Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary Rescues 80 Pets!

 
$5,495
$505
Raised
Remaining
May 20, 2013

Welcome Vixen, Baby, Maddie, & Zeddy!

Vixen and her teddy bear
Vixen and her teddy bear

Critter Camp strives to care for the unadoptable and unique pets that have nowhere else to go. We give a healthy happy safe loving forever home to the elderly, abused, aggressive, and just plain unusual pets that shelters cannot handle.

Miss Vixen is one such pet. She is a silver fox kit, about 6 weeks old. She was bought from a breeder who obviously did not require any proof by their customers of ability to care for an exotic pet. He could not care for her and only 5 days after buying her and realizing she was not the type of pet he could care for at all, he did the right thing and found Critter Camp.

She is an absolute joy! Very loving, gentle, playful & calm. Her first night here she did very well, she is eating, sleeping and enjoying walks (inside) on her harness. We will probably keep her as an education animal to show people what not to buy on impulse! 

We also welcome new ratties Baby, Maddie & Zeddy. They are about 2 years old, a bonded trio and Baby does not like people. Their very sweet owner had health issues and wa going into assisted care. She was desperate to find a place for them to live their lives safely and happy. We are very glad she brought them to Critter Camp! Of our 55 rescue rats, these are our only ladies! 

We also took in Brownie the guinea piggy who doesnt like people at all. 

Critter Camp works very hard to meet the highest of care standards, to educate the public and to save as many lives as we can! We are grateful for the support of wonderful folks like you who make it all possible!

Baby
Baby
Maddie
Maddie
Zeddy
Zeddy
Brownie
Brownie
Apr 1, 2013

Happy Easter from all the Bunnies at Critter Camp!

Bunny Easter Feast
Bunny Easter Feast

All 40 of the rescued bunnies at Critter Camp wish you a very Happy Easter! Our two newest rescued bunnies are a pair of elder buns Oreo & Maggie, and feisty biting bunny Hodgy. We hope everyone chooses chocolate bunnies instead of pets this Easter! Rabbits are far harder to care for than most people realize, and they can become aggressive too! We also recently rescued a stray ferret we've named Pogo. He is a little ball of fire and super cute! And we are still having litter of dwarf hamsters from our huge Hamstergeddon 2 rescue! Luckily we have been able to adopt many of the new babies. Thank you for your amazing support of our mission to give a safe, healthy happy home to small unusual and unadoptable pets!

New Ferret Pogo
New Ferret Pogo
Tiny dwarf hamster and a big juicy berry
Tiny dwarf hamster and a big juicy berry
Hodgy
Hodgy
Maggie & Oreo
Maggie & Oreo

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Mar 4, 2013

Hamstergeddon 2! Congrats to an Eagle Scout & More

Matthews Sign
Matthews Sign

Remember Hamstergeddon ? Well we have Hamstergeddon 2 here at Critter Camp and it's a doozy! 

We agreed to take in approximately 27 hamsters from a kill shelter where their time had run out, but when they came they were mixed together and some were having babies as they came in the door! 

So now we are up to 70 new little dwarf hamsters with new litters every day! All of the mature hamnsters have been separated so they don't make more hammie babies, but there are still a minimum of 8 females that could be pregnant.

We have the adorable little critters for adoption as most are friendly. Learn more here:

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/24697951

We've also taken in some new ratties, one was bait to train dogs to catch rats: Remy, Paddy & Gandalph the White.

2 new bunnies are on their way here as well!

Congrats to Matthew Olsen for earning his Eagle Scout rank - he created the signs for Critter Camp entrance and our building site!

We have some new sponsors for Tiles in our building! http://crittercamp.weebly.com/our-new-building.html

And we still need your votes in the contests:

1 one-time vote! Click here: https://apps.facebook.com/oneclickdonation/?id_ass=3344&id_c=5
and
The Animal Rescue Site Contest too- that takes one vote every day- please vote for Critter Camp in IL :  http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

Your support means the world to the animals we save! Thank you!!!

Matthew
Matthew's Sign 2
Baby Hamster
Baby Hamster
New Hamsters
New Hamsters
Gandalph the White
Gandalph the White
Feb 12, 2013

Adoptable Parakeets! New Contest! Cute Pics!

Alice & Mrs. Horton want you to vote
Alice & Mrs. Horton want you to vote

Everyone here at Critter Camp exotic Pet Sanctuary hopes that our wonderful supporters are having a great new year so far!
We just took in 3 adorable adoptable young male parakeets! We hope to find them a great home soon! They are lsited here on Petfinder: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/25294211


One of our awesome supporters made a cute hedgehog piggy bank for us to sell on ebay too- see it here: 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281062610039


Critter Camp is in a new contest too- it only takes 1 one-time vote! Click here:  https://apps.facebook.com/oneclickdonation/?id_ass=3344&id_c=5


And we are still in The Animal Rescue Site Contest too- that takes one vote every day- please vote for Critter Camp in IL :  http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3


We bought land a year ago with money we won in the Pepsi contest and now we hope to build soon! To follow our prgress you can click here to our Building Page: http://crittercamp.weebly.com/our-new-building.html


Thank you so much for your support and interest in our cause- saving the lives of homeless small pets!!!

Handcrafted hedgehog Bank
Handcrafted hedgehog Bank
Wiley the fennec fox & Rambo the tortoise
Wiley the fennec fox & Rambo the tortoise
Alberta the western box turtle
Alberta the western box turtle

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Jan 25, 2013

Critter Camp saved 223 animals in 2012!

Precious
Precious

Yes that's right, Critter Camp saved 223 small pets , many  would have been euthanized at 'kill' shelters had we not stepped up to take them in.

Critter Camp gives sanctuary to the elderly, chronically ill, aggressive and fearful small pets other than cats and dogs that are considered unadoptable by other rescues. 

We could not have accomplished this without your help! Thank you!!

And we start off 2013 saving more animals!

Welcome Dahlia & Precious- two rabbits in a kill shelter 'on the list' to go. 

Be sure to visit our website,

our Facebook page for Bunday Mondays, Weasel Wednesdays & Fennec Fox Fridays and other up to the minute pics and info on Critter Camp,

and our Youtube channel for the latest adorable videos of the critters! 

Thank you for your continued support!!

Dahlia
Dahlia

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Beth Randall

German Valley, IL United States

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