Little Paws Rodent Rescue

18/09/2024

Hi everyone, we trust everyone's doing well. After some crazy days and tons of rescues we have now decided that it may be best to call off our Pet Portrait due to the lack of interest. While the rescue has been absolutely crazy busy, rescues just can't stop coming in. Our current rescue cases are, five gorgeous bunnies who are being locked up in a tiny parrot cage all day and all night with minimal to no shade at all, genders are all unknown as of yet but within the next week or two we should have them in our care. We are seeking help on all five as we have just made enough donations for Tulip our other rescue however we have no idea what genders we are working with and no idea regarding their vaccinations. However if we get everyone neutered / spayed at once then we may get some discount (+- R400 a bunny) we also are needing tons of supplies for them and we are also seeking a puppy play pen for their quarantine time however we need it to be fairly large so please make contact with us if you know of some available. We are still seeking a forever home for our bonded pair of female Guinea pigs whom go by the name Coconut and Hazel. They are a bonded pair so will have to go together, please keep in mind that courier will be available at adopters expenses. They do have a slight adoption fee just to cover their basic needs, their ideal family would be someone willing to take the time and patience to get to know their unique personality's and to allow them to free roam as much as possible. We also have a rescue for yet another rabbit at the end of September as his parents are moving and can no longer care for him unfortunately. He is a free roaming bun which means we will need to get him neutered aswell (another R400 +-) although he is litter trained and has a great personality. His ideal family would be someone preferably at home almost all day or another little rabbit to keep him company. I'm sure he would also like to Snuggle up in your blankets and give you cuddles. His little face has a lot to say and with the cutest of attitudes aswell. We then got a very urgent call yesterday from a gentleman who had an unfortunate case from a pet store. He intended on buying two female ratties however they ended up being a male and a female. Apon further inspection he ended up with 15 babies, he unfortunately had no time to split everyone up based on their gender and now many females are ready to have their babies. Thankfully they are now separated and we are expecting a good 50 to 70 babies shortly. This will be a huge huge challenge for us to take on as we already are full however we will be seeking homes before any babies come to us. Adoption fees do apply and courier is available at adopters expenses. They are currently in Gauteng however will be on their way to Port Elizabeth ASAP.
We have listed our available products below in hopes to get some items sold in order to raise funds for all the new arrivals, profits of these sales go straight back into the rescue. We have also included photos of our wishlists for new arrivals, we ask if you have any time available to take that time and have a look at your Little Paws wants and needs and hopefully you can order from us. We have had many happy paws receive our products. Please do keep in mind that we do courier either via Pudo or The Courier Guy. Courier is available at buyers expense🐭.

14/09/2024

Hi everyone, we have decided in order to raise some funds we will be hosting our first ever Pet Portrait Challenge. Yes that's right, you can stand a chance to win a Pet Portrait A4 size on a gloss cardboard print. This Pet Portrait must be relating towards an animal. It can be a dog, a cat, a snake, anything of your liking with your own custom photo. Any photo of your animal that you would like a portrait of, you can stand a chance to win🎉.
Here's how it works. You need to send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583 to enter your animal/s into the challenge. It's R20 per animal and R10 per vote. Once your payment has been made to enter your animal, we will then post it on our Facebook and you can tag all your freinds and family in the comments, there will be a collection of photos so if your pet is not seen immediately, please scroll to the bottom. Once you pet has been posted you, your freinds, your family or even a stranger may buy votes at R10 per vote. Once payment has been made, we will update your votes and you can stand a chance to win your very own Pet Portrait. The animal with the most votes gets the famous Pet Portrait. The challenge starts 20th September but you will need to enter your pet in before then. Any pets to enter the challenge late will pay a fine of R30 instead of R20. You may share our post as many times as you'd like, get as many votes in as possible. We will need your pets name, age, gender (if possible). When making payments for your votes, please make sure to use their name as a reference otherwise we take the money as a donation towards the rescue. You may whatsapp us on 0814111583 if you're unsure about anything. Make sure you start entering your pets in today! Let's get this challenge started, who's going to have the most votes 🎉🥳.
Below are some reference photos, this is something you do not want to miss🐭.

