Recent content by Artios

Nope, no tips. I've decided to just sell the group, as much as they were relatively tough for me to get hold of. The logistics of everything just isn't going to go very well. I get my 40+ acres and homestead a few years sooner than I expected, but I've gotta give up most of the animals to...

Ack I hate doing this, as I had just put this small group together. But earlier this week the final say-so came through on the job offer. It's official, we're going to Montana and the bunnies will be too much effort to get shipped with everything else going on. I can drive a little bit to...

Welcome! I always love seeing other west virginians around.

Anyone ever done a long move with rabbits? We've potentially got a move of 2000+ miles coming up and I've never had this situation before. I figure it's best to start asking questions now! I'm looking at moving 6-9 rabbits, some parrots, and our ragdoll. The snakes and tortoise I can ship...

Only on one occasion have I told someone their prices were too high, but I did it as courteously as I could. It's someone who had a "new breed" that I was interested in. They were basically small champagnes that they were outcrossing to lots of other stuff. No COD, no standard yet, no...

The lady who has the COD here in the states for them is the one we've all been going to. So far I know of two of us on the east coast that are picking up some Bruns from her in October. I'd love to import some Argente St hubert, but can't find any trails to follow so that's gonna probably be a...

Got my clamp tattoo set today, so excited! It was hard not to grab the nearest piece of flesh (the cat) and try it out. :lol: Any suggestions for cleaning after using? I'm thinking a scrubdown with soap and water and a soak in some chlorhexadine before drying and putting away. Would this...

Sent you an email. A couple of the places I knew of have gone under, sadly. I'm not sure who is taking things on in this area now. I'll email my vet since she works at the office the wvrrc uses, maybe she can give me some info. Hopefully the wildlife folks stick together and someone knows...

I guess it depends on where you are. The education folks here at this rehab are also unpaid volunteers. (At the regular wildlife rehab center I know of as well) They tried to rope me into doing a few gigs but I wasn't willing to run up the mileage on my car and pay the gas bill out of pocket...

Hi Lauren. I'm not sure I can find a paying job for anyone in that area, everything I have seen is way too cash strapped to be able to pay folks. But I am happy to gather up and forward along any info I have and can find.

Not all vets are that way. Granted, I have spent years developing a relationship with my vet, one visit at a time. (we've got a lot of critters) She's the exotics vet, and also does work with farm animals on the side. We've spent enough time chatting and swapping info back and forth that...

Funny that you mention vultures. A lot of people are repulsed by them, but the black vulture that we had at the rehab was just such a nice bird and really changed my thinking of them. Unless you were trying to catch him of course. He was all vulture then. *barf* LOL He was missing most of...

A recent thread reminded me of some volunteer work I used to do. If you've got some sort of a wildlife rehab nearby, I can wholeheartedly recommend volunteering! It's incredibly fulfilling work, though not all of it is pleasant. I was volunteer coordinator at our local raptor rehab for a...

That's pretty awesome of you to do. Rehabs are a great source to help get rid of any extras. I used to volunteer for a local raptor rehab until I just ran out of time to do so. I still support them by sending extra feeder rats I raise, and will send rabbits when I have extras as well...

He's supposed to be calling me in a couple weeks with a trio for me to pick up from him. I've got fingers crossed. He had some when I called him originally, but they were all from one litter. We're waiting on him to wean a couple more litters so he can pick his show bunnies then hook me up...