Bacchus Residents

An albino hob was handed into Wright and Mortem vets after being found as a stray by police in Congleton. Wright and Mortem vets agreed to sign Homer over to us so we could appeal for his owner. Upon his arrival, we could see Homer had a parasitic infection. He was treated with topical antiparasitic agents which really improved his skin condition. Appealing for Owner: We appealed for 7 days to find Homer's owner before he became owned by the charity. Sadly, Homer's owner was never found and nobody claimed him. So, we decided to go on a quest to find an adopter. We actually didn't have to look very far, as our trustee, Jodie, fell in love with him and decided to adopt Homer. Homer's New Life: Homer now lives his best life in a custom-built ferret enclosure. Unfortunately, Homer did develop signs of adrenal disease. He's since had a Suprelorin implant which seems to be helping Homer a lot. He also had a vaccine against Distemper. Homer also has a girlfriend now called...

Adoption: We adopted Evelyn with 4 friends - Enid, Ethel, Mavis, and Doris. We hadn't owned house mice in a long time, and we could see how much their care, medicine, and husbandry had changed over the last 20 years. So, we thought we'd adopt some house mice to live at our home facilities so we could get some up to date experience with them. The Mischief: Back when we had house mice in the late '90s, to our knowledge, it was more or less unheard of to perform an orchiectomy on male mice.  We decided to neuter one of the male house mice to join the mischief of females. So, Evelyn and her mischief later made friends with Barry. The other male mouse went on to live with multimammates (we will do a post about him one day). Around about this time, a lone female house mice who'd been living with hamsters (don't recommend doing that) arrived at Hamster Haven. Vicky and I agreed to bond the lone mouse - then called Evie - to our mischief as well. In fact, as Notts Nibblers ...

Billy was one of them animals who was incredibly needy in all aspects of his life. He was medically needy, behaviorally needy - he was very demanding. Billy arrived in our care with 3 other rats; Louie, Pickle, and Winnifred on the 11th of October 2018.  Louie and Billy were cohabitating. Unfortunately for Billy, Louie was severely hormonally aggressive towards him. Louie was booked in for castration. The surgery itself went well, but, tragically, Louie passed away during the recovery period as his blood didn't clot leading to catastrophic blood loss. We've written a blog post about Billy, Louie, Pickle and Winnifred. Billy also had to be castrated as he was unable to bond to entire males. Fortunately, he found companionship with does and neutered males.  Facial Abscesses: Billy was no stranger to a facial abscess. Despite how absolutely horrendous they appeared aesthetically, they usually responded to warm compressions and a couple of days of Metacam. Billy was not a true hai...

Arrival and Initial Treatments: Rhino and Rylan were 2 elderly 2-year-old bucks surrendered to us on the 8th of December 2019.  Upon arrival, it was clear Rhino had an irritated respiratory system. He was displaying audible respiratory noise (even without auscultation) and piloerection. Rylan also had hyperplastic dermatitis which was likely the result of a parasitic infection. Rhino and Rylan were both treated with topical Ivermectin and introduced to prophylactics recommended when dealing with respiratory disease - it's something we do for all rats, regardless if they're presenting with signs of disease. Rylan responded brilliantly to treatment and all symptoms subsided. On the other hand, although Rhino improved with good husbandry, he still had symptoms that suggested he had an upper-respiratory infection. He was introduced to nebulized F10 and oral Baytril and Metacam for 30-days. Despite Rhino's excellent response to the medication, 42hrs after discontinuing antibioti...

We agreed to adopt Spencer and Stirling when Clement Rabbit Rescue originally announced their closure once their circumstances had changed. Spencer and Stirling were two giant rabbits and would be staying as permanent residents. Despite being permanent residents, the pair have had their issues! They both had/have a long and complex medical history. Spencer: Shortly after arriving, we noticed Spencer had lost a considerable amount of weight.  At Clement Rabbit Rescue, Spencer weighed around 5.6kg. When we weighed him shortly after arriving, he was 4.5kg - a substantial weight loss. We decided it was necessary to take Spencer to the vet for an in-depth veterinary assessment. Surprisingly, there were no issues with his teeth upon intraoral examination. The vet did note, however, that Spencer was hypersalivating, had impacted food, and was more sensitive on one side. Based on the findings, we were all in agreement that X-Rays should be taken. There was an issue picked up on the DV ...