14/09/2024

Hi everyone, we would like to start off today's post by saying we apologize for being quiet. We were focusing on our raffle group as that's our way to get funds in to continue our rescue. Funds have been tight but we still make our way through all of our problems. For those who are on our raffle group, you'll know that we have had some personal problems happening so between managing all the rescues, potential rescue cases, personal life problem's and much more. We took some time to gather everyone and everything, just trying to keep up. All the Little Paws food is starting to run out, we might have another two or three feedings left out of what's left. After that all feed will be finished and we will have to start begging for help again... Although donations are slow and slim to none, we still take money out of our own pockets to support the needs of everyone. For those who know me personally will know that I will try doing my best just for these babies, they all have their own needs that we need to tend too however with minimal to no funds we have to beg in order to keep the rescue going. We have explained some of these things before and rescue work isn't easy. You get a bad rescue case almost on a daily basis and almost all of them require loads and loads of work. By this I mean we are constantly attending to those who have trust issues and prefer to be left alone, attending to those who are neglected or the ones who were starved. Sometimes it's even as bad that they attach themselves to one person and one person only like our Chinchilla that we rescued. He has attached himself to me and after non stop training he is still scared of people other than me. Our recent bunny that we took in, Tulip loves cuddles and attention however she gets frightened very fast and that causes her to go into a panic. However through all these challenges we are still trying to keep both the Little Paws and rescue stable.
We have a bonded pair of Guinea Pigs that are currently seeking their forever home. Both are females, one short hair and one semi long hair. Both girls have very outgoing personalities and are super active. They thrive on attention and love their food. They live for the space and will not be adopted out if they will be kept in a small cage. We have requirements that needs to be followed before adoptions however these sweet girls are seeking their forever home and if you have what it takes, please send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583 and we will get back to you ASAP. Photos of the girls can be found below, both girls are as loveable and cute as can come
Please note both girls must be adopted together as they're a bonded pair 🐭.

03/09/2024

Afternoon all. We have been rather quiet recently as we have been trying to focus on our current rescues and making plans for food, bedding, cages, housing, accessories etc.
Although we thought everything was running smoothly and that we could help everyone with their feeds, we have unfortunately hit rock bottom. Between cost of food for all the babies, hay prices, cage prices and much more. We fear that if we don't get donations for them we may have to put a slight stop to everything until we can get back on our feet. We not only have a new rabbit joining us from the SPCA which will be going up for adoption soon but we also have a Chinchilla coming into our care which we suspect was dumped. Thankfully the guy who found him is in love with him and even though he can't keep him, he will make sure to visit him and get constant updates to make sure the baby is doing well. He has even built the little guy a cage and has asked us to be his permanent home to make sure that nothing like this happens ever again.
We would also just like to take the time and say a absolutely huge thank you to Ratatouille Pet Supplies for donating a huge cage aswell as tons of hammocks and bedding, they even donated a packet of midnight foraging mix (everyone's favorite). This cage has helped us loads and even the hammocks and other fun accessories has helped us in ways that we cannot explain. Please do have a look at their page and show some support to them. The work Jeanne puts in is absolutely amazing and she always goes the extra mile to help where she can.

On another note we have come across the exact same cage on Facebook marketplace for only R600. However we need the funds first for food and accessories before we can buy this stunning cage unfortunately. We are hoping that it's not sold by the time we have the funds as this is a deal that we would not like to miss out on.
For those who have joined our raffle group and showed support there, I'd like to thank each and everyone of you as that has helped us loads. We trust that the support will continue as long as we have patience. In the meantime please contact us on 0814111583 for all of your Little Paws needs and wants. We have a huge variety to select from and cannot thank everyone enough for all the support thus far🐭.

