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It was sold as a "teacup" pig, outgrew the apartment and the local ordinance, and now it's a 120-pound animal nobody planned for. Here's how to run the intake so it doesn't bounce again.
DogsYou can run an adoption event where twelve dogs sit on the pavement all afternoon, or one where four go home and the rest come back calmer than they left. The difference is almost never the dogs. It's the planning.
Small animalsA guinea pig arrives on a bag of muesli, in a shoebox cage, maybe already pregnant — and pregnancy in a cavy can be fatal. Here's the intake that keeps it alive, starting with sexing.
Small animalsSomeone got in over their head, or the city sent a notice, and now there's a flock that needs to go somewhere. Here's how to intake surrendered chickens without infecting the birds you already have or breaking a law you didn't know existed.
Small animalsA ferret hides illness, escapes through a two-inch gap, can die from a virus a guest tracks in on their shoes, and was almost certainly fed the wrong food. Here's how to run the intake so it doesn't become an emergency.
Small animalsA domestic rabbit can't survive the field it was abandoned in, hides illness until it's nearly too late, and was probably an Easter impulse buy nobody planned for. Here's how to run the intake so it lives.
MedicalA parrot is not a returned dog. It can outlive you, it hides illness until it's almost too late, and the last three owners gave up for reasons nobody wrote down. Here's how to take one in without infecting your flock or missing what's actually wrong.
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