Skip to main content
#
weecompanions
our twitterour facebook page youtubeinstagram
HomeAbout UsAdoptionsResourcesShop OnlineDonateVolunteerContact Us
Blog Archive 
Donate to Wee Companions
  If you would like to make a donation to Wee Companions to aid with our work, you can donate online in various ways. Click here to find out how.
 
Adopt Now
Please consider giving a second chance to an animal in need. Click here to find out how you can find the right pet that's best for you and your family.
Volunteer with Wee Companions
Join our team of volunteers. Wee Companions needs volunteers experienced with rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, mice, and hamsters, to help with socialization and cage cleaning. More
Life With Wee Companions Blog

An insightful, backstage look into the world of running a volunteer based small exotic animal rescue in Southern California. Reflections and stories that will move you to tears, while others will drive you to delightful chuckles. Listen in as this team of dedicated, passionate, rodent & lagomorph loving people juggle careers, animal care, pregnancy, raising children, menopause, and other personal life issues. It is rarely a smooth road, and usually a wild ride to keep up with this dynamic team!

Tuesday, September 10 2013

In July 2011, volunteer Debbie called me and said, "Hey, the petsitter has just found a rat in a dirty cage in front of our President’s house." That's how it all started. While our president was out of the country, someone dropped off a rat in a filthy cage, just like that. No note, nothing, just left in the driveway. The petsitter was doing animal care while Fenella was away, and at first thought the dirty cage was dropped off as a donation.   Moving it to put it in the cleaning area, she saw something moving inside.  Someone abandoned their rat, cage and all! She contacted Debbie right away, and the dedicated volunteer that Debbie is, she immediately drove 30 miles to pick up the dirty cage with a rat. She called me and said, "Antonella, this is one angry boy." Oh, c'mon, how bad can he be, right?.....See More

Posted by: Antonella, Lead Rat Volunteer AT 05:00 pm   |  Permalink   |  5 Comments  |  Email
Sunday, September 08 2013

During the earlier years of Wee Companions, before we had a more solid “team” to care for our sick animals, my home was ICU central and I was the full time staff.  It was likely a control issue in the early days, but age and wisdom have thankfully helped me share the responsibilities, now. Regardless of rising at ungodly dark hours to hand feed sick animals before work (I do not classify myself as a naturally happy early morning person), fighting sleep to give the last evening feeding, plus the odd night