30/08/2024

Hi everyone, today has been a rough day for us. Today we found that our food for our hamsters, rats and chinchillas are about to be finished. We do not have the funds at this stage to go out and buy everything that is needed, we beg of you to even just buy some tickets on our raffle so we can go out and buy some food for these poor paws. We fear that if we do not get funds soon, we will be sitting with a huge problem feeding wise. We have also run out of all fresh fruits and vegetables and are urgently needing some items. Please please show support on our raffle group of by buying some items for your Little Paws from our store. This isn't an easy passion but we try our best everyday to make sure everyone is full, has fresh water, enrichment and is loved. We ask if you can't support us to atleast share our post🙏. We are doing this for all the Little Paws that are in need and right now we need everyones support on this, 10kg bag of rat food can last us between 3½ weeks to four weeks. Hamster Food 2kg lasts us +- the same time and Chinchilla food 2kg we need every 4 weeks. Fresh fruits and vegetables fly by as everyone needs these, we ask if you have anything to please help us out on this rough day and please to support our rescue.
For the love of the Little Paws 🐭.

29/08/2024

Hi everyone, we have decided to make some wishlists and hope to get some support regarding these items! We are in need of these products and so so much more, we really do hope to get some more cages in aswell due to the fact of new rescues coming in with no cage at all or what we refer to as a "travel cage". Please please support our raffle group https://chat.whatsapp.com/GO4lAitpNO8FI8l5IHSJck aswell as we only have 18 tickets left at R10 a ticket on our current raffle. The raffle includes hammocks, housing etc. If you have any products that you'd like to put up for raffle please make sure to pop us a WhatsApp on 0814111583. Thank you for all of the support thus far, we appreciate each and everyone of you! 🐭

28/08/2024

We would just like to get the word out that we have loads of products available (see photos below). If you would like to order anything from us please send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583. We cannot thank everyone enough for showing us support. We don't only have all the needs for your Little Paws but we also offer pet portraits or any portraits of your choice. Prices depending on size wise and materials used.
If you or your Little Paws need anything, please send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583!

28/08/2024

Afternoon everyone, we do apologize for being so quiet recently however we have been busy with all the rescues non stop and at the same time trying our best to get some items sold as we are urgently needing funds for food and cages. Whilst we have a good amount of travel cages, we do not have permanent cages for the rescues to live comfortably. We are in urgent need of rat food, Chinchilla food, hamster food, and rabbit food. We are also in urgent need for cages for all of the above. If you cannot donate anything towards the rescue, please consider buying some raffle tickets or even just a product from our site. We do also need fleece blankets and some other items like hammocks, bedding, housing and much much more. We ask for our supporters to help us get the word out there and let people know just how bad petshops actually are. We are still seeing so many innocent Little Paws being dropped off at petstores or being released into the wild. We are trying our best to raise funds for both the rabbits sterilization fee (see photo below) and for all the rescues.
On another note we do also have a very gorgeous female rabbit coming into our care soon, she was found roaming the streets and while we cannot wait to meet her this weekend we are also in need of some items for her. We would love to make her the biggest and best possible home for the time that she is in our care so if you have anything to help towards her please do pop us a WhatsApp. She will need to be sterilized and due to this its R300 to cover her medical bill. We ask for donations or items to be bought on our website for us to pay her sterrie fee.
We would also like to take the time to thank each and everyone who has been supporting us on our raffle group, buying their little paws needs from us, making donations towards the rescue and for even sharing our posts. We appreciate everything and all the support.
We have high hopes that our supporters and fellow little paw owners will help us during this process. We do this for all the Little Paws and we try our best each day to make sure everyone's getting the love and care they need whilst still trying to keep up with cleaning and feeding. We are flying through food and ask if you may have anything to please help us with this.
I will attach a photo of our new cutie who will be joining us this weekend and we hope everyone can see why we are trying our best to help her🐰.

