, then smile or laugh. "See? Not so bad! Here's a button!"

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

21/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

Some of our first events were midterm de-stressing at colleges and a Halloween event. Vincent was a natural!

I tried to get him used to being in a towel, a.k.a. a "rat burrito" but in the end, he wasn't having it.

A towel is used as a barrier between the animal and the person just in case of accidents or if the person is allergic.

Many of his working photos were in his basket, but that's all good. Whatever made Vincent happy❤️.

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

19/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

When we passed our therapy animal evaluation, it was so exciting!

Vincent passed with flying colors and even had a "complex" score, meaning we could have worked in airports or other high-stress events.

I ordered a special smash cake to celebrate, which was really fun! 😆

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

16/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

At the same time I got Vincent and his brother Xavier, we were nominated for a blogging award for which I did a lot of PR. This worked well for training because we met many people and were often in new places.

Healing Whiskers was featured on the radio and we even visited a TV news studio! It was such a fun experience, and I had a blast teaching others about therapy rats and rats in general.

Please donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

14/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

Happy Valentine's Day! 💘

Fast forward a bit, we regularly visited a small homeschool group as part of our Reading Rats program, and Vincent and the children loved it.

We visited near Valentine's Day, and they made this sweet heart just for him!

Our reading program increased reading confidence because the pressure to read correctly in front of a rat is lessened - Vincent won't correct them if they mess up a word!

Please donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

13/02/2024

You make my heart boggle! ❤🐀

12/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

I began training Vincent pretty quickly, considering I only had six months until he would be eligible to be tested for his therapy certification.

I get a lot of questions about training, but most of it is getting the rat used to different environments and people. I would bring him to pet-friendly events or outdoor restaurant patios to get him used to his basket and the sights and sounds.

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

09/02/2024

Memorial spotlight on Vincent the Therapy Rat for Pet Partners' Pet of the Year Fundraiser...🐀❤️

Vincent was my 2nd therapy rat following Oliver and after meeting him for the first time, I could tell he had a very reserved and quiet personality. I thought this would be an issue, but it was actually perfect. I learned that it is easier to train a shy rat to interact than to train an outgoing rat to calm down.

Donate to our fundraiser on behalf of Vincent: bit.ly/VincentPOTY24

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