RabbitLover94
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Hello everyone, my name is Melani and I live on about 4 and 1/2 acres of land in the rural countryside. Our little ranch got it's name three years ago when my mom got two Golden Retrievers, the first of our many inhabitants,and bought this little bit of land. While at an annual festival for our area, she saw a booth that made signs in under a half hour. She'd always like the name Waggin' Tails Ranch and so she had a sign made to hang on her new property. I'll post pictures tomorrow. Sorry about the long post, but here goes nothing:
The two Goldens, Salty and Sailor, along with 1 Siamese, Snowball; 1 tabby, Molly;2 guinea pigs, Chester and Sammy; and a couple of goldfish, all moved with us to live in the country. Not too muchtime later, we got our first two large animals: a 30 year oldQuarter horsegelding named Big Daddy who is a retired police horse and a 19 year old retired polo-playing Thoroughbrednamed Johnny. Two Arabian crosses named Sandpiper and Cricket soon joined them. Sadly, Sandpiper died last year due to brain cancer.
My sister got two Rex rabbits, Black Velvet and Oreoabout this time too. They were our very first bunnies ever. They were supposed to be brothers, but ended up having a litter of eight, three survived and we found homes for them all.My young sister then put them together one day to "play" together, and that resulted in a litter of two, one survived, Duke,but died later due to heart problems. Then those two bunnies became mine. Oreo was lost a few months ago when he escaped from his exercise pen. I bought Tulip as a show bunny a couple weeks later and bonded her to Black Velvet. Just today, I got a Jersey Wooly buck to show as well.
I got a female guinea pig, Peanut, for my birthday who ended up having gotten pregnant at the petstore. She had a litter of two boys, Mo and Cupid,and a girl, Isabel. Of these, I kept the two boys and found the girl another home. Then Sammy broke into her cage, resulting in a litter of three boys, Butterscotch and Snickers and Houdini,and I kept them all for a few months. My room was so crowded with cages that I gave Peanut, Sammy, Butterscotch, Snickers, Mo, and Cupid to my friend and kept Chester and Houdini.
After that, I adopted a Chihuahua/ Miniature Pinscher mix from the shelter and named him Sam, after the guinea pig. He wasn't even housebroken and didn't know how to walk on a leash even though he was 1 1/2 years old. He's now housebroken and knows 39 verbal and hand commands. My sister found a Dachshund mix puppy whom she named Rodeo. He became very attached to me and, so, now he's mine. He also knows several tricks. We still have Salty and Sailor too.
We added some outdoor cats to take care of the rodent problem. First we got a neutered male black cat named Romeo and his spayed sister named Roxy.Then got two other females, Smokey and Missy. Due to the neighbor's cats, one had a litter of five, one male and 4 females, and the other had a litter of two, 1 female and 1 male. We lost Roxy, then Missy, Smokey, Alley, Natasha, Bo, and Romeo. Poor kitties!
I bought a pygmy goat wether, Faithful Farms Alexander the Great or "Alex",to show and then a doe, Mystified Pygmies Midnight or "Midnight",the year after.
Above my guinea pig's cage, I have two female mice named Selena and Luna.
I also have a chinchilla who had five other homes before he came to me. His name is Vinnie and he's two years old.
So the current residents at our ranch are:
Horses: Big Daddy, a 33 year old Quarter horse gelding; Cricket, a 25 year old Arabian croos gelding; and Johnny, a 22 year old Thoroughbred gelding
Pygmy Goats: Faithful Farms Alexander the Great or "Alex", a 1 year old black agouti wether; and Mystified Pygmies Midnight or "Midnight", a 1 year old black doe
Dogs: Salty and Sailor, 7 year old male Golden Retrievers; Sam, a 2 year old male Chihuahua/ Miniature Pinscher mix; and Rodeo, a 10 month old male Dachshund mix
Cats: Molly, an 8 year old female gray tabby; Snowball, an 8 year old female siamese; Elsa, a 1 1/2 year old female calico; Delilah, a 1 1/2 year old female tortoiseshell; Angel, a 1 year old female silver tabby; and Eros, a 1 year old male silver tabby
Guinea Pigs: Chester, a 4 year old long-haired male; and Houdini, a 2 year old male Abbysinian
Chinchilla: Vinnie, a 2 year old male gray chinchilla
Mice: Selena, a 2 year old female gray fancy mouse; and Luna, a black and white female fancy mouse
Fish: 5 common goldfish and 1 Sarasa Comet seperated into several tanks
Rabbits!: Black Velvet, a 3 year old black Rex doe; Hope's HH4 or "Tulip", a 3 month old broken black chinchilla Mini Lop doe; and LeSage's Piano Man or "Pie", a 5 month old siamese sable Jersey Wooly buck.
Whew! Glad that's over! Super-long post!But I can't wait to get back on tomorrow and update and post pictures!
The two Goldens, Salty and Sailor, along with 1 Siamese, Snowball; 1 tabby, Molly;2 guinea pigs, Chester and Sammy; and a couple of goldfish, all moved with us to live in the country. Not too muchtime later, we got our first two large animals: a 30 year oldQuarter horsegelding named Big Daddy who is a retired police horse and a 19 year old retired polo-playing Thoroughbrednamed Johnny. Two Arabian crosses named Sandpiper and Cricket soon joined them. Sadly, Sandpiper died last year due to brain cancer.
My sister got two Rex rabbits, Black Velvet and Oreoabout this time too. They were our very first bunnies ever. They were supposed to be brothers, but ended up having a litter of eight, three survived and we found homes for them all.My young sister then put them together one day to "play" together, and that resulted in a litter of two, one survived, Duke,but died later due to heart problems.
Then those two bunnies became mine. Oreo was lost a few months ago when he escaped from his exercise pen. I bought Tulip as a show bunny a couple weeks later and bonded her to Black Velvet. Just today, I got a Jersey Wooly buck to show as well.I got a female guinea pig, Peanut, for my birthday who ended up having gotten pregnant at the petstore. She had a litter of two boys, Mo and Cupid,and a girl, Isabel. Of these, I kept the two boys and found the girl another home. Then Sammy broke into her cage, resulting in a litter of three boys, Butterscotch and Snickers and Houdini,and I kept them all for a few months. My room was so crowded with cages that I gave Peanut, Sammy, Butterscotch, Snickers, Mo, and Cupid to my friend and kept Chester and Houdini.
After that, I adopted a Chihuahua/ Miniature Pinscher mix from the shelter and named him Sam, after the guinea pig. He wasn't even housebroken and didn't know how to walk on a leash even though he was 1 1/2 years old. He's now housebroken and knows 39 verbal and hand commands. My sister found a Dachshund mix puppy whom she named Rodeo. He became very attached to me and, so, now he's mine. He also knows several tricks. We still have Salty and Sailor too.
We added some outdoor cats to take care of the rodent problem. First we got a neutered male black cat named Romeo and his spayed sister named Roxy.Then got two other females, Smokey and Missy. Due to the neighbor's cats, one had a litter of five, one male and 4 females, and the other had a litter of two, 1 female and 1 male. We lost Roxy, then Missy, Smokey, Alley, Natasha, Bo, and Romeo.
Poor kitties! I bought a pygmy goat wether, Faithful Farms Alexander the Great or "Alex",to show and then a doe, Mystified Pygmies Midnight or "Midnight",the year after.
Above my guinea pig's cage, I have two female mice named Selena and Luna.
I also have a chinchilla who had five other homes before he came to me. His name is Vinnie and he's two years old.
So the current residents at our ranch are:
Horses: Big Daddy, a 33 year old Quarter horse gelding; Cricket, a 25 year old Arabian croos gelding; and Johnny, a 22 year old Thoroughbred gelding
Pygmy Goats: Faithful Farms Alexander the Great or "Alex", a 1 year old black agouti wether; and Mystified Pygmies Midnight or "Midnight", a 1 year old black doe
Dogs: Salty and Sailor, 7 year old male Golden Retrievers; Sam, a 2 year old male Chihuahua/ Miniature Pinscher mix; and Rodeo, a 10 month old male Dachshund mix
Cats: Molly, an 8 year old female gray tabby; Snowball, an 8 year old female siamese; Elsa, a 1 1/2 year old female calico; Delilah, a 1 1/2 year old female tortoiseshell; Angel, a 1 year old female silver tabby; and Eros, a 1 year old male silver tabby
Guinea Pigs: Chester, a 4 year old long-haired male; and Houdini, a 2 year old male Abbysinian
Chinchilla: Vinnie, a 2 year old male gray chinchilla
Mice: Selena, a 2 year old female gray fancy mouse; and Luna, a black and white female fancy mouse
Fish: 5 common goldfish and 1 Sarasa Comet seperated into several tanks
Rabbits!: Black Velvet, a 3 year old black Rex doe; Hope's HH4 or "Tulip", a 3 month old broken black chinchilla Mini Lop doe; and LeSage's Piano Man or "Pie", a 5 month old siamese sable Jersey Wooly buck.
Whew! Glad that's over! Super-long post!
But I can't wait to get back on tomorrow and update and post pictures!