19/08/2024

Hi everyone, we do apologize for being so quiet recently but we are stacked up with the rescue and our store. Here's just an update on everything that has been happening by the rescue recently.
We have got a good amount of full cages at this stage with rescues, we do also have some rats available for adoption. If you're interested in adopting please send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583 and we'll get back to you shortly.
We have just been called today by a kind gentleman who rescued a mommy rabbit and four babies, he had since taken them to what's been told a "safe haven" as he did not know about us. Apon him taking these poor babies there, both him and his daughter have visited them everyday and it's come to his attention that the mom has dug out of the cage and is missing aswell as one of the babies, the workers here have covered up the rabbits burrow wholes and have trapped them inside without any food or water. This has since been taken to spca where we have been contacted and the remaining 3 will be coming into our care as this "safe haven" is anything but safe. We do not name and shame but this is an absolute shocker and we pray that nobody takes their animals there as they seem to lack basic knowledge and care for these Little Paws. We are in need of three large rabbit cages as we don't know if there are any babies in the burrow. They will be coming into my care ASAP and we will be taking them as their current "cage" is clearly not suitable for them.
Whilst we have been drowning in work we are still here for all the Little Paws, donations have been slow and our raffles aren't selling as we needed but we are still trying our best to keep the animals happy and healthy. If you do know of anybody interested in raffle tickets please send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583 and we will add you to our group. If you know of anyone who may have anything to donate or any rabbit cages available then please do pop us a WhatsApp aswell. We highly appreciate all the help we can get on this rescue case as these poor Paws will need tons of care before they can be adopted out. Thank you for your support thus far, we cannot thank everyone enough. 🐭

09/08/2024

Hi everyone, we have a huge variety of products available!
This is just a small taste of what's to come, for all your Little Paws products send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583!
Raffle Number four R10 per ticket and only 13 tickets available!

07/08/2024

Hi everyone, so as seen with our previous post. We now have our store up and running, we are taking orders via WhatsApp on 0814111583.
A little update, we are still running our raffle group and will continue to be running, we currently have some of our own products on raffle. If you'd like to be added, please send us a WhatsApp.
All the rescues are doing well and still have rsscue cases that we need to catch up on, for now we are trying our best to just get some cages in as we are having a big shortage of cages and we fear that if we don't get cages in soon we might have to put a hold on rescue cases. There's many cages available on marketplace but some cages are unfortunately just too small where as others are way to out of budget. If you do come across any cages that are a good size then please send us a WhatsApp with the Post info.
Then on another note you may be wondering why we have some pictures below, we are proud to announce that we're now working with an amazing and well talented lady. She does all forms of drawings and you're welcome to contact us on 0814111583 for a price list! Please note that you will need to send us photos to be drawn and it can be anything including your Little Paws. We hope to get some drawings sold here and we hope to see many new faces supporting us. We will have a drawing up for raffle by month end side so please make sure to send us a WhatsApp so that we can add you!

06/08/2024

Hi everyone, for all those who are interested. We are currently running a new raffle for both Hamsters and Rats. Link is down below and trust me, you don't want to miss this. It's a raffle to never be forgotten, we are so jealous to who might win this!
https://chat.whatsapp.com/GO4lAitpNO8FI8l5IHSJck

Here's a little photo of just one of the items you can win!

