I don't have decent pictures of everyone unfortunately as there are a couple of new mice that just don't sit still.

First off, the ferrets, Thatcher and Bode. Thatcher has been diagnosed with lymphoma, although an infection is still being explored, and we are hoping for a lot more time with him. He is under a year and Bode will be two in December.

Thatcher-


Bode napping-



Teshi, a lovebird I got after loosing my last starling. He is my first parrot and I am enjoying him a lot, he is very different than my starlings have been.


(The cage behind him is a hospital tank, it housed an ill baby mouse for a few days)

My two rat boys and my little doe, who will be spayed at some point so she can be with the two boys. Louis and Mendel are brothers, rescued from the humane society and Marlena is a feeder rescue.

Marlena-


Louis-


Mendel-


The mice. I have 2 bucks and 4 does. Some don't have good photos yet but might as well give their stories anyway.

Dove buck (Unnamed) was a hopper who I rescued and hand fed.
Black doe (Unnamed) The buck's sister, also hand raised.
Hairless doe (Unnamed) Recent addition, still getting some formula for 3 more days.
Isolde, agouti doe. She is half wild and a feeder tank mouse as well. She is camera shy.
Emera, longhaired mock chocolate doe-

Augustus, agouti buck, feeder tank rescue who was pretty badly injured by the other males when I pulled him last year.

I do rodent Christmas photos and that was one of his last year, he's a ham.

Also in my rodent room are a black widow spider and an orb weaver, a pacific chorus frog, and a robo hamster named Mischa who is very very shy (Rescue from humane society and was never socialized before coming here..we leave her to her own devices pretty much since she is so easily stressed).

My birds- 5 chickens of varying histories.

Rex, EE rooster, so aggressive I am the only one who will enter his pen. He weighs in at around 8 pounds we think. Kept with one hen of his own as my smaller birds are too easily injured by such a large male.


Melonie, Rex's lady friend, a rhode island red who is a year and a half old.

(This was taken when Rex was first brought to me and still growing, the first time they got along.)

Sarah, a black frizzled cochin hen. Sweet and sassy, I adore her.

The chickens do sometimes come inside- that is one of my two cats behind her, he likes the chickens.

Violet, a blue cochin hen, she's nothing but sweet and loves to cuddle on a lap.

Victoria, buff laced polish. The last of my polish. Some day I will have more but she is disabled and our group is nice and quiet and gentle now. She rules the group very kindly and is a wise, sweet girl. She is on the left. The rooster in this picture got injured and the vet could not help him. He passed away and Victoria has not been the same since he left.


My kitties, Bobby and Andrea. Both are 10, coming up on 11 years old, rescue kitties from a kill shelter in california. Bobby doesn't enjoy cameras, but Andrea tolerates them. Here she is with some socks (she likes to play with socks..)


Lulu, my other dog, whom when my parents divorced was taken by my mother who refuses to return her to me. She was pretending to type for this picture (Excuse the closet with no doors and the white cage belongs to the rats)


And last but definitely never least, my horse. Sterling Silver. He is a cryptorchid stud. The external testicle was removed with the neuter before I got him but he retains one. He acts like a stallion although is sterile and is a handful. He is also my best friend and I would not trade him for the world.

At a friend's house-


Competing-



Rearing up. This is a trained trick. The reason he was given a command was to make rearing (big problem behavior for him) into work. It has helped slow the problem down and it made for a great picture.


Cross country jumping, his and my favorite event-


Anyway, that's the zoo that is my house. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Ok.....where do u possibly find the time to post when u have so many furries to take care of...holy moly guacamole. I sure think those are the cutest chickens and roosters I've ever seen wow. Love all ur babies and esp. The ferrets I recently donated to a ferret organization

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Bless you for rescuing so many precious creatures! Love all the pics, but the ones of you with Sterling Silver are just beautiful!

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Beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing. I've had most of these animals at some point or other, though I've never had chickens or spiders. I particularly love Mice as I had loads as a child and I adore horses. I had my own when I moved to the countryside. I miss seeing horses since I moved back to the city though.

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You are so lucky to have so many beautiful animals! Your incredibly lucky can we swap houses? Haha

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Beautiful pics! I'm coming to your house!

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If you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

If you come to my house I'll put ya to work ;D

The mice need a clean and I think the ferrets have been leaving gifts under the bed, naughty boys.

I am very lucky. My dad loves my animals and I work and all of the money I make is theirs. They are family to me, mice and spiders and all. I can only imagine what the vet would say if I brought him my black widow.. "Hey doc, you can't touch her or you might die but what is wrong with her?"