Adoption information
Rimiria, Rizka & Rizia need a foster carer
Rescue group
PetRescue ID
1040471
Location
Cessnock, NSW
Age
5 years 11 months
Adoption fee
$450.00
Rehoming organisation
Pocket Pet Sanctuary
Last updated
27 Sep, 2024
Pre-adoption checks
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Desexed
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Interstate adoption (NSW only)
About Rimiria, Rizka & Rizia
Special care home needed
Vet checked & cleared for special home adoption 26/03/2024
Treated with Advocate 12/04/2024
D.O.B: Rimiria and Rizka November 2018, Rizia November 2019
Adoption Fee: $450
These 3 nearly bombproof ladies are quite closely related just as thier parents were and a diet of mostly cat food as well as being bred when there was inadequate nutrition, has caused permanent abnormalities in 2 of the girls. The abnormalities are stable for now, but care will need to be taken when designing thier cage and play space, as well as no interaction with pets bigger than them.
Rimiria luckily has no abnormalities even though she is full sister to Rizka, she is also the most agile and will take flying leaps from the cage to her human. Her sister Rizka needs to be treated special, as she has multiple boney abnormalities that will stay with her for life and xrays have shown she is stable enough for a special home.
The last girl Rizia is half-sister to the other two and a bit more as well, luckily she only has poor bone density with a concave sternum. Rizia is also the calmest and most laid back out of the three, often staying asleep or engrossed in food after the others have become aware.
These 3 have spent all of thier lives being bred from, so now just need a quiet and safe home to relax in for the remainder of thier years. Detailed information on Rizka's boney abnormalities is written below and these girls are not to be separated, they have been through a lot together so find support in being with each other.
They are on a balanced raw mix that is fed in the evening and of a weekend they get bone or whole prey to help aid in dental health, the raw mix contains:
1.25kg chicken carcass mince
250g chicken necks or wing tips or quail necks
250g beef chunks
250g roo chunks
375g heart
63g Tripe
63g Fish
63g Kidney
For a basic meal plan to create your own: https://holisticferretforum.com/natural-diet/raw-diet-the-meat-of-the-site/basic-frankenprey-menu/
Medical notes
Rizka is medically stable but needs careful care as she has Hemivertabra T5-T6, elevated sternum, poor bone density and curved forearm bones due to past rickets
Rizia is medically stable with poor bone density and concave sternum.
Keeping them eating boney things like necks and wing tips or carcass will help the calcium levels in thier bodies, no supplements are currently needed.
Adoption details
Please do not ask for a intact rescue as refusal often offends and it's in the best interest of the companion pet they have this done first, exceptions will only be made for those well known by the rescue. There is a adoption formula to fill out and a picture of the cage is required, they need a cage so they can have a place specifically thier own
All ferrets adopted out are required to be kept on a balanced raw diet, they will smell worse on a incorrect diet as it messes with thier systems and due to not having a caecum they cannot digest plant or vegetable matter. Full balanced raw diet and the vet trips they may need, along with the initial cost of cage or items can be a little pricey.
Phone calls may be made to talk in person about adoption or to offer advice about the crazy wonderful characters in care and you will need to have rental approval if in rental, as sadly most in care are classed as livestock so not protected by the companion animals act.