05/08/2024

Hi everyone, we apologize for being quiet but I am down with the flu and we have been trying to get as much work done as possible in the meantime. This is a both sad and difficult post today as we thought everything was getting better, for those of you who know the amazing Einstein would know that he recently suffered a stroke. He made it through the first stroke and whilst we thought he may be getting better, he had another stroke. Unfortunately he passed with the second stroke as he just didn't have enough in him to fight the second stroke. He was an amazing little guy and is dearly missed by many, his brothers miss him loads but thankfully they're still eating and staying healthy as we weren't sure how'd they react towards his passing.
Whilst I have been down with the flu, I have been trying to get as much rest as possible because we have loads of backed up rescues but just not enough time in the day to get everything, I am now just trying to focus on getting better so that we can continue to help all the rescues. We want to thank everybody who helped out in the raffle and who bought tickets for the raffle. We were able to get two 5kg bags of rat food, one 2kg bag of hamster food, a 2kg bag of Chinchilla pellets and a bag hay. We also managed to pay shipping for a cage that Ratatouille Pet Supplies donated for all the Little Paws. We will soon be posting some items that we have available for all of your Little Paws needs, that includes food, treats/snacks, enrichment and so so much more. In the mean time we have a new raffle running, you can find details in the picture below and we will add you to the group on request! Thank you for all the support so far and a huge thank you to all the kind words that we have received regarding Einstein. 🐭

02/08/2024

Hi everyone, okay so this is going to be a rather long post as a lot has happened since our last update.
Starting off you may realize that we now have a new profile photo. We would like to thank Ratatouille Pet Supplies for creating our new logo and profile.
I think it's best we start up with the recent rescue cases and what's been going on, last night we got a message from a very kind hearted lady who had picked up a rat in a local park where many people cross through on a daily basis. Everyone was going on in the comments saying that this sweet angel has rabies and to not touch him, it's safe to say he does not have rabies at all! Rats do not carry rabies so this is false information, it's really rare for any rat to have rabies. After speaking to this kind lady, we got to meet up and she decided that I should care for him until his rehab process is done. Now to confirm this is not a wild rat and is actually someone's pet that we suspect they may have dumped. He is the most soft hearted and gentle rattie, especially since he's been in the wild one would have thought the opposite. He has no mites, no lumps. He does have some fleas and is a little bit dehydrated but in the past few hours since he's been found he is doing much much better. He will be in rehabilitation for the next two to three weeks, he will be dewormed and treated for flease. We will keep everyone updated along the way.
Moving on to the next rescue, we have two sugar gliders who were neglected and not kept correctly. Someone has since gotten them in their care and we will be collecting them next week. We do not have much of a back story about them other than that they were neglected. This does mean that we need a cage for them ASAP aswell as some other goodies. We will need to get them tame and calm again as they are not very great with handling as of yet. The freind who got them out of the neglected situation has owned some of her own before so she does know what she's doing. Whilst she is taking care of them, we will urgently need to find them a cage that is suitable for the both of them as they are a bonded pair. If you know of anyone with a large enough cage for both of them that are willing to sell or donate then please send us a WhatsApp or DM us and we'll get back to you.
Then regarding the two male rats that another freind has, we are still trying to fetch them but we have been drowned in things to do so hopefully this weekend we can collect still. We don't have much information but they are well taken care of in the meantime and we will be collecting them shortly or so we hope.

We have got a raffle group running at the moment in order to get funds in for the rescues, we are still very low on food, cages, accessories and enrichment. This raffle group has an amazing combo set up for raffle at the moment and very soon we will be hosting another raffle that Holistic Hamsters have donated. We charge R10 per ticket and the fund raised there go straight to the Little Paws. We are still working on getting our online store up and running but hopefully next week Monday we should be ready.
We would like to thank everyone so far that has helped us and supported our raffle. If you'd like to join the group of donate anything towards the Little Paws then please do send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583 and we will respond shortly!
We hope everyone enjoys their day further and we hope every Little Paw gets some treats and kisses from us🐭!

