Newsletter
Welcome
Welcome to the 6th issue of our newsletter! We
have lots to mention including a recent visit to a working farm
to help some ratties!
VISIT TO MUDCHUTE
by Stella Hulott
In January we had an email from a very distressed lady called
Debbie who lived in Bromley-by-Bow in London. She was concerned
about the conditions that three rat boys were living in at Mudchute
City Farm.
The Farm is a host to all sorts of animals from cows and horses
to ducks and chickens to rats and chinchillas and is self-funded,
so money is sparse.
Debbie tried to extricate the rats from the farm herself but they
were loathe to give them up as the rats proved popular with visitors,
especially special needs children as the rat boys were so friendly.
Debbie went in to the Farm every week to clean out the boys (who
had been housed on straw) and also took along supplementary dietary
foods but felt that she was getting nowhere.
I rang the Farm Manager a couple of times and he promised to provide
better bedding for the chaps, a better diet etc. However, Debbie
reported back that his promise wasn’t been seen through.
In the end, I met up with Debbie one afternoon and we went along
to meet Tom, the Farm Manager, to look at and discuss the rats.
The boys were all very healthy but their living conditions and
environment certainly needed improvements. After spending a good
hour and a half with Tom, he agreed to all my suggestions, such
as adding heating to the boys’ room; shade for hot days; using
the correct bedding (we gave him a bale of Finacard cardboard
bedding which we use) etc.
He also agreed to have a designated person to look after and clean
the rats out rather than a host of volunteers who stuck all animals
on sawdust and straw, no matter what species they were!
Thankfully Tom was very receptive to my suggestions and this was
followed up by a Rat Care pack we sent him. Debbie is still visiting
Mudchute to keep me updated and I plan to speak to Tom again soon
to see how it is going.
A big thank you to Debbie for alerting us to this.
CavyRescue in the News
The past few weeks we have received some more
positive ratty publicity!
Locally we were on Meridian TV talking about out Ratless Rat
Show and also local radio talking about the Rat Insurance that
now have access to.
Our local news paper - The Kent Messenger - did a double page
spread on us highlighting how we are fund raising and looking
for land to build on our planned Rodent Sanctuary. So if you
have a bit of land to spare or know someone who does, please
let us know!
We also wrote an article for Pets At Home - the nationwide pet
shop - for their staff magazine which was very positively received.
It was about the correct way to introduce ratties to each other
so hopefully the staff will pass on what they lhave earned to
customers in their stores!
New Site Features
We have started to add a small animal boarding
section ot the site. We only have one entry listed so far so
please take part and share your information with us to help
Rattie and Small furry owners everywhere.
Visit : http://www.cavyrescue.co.uk/small-animal-boarding.shtml
We are also now starting to get a good number
of Recommended Rat Vets. If you have a good rodent vet or need
to find one maybe you should check out or list:
Visit: http://www.cavyrescue.co.uk/vets.shtml
Donate a bag of food or bedding to the rescue
People can now donate a bag of Rat Food or Rat Bedding to
the Rescue using PayPal.
Visit : Bedding
Donation
Visit : Rat
Food Donation
Thanks to everyone for your continued
support.
Good Deal on a Jenny
Rat Cage
This cage from Zooplus is only £59 with
FREE Postage. So If you are looking a new cage for your ratties
then why not look here:
Help the Bears
- WSPA Advert
The farming of bears for the bile is one of the
most intense forms of animal suffering that exists today. Trapped
in a squalid cage for up to ten years, bears cry out in pain
as they endure the continuous agony of having their bile drained
from an open wound to their stomach. WSPA, the World Society
for the Protection of Animals, is involved with extensive projects
that aim to utterly eradicate this cruel practice. Yet it is
only through the donations of our supporters that we are able
to proceed. Click
here to show your support
News
Click
here to read the latest animal welfare, and rodent
news from around the world!
Thanks
Thanks for reading and we hope you found it useful.
If you have any comments good or bad please email me, Jason
at jason@cavyrescue.co.uk.
See you soon......
Jason and Stel
