Good Morning !!! And Welcome to JULY on Planet Earth !!! We surez do gotz a nice planet, don’t we??
Us animals is up to lazing
and playin in the sun !!
And hiding from the
rain. And some of those water loving
guys, are swimming and loving it.
Us cats, we don’t so much
like the rain, and we sure don’t like the water.
The bad ducks like the water
so much, some of them started playing in our DRINKING bowls !!!
Now that’s just bad. But to the ducks, one cats water bowl is
their swimming pool. So the nice
hoomans have been buying more pools for the ducks.
Dollar General has the
purrfect size pools for sale right now.
They’re not real big so they’re easy to dump and clean out every day
.... yeah even those ducks’ pools have to be sanitized for their protection
every single day. If you’re coming out
to visit, could you stop in at a Dollar General and pick up one ... or two or
three ... more pools? They’re blue with
a design and semi hard plastic and they usually sit out front on the sidewalk
and they are $8 each!! Thank you !!
Or you can give me the $8
and I’ll hook up the goat cart
and go to Dollar General and
buy a pool for the ducks. Honest, if
you click right here ...... http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php I’ll buy a pool, I won’t turn it into Fancy
Feast!!
Help me put those bad ducks
back in their own pools !!!
Do you like to eat lots of
food when it’s so hot? Naaaayyy,
neither do we. So we’re not chowing
down as much this time of year. But we
do like sitting in the shade. Do you
like sitting in the shade? In the
winter we need the sun and in the summer we need the shade. It’s a good thing we gotz da smart hoomans
taking care of us. They make up some
good ideas sometimes.
They put tarps over the top
of the pens in the summer for shade and then they come down easy when winter
comes and we want the sun again. It
took them a while to learn how to make the tarps hang just right so they aren’t
falling down, or putting weight on the roof wrong and causing damage, and so
they drain and don’t collect rain, cuz that gets heavy and dangerous. And some of us use the tarps as sun roofs
too !!!
We need more tarps in the 10
x 10 or 12 x 12 size range. The light
weight ones work for some things, the medium weights are real good. We don’t really need the super heavy weight
more expensive ones for shade. Big Lots
sells taprs at a good price. $4 for the
little ones and $6 for 10x10 and $8 for 12x12.
Grab a few and bring em on out.
Or tell me to hook up that goat cart and tell me to go pick ‘em up for
you ..... http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php ... I promise, I really promise to buy only
what you tell me and not spend it all on Fancy Feast !!!
The piggies need some more
good plastic watering troughs too.
And so do the goats and
sheep. The piggies have short legs so
they can’t reach the tall ones very well.
And some of the goats are just little and they have to really stretch for
the bigger ones. Now them cows ... you
should see them lean over and suuuuucccckkkkk up about 20 gallons of water in
one big long drink !!! Right now ...
in the summer sun ... it takes more than 300 gallons of water a day just for us
all to drink !!!! And that doesn’t
count water for sanitation purposes!!
The piggies and goats need
really sturdy bowls, and really big bowls, they are only a foot high, hold 50
gallons of water and purrfect for short
legs and they cost $69.99 at tractor supply.
Piggy paradise and Capri Corners needs a few more of them. If they’re too big for your car ... just ask me to hook up to goat cart and
pull the trailer along and pick ‘em up for you !!! http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php
June was Adopt a Shelter Cat
BUT have I got a DOG for YOU !!!!
Meet Tootsie
She’s a bundle of fun and in
need of a GOOD home with YOU 1!
She's 8 years old, a jack
russel mix, and very active, loves to give kisses, a really sweety!! Tootsie needs some one who can give her lots
of exercise. She’s a very sweet little
girl.
Tootsie had lung worms and
that has left scar tissue on her lungs, so she coughs when she gets to worked
up.
She knows how to walk well
on leash and must wear a harness because the collar alone bothers her throat
and makes her cough.
Tootsie does not get along
with cats or larger dogs, she’s been ok with dogs up to beagle size. She certainly wants to be the boss! And she can climb over six foot high fences!
With all those restrictions,
her life isn’t much fun at Rikki’s and she spends most of her time in a cage
for her safety. You know, it’s just not
smart to corner some of these big old cats and bark in their face when you’re
not much bigger yourself !!!!
Is there a place in YOUR
life for her?
Oh are YOU coming on the
July 4th Refuge Tour and Nature Hike?
Come and meet all of us and snuggle with ME !! Send me an email at mail@RikkisRefuge.org and ask for a ticket reservation
package ... I’ll get it out to you ASAP ....
you gotta be holding a ticket to get in the gate !!! Space is limited cuz too many people scare
us ... so tours are comfy and close up now and full of love !!!
Up Close and Purrsonal - Visit the
Neighborhoods of Rikki’s Refuge
Chicken
City, Rabbit Rotunda, Cavy Castle, Pigeon Palace, Bovine Boulevard, Capri
Corners, Horsey Haven,
Feline
Fields, Piggy Paradise, Emu Estates, Doggy Downs, Turkey Terrace, and MORE ....
July 4, 2013 Thursday, tour at noon, Nature Hike at 2
pm
See you on the 4th !!
And do me a big favor, would
you?
Keep your pets indoors on
the 4th. They DON’T like
fireworks and it scares them and many animals run from fear. So many escape trying to find safety from
the booming of fireworks ... that shelters are just full of lost dogs ... and
cats ... the next day. Please play it
safe for your critters.
Working hand in hand, day in
and day out, to care for the critters of Rikki’s Refuge .... and we couldn’t do
it without YOU!! Thank you for your
help. http://rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php
Love you bunches,
Vincent and Opie