31/07/2024

Hi everyone, so we have a few things that we would like to get off of our chest. We have been trying our absolute best to get funds in for the rescues, just the bare minimum like food, hay and cages. We felt like we failed on every one of these babies, we felt like giving up when Einstein had his stroke. We just felt like we were at a total loss however today we got the best news ever and it's most definitely lifted our spirits. Ratatouille Pet Supplies has sponsored us some amazing items to put on our raffle group which you can join if you'd like https://chat.whatsapp.com/GO4lAitpNO8FI8l5IHSJck
Now not only have they sponsored an amazing combo deal to put on raffle, they have also sponsored us a cage and are hosting their very own raffle to help us with funds and guess what? By a simple click on their page you can not only join their raffle and support us but you can also be feeding all our amazing rescues here at Little Paws Rodent Rescue. All the donations will be going towards the rescues for their food, cages, enrichment and accessories.
Wow we cannot believe how lucky we are in a space of 24hrs we got everything setup and started for this raffle and now people are buying tickets and supporting us. We currently have an amazing combo deal on raffle which you can join via the link above. Tickets are R10 each. We will explain how everything works once you have joined the group.
Now not only have we got a raffle group up and running, we are also busy setting up our new online store! Isn't that exciting? You can purchase all your Little Paws needs and wants simply with a click on our store. Not only do we now have a raffle group, a soon to be online store, we also have some amazing people who have been sponsoring us these items to put up for raffle, we have also had some amazing and very kind hearted people support our raffles. We cannot thank everyone enough.

Then on another note, we want to take this time to thank everyone for all the messages we have been getting about Einstein, now to start it off yes he is still with us and we are trying our best to make him happy and comfortable. We are feeding him baby food every morning, afternoon and evening which is starting to become costly so if you possibly would like to help on that then we appreciate it highly. We will be posting bank details for those who have asked for them regarding the cash donations that goes towards the rescues needs.

Nonetheless we are super excited for the future and we cannot thank our supporters and sponsors enough! We are honestly at a loss of words with how excited and happy we are. Thank you everyone. It's all for the love of the Little Paws Family 🐭.

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30/07/2024

Hi all, so as told here is just a few things that we're needing and why we need these things will also be explained. We will start with a list from things that we need the most to things that we need the least but still need. I hope everyone takes the time to read this as it's a rather urgent matter and we are needing help rather urgent.

To start this off, we need food urgently for these Little Paws. I think the term food is a rather easily understanding word and this is because these babies need food in order to survive, they need food so that they can be happy and healthy, without food these babies will starve to death unfortunately and this is why we need food. We need hamster food for the hammies, we need hay for the Chinchillas, we need Chinchilla food for the Chinchillas, we also need rat food for the ratties. We have babies coming in our rescue with minimal to nothing so we are urgently seeking out food donations or cash donations in order to buy them food. Without the needed food we cannot continue to do what we love and we cannot continue to help all these babies.

We need Cages, now this is also pretty straight forward and to the point. We are urgently seeking out for cages as many Little Paws that come in don't have the basic setup cage which leads us to finding a new yet affordable cage. We cannot take in every Little Paws but with an extra few cages we might be able to help most of them atleast. These cages are what helps us rescue more animals, without cages and food there would be no rescue happening. When we started we had tons of available cages and now we're sitting with zero open cages until we can collect cages again. We are starting to wonder what we could possibly do in order just to get more food and cage donations in as we have practically nothing left here.

We need Enrichment so this includes toys, hammocks, bedding (fleece blankets) etc. With a simple fleece blanket we can wrap some treats into the blanket and let the babies smell it out whilst using it as bedding, we can setup toys for them to keep them busy and we can add loads of hammocks to keep them happy and comfortable. This is something that we are needing as these babies don't have much so we're definitely seeking for some enrichment. This can even be a small packet of treats or some meal worms to hide around in their toys, bedding and hammocks.

For now this is our main focus and goal. Just to get some food in for these Little Paws and to get some cages for them whilst being able to give them the basic enrichment that they need. We are urgently needing help from the public and we fear that if we don't get food in soon that we will have a really big problem soon. Please if you know of anyone who is willing to donate or help out. Please let them send us a WhatsApp on 0814111583.
For the love of the Little Paws 🐭.