More dwarfie drama in PA. . .

[pinky]

My Mallory and her family were found behind a bird store in the rain. My Jayde and her family came from an SPCA raid on a kennel. And now their rescue mommy Stacey is dealing with yet another dwarfie drama. She wrote me the following today.

>>Hope you are doing well. I had to email you to let you know of Paws2Learn's latest hammies....

I got a call on Sunday evening from someone who fosters (and has adopted) from us. She saw 2 tanks sitting on the side of the road, so she was going to pick them up. When she went to get them, the tanks were all cracked and messed up. Then, she saw a 3rd tank (evidently more towards a person's house). This tank had 13 (yes 13) dwarf hammies in it. The sign originally said hamsters $1.00, but then the $1.00 was crossed out and it said 'free'.........so she took the whole tank.

Then, she called me, kind of in a panic, but she said she couldn't leave them there. So, we now have 13 dwarf hammies (I don't have all of them here, only 6 of them).....

Gail and I went up yesterday to sex them (all females will have to be on maternity watch), and to divide some....5 are staying with the lady who found them (3 she is keeping, 2 she is fostering), 2 went with Gail to get looked over by the vet (they had little lump type things on them, probably wounds from fighting, but we want to make sure).....and then 6 came with me.....

I have to recheck them, make sure girls are girls and boys are boys again....but, they had to be separated. Because there were so many in the tank, I think they got aggressive toward each other. Lots of screaming and fighting when she found them........<<

Petfinder link:
www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=14050688

Stacey wasted no time in posting them--and so she posted the only photo she had. They look terrible, but she explains their condition in the blurb, so hopefully no one will think that her rescue takes terrible care of their animals. . .

What was in the tank was a reptile rock with a hole for water, filled with scummy water, and a dish with water in it and a few pieces of green pepper. That was the ONLY food in the tank. The hams are wet in the photo because they were in there with all that water.

People are idiots.

AND: five of the 13 are on maternity watch. Can you imagine if all five have sizable litters?? I may become a foster mommy yet. . .

[Die Fledermaus]

I hate people. Not you.

I find it hard to read this sort of thing as I will be angry for hours. I can hardly talk about it, except try to keep in touch with other adopters and give advice or a place for returns of those unwanted.

>> So, we now have 13 dwarf hammies (I don't have all of them here, only 6 of them)..... <<

You answered what happened to the others!

I could never adopt out rescued animals. The one time I sort of did it was with a surprise rat litter - Ebony and Ivory. The story is well known here. I felt totally OK with the guy. I later got the rats back - another well known story posted in the Rat forum.

I can tell horror stories I heard of. But I want to sleep.

It is late. male clearer if you are keeping them.

Dwarfs are somewhat social. I have often had groups of three live together with no real fighting, just noisy squabbles.

I gotta go. Busy day tomorrow. As I posted elsewhere.

BTW, dwarfs do not have litters that are that big, not like rats or Syrians, and the latter are NOT social).

[pinky]

Jul 2, 2009 23:15:54 GMT -4 Die Fledermaus said:

I hate people. Not you.

I know.

>> So, we now have 13 dwarf hammies (I don't have all of them here, only 6 of them)..... <<

You answered what happened to the others!

You're not thinking that *I* have any of them, are you? This is Stacey talking.

It is late. male clearer if you are keeping them.

Eh??

BTW, dwarfs do not have litters that are that big, not like rats or Syrians, and the latter are NOT social).

But 4 x 5 is still 20!!! This is a two-person rescue with a couple foster families. They're really hoping that some of those gals don't pop. . . . but like I said, I will consider fostering if they need help.

[Die Fledermaus]

>> It is late. male clearer if you are keeping them. <<

I meant to say MAKE clearer in reference to your earlier point. As I said, it was late, and I was tird as I am now. (see other posts). Plus, I just discovered the 27 gb of space I thought I had on my
external hard drive I do not have. Have to contact support for the item or get another (only $60 but a hassle).

>> You're not thinking that *I* have any of them, are you? This is Stacey talking. <<

Oh. Told you it was late.

>> They're really hoping that some of those gals don't pop. <<



Good luck to them all!

[Hamsters82]

People are incredible. *shakes head* Good thing there are people like Gail, Stacey, and many others that will take in the dwarf hamsters (and other animals) and rehabilitate them or give them good homes.

I hope all of them are okay and that's neat that you may be a foster mother. The little hamsters are cute.

[Die Fledermaus]

A trusted manager at a local pet store once found some all crammed together abandoned. I would rather pass on the sordid details.

I hope those people get reincarnated as mealworms and get consumed by hamsters. That was not a joke.

[pinky]

Jul 4, 2009 21:23:12 GMT -4 Die Fledermaus said:

I hope those people get reincarnated as mealworms and get consumed by hamsters. That was not a joke.

I know.

Two of the possibly expectant dwarfies have been separately posted, one a normal and one a dilute black. The dilute black may have a hard time being adopted--because Stacey's daughter wants to keep her!