Animal Welfare United States Project #9918

Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary Rescues MorePets

by Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary

Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary Rescues MorePets

Project Report | Sep 19, 2022
Meet our newest rescues!

By Beth Randall | Director

Luke & Bo

Please welcome some of the newest rescues here in addition to the 130+ permanent sanctuary residents here at Critter Camp.

Meet Bo & Luke Duke (Dook)

New rescue ferrets at Critter Camp

For non ferret people, the sound a ferret makes is called 'dooking' and it sounds like 'dook, dook'. So we asked our Facebook fans for name ideas and Bo and Luke Duke fit perfectly! Especially since one is darker brown and the other blonder.

Bo is very malnourished, dehydrated and has adrenal cancer; Luke is in better shape. The people who brought them had no idea ages but their teeth suggest about middle aged - 4 ish.

Their story changed multiple times but started over the phone as abandoned and had nothing to eat but bread, it morphed into neighbors moved away and they had cat food to eat (after the other rescues/shelters they called that all refused to take the ferrets told them to get cat food) to finally oh yeah they had ferret food too sometimes but they were going to have to just let them go in the wild and they didn't want coyotes to eat them. As always with people who say they would let domestic animals go I mention that it is against federal law and I didn't think they wanted a felony on their record.

In any case they are here now, will be safe and fed well and have friends to play with and receive appropriate vaccinations and medical care as well.

Also welsome elderly ratties Hax & Ping. They have malocclusion and tumors which are being treated now. And adorable little hamster Lewis too.

Sometimes we help rescue animals that never even come here - like this teensy tiny brown anole. We received a call from a very nice lady in Chicago that said he was inside her home near some houseplants she had recently purchased. She didn't want to just let him outside if he wasn't native. Which is a good thing because brown anoles are native to Cuba and the Bahamas - he would not survive up here in our climate. He likely hitched a ride on the houseplants that she bought - which happens more often that most people realize. Anyway she had called several rescues and no one had answered or gotten back to her and she was worried about him. So she was very happy that we answered and said of course we'd help! This tiny guy will need some experienced care so we immediately put out feelers to the numerous area reptile contacts we have amassed over the past 20 years and within an hour we had the perfect match. As a matter of fact he had recently picked up another little stowaway just like this guy so he had the set up and food all prepared. The lady was very grateful that we helped her and the lizard out. Here's hoping he thrives in his new home.

Thank you so much for your support of our work!

Lewis

Tiny anole

Hax

Ping

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