It has been an interesting (to say the least) few months. Starting with Charlie, all the way back in October, we have been plagued by random illness associated with our critters. After Charlie, the issue with Sonnen's tail started. Then Milo & Casper started scratching a little too much for our liking. I have been diagnosed with ringworm; where it came from, who knows? All our critters are now on meds.
Milo & Casper are on mite and ringworm meds.
Ping Pong is on mite and ringworm meds.
Sonnen is on mite, ringworm, antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory, and iodine drops.
Crazy.
If we want to see Sonnen completely recover from her wound then there must be sacrifice on our part. We are staying up all night with her until her stub heals so that she doesn't pick at it and continually open it up again and again. What we failed to accomplish with Charlie, we seem to be succeeding with Sonnen.
We have spent hundreds and hundreds of $$$ trying to restore our little ones to health. Seriously, well over $500 so far. We have lost weeks of sleep. I submitted a poorly written major term paper last semester which surely affected my final grade because I was so tired taking care of Charlie.
But it has been worth it.

These little creatures are so vulnerable, depending on us for almost every aspect of their happiness, health, and quality of life; yet they are so mistreated and abused. When inconvenience presents itself on their behalf, we often deem their life so worthless that we are not prepared to spend much 9if any) time or $$$ on their well-being or importance.
It is not so far-fetched to call beings such as these 'the least of these'.
Our compassion should not be limited within our own species. All of creation belongs to God, was created by Him, and exists for Him. When we abuse that creation we put ourselves in a very unfortunate position. Think of how you feel when someone abuses something of your's that you care for deeply.
We desire our critters to be well, and are committed to seeing that through, no matter how much time or money that costs us. Many may not understand, but that is not our issue, those living beings entrusted to our care are our issue.

We met Ping Pong shortly after we adopted our little mouse Charlie, he was the next small animal to arrive at the PEI Humane Society. When we volunteered we never saw him much cause he was always sleepin, or just shy. When we had to put Charlie down we remembered Ping Pong and felt sad for him; no one had adopted him in the months that he had been up for adoption. We filled out the application and were immediately approved to be his parents! We picked him up this afternoon, and became the sixth member of our household, joining us and Sonnen our hamster (named after our favorite UFC fighter Chael Sonnen!), and Milo & Casper our rats.
Ping Pong is a busy little guy, always rushing around doing something. We are just barely getting to know him but he is so different than our hamster is, or our mouse was. Neither of us have ANY experience with gerbils, so it should be a fun experience. Ping Pong is between a year and 2 old, and possibly could live up near 5 years! So we may get to know this little guy quite well before we graduate with our degrees.
Welcome Ping Pong; hope you enjoy your stay!