Wild Animals do they belong in our homes?

Many people have contact with wild animals and, especially if the animals are young, are tempted to take them home as pets. Baby animals are often cute, cuddly and responsive to attention. The temptation to remove them from their natural environment can be very strong, but before you try to make a pet out of a wild animal, please consider the following:

Great article for anyone who would consider opening their home to a wild animal

Building a better guinea-pig cage

By DENISE FLAIM

Newsday


When it came to designing the perfect residence for her guinea pigs, Teresa Murphy of San Mateo used her stocky South American rodents as, well, guinea pigs.
In the late 1990s, Murphy found herself with a dozen of these misnamed creatures -- they are neither from Guinea, nor are they pigs -- and on the brink of starting Cavy Spirit, a guinea-pig rescue group."

We had a couple of cavies ourselves. What fun loving creatures they are!
Kevin Lee

Inovative Cage Ideas

The Story of Bebop

This is the story of Bebop. Or at least a little bit of a story.
We got him from a pet store no longer in business, here in Grants Pass. He was teeny tiny when we got him.
Actually, we got him and a cagemate to go along with him, but he really didn't like his cagemate, so we gave the cagemate back and exchange for some hamster food. The dude that helped us out there was quite nice.
Bebop went through 2 different CritterTrail cages before we settled on one of those huge plastic storage containers.
Now, before you freak out on me for storing a cute and defenseless animal in a plastic container, hear me out.
This damn hamster had the notion that it was a great idea to chew on bars. Now, during the day it wouldn't have been such a huge problem, but he always did it at night. Well, we humans like to sleep at night, so this was a big problem indeed.
We couldn it teach him not to do it, so we had a situation on our hands.
I did some poking around on the net and read up on homeage hamster cages. There are some really neat setups people do for their evil hamsters! Especially using the plastic storage containers!
So we grabbed the biggest one in town (which isn't saying allot, this being Grants Pass) and played a bunch with it. First it started out being an extension to one of his existing CritterTrail cages. Then it became his permament home.
No chewing on bars, easy cleaning, easy to expand and accesorize (spelling, I know).
I alternated his toys everytime I cleaned it. Sometimes it was a little on the boring side, but most of the time heed have a blast with his new set up every time.
Oh, did I mention, he went through 2 or 3 wheels before we found the perfect one? I forget the name of it, but it's completly silent than"

Great Ideas about saving on costs, while keeping your Pet Happy and safe

Kevin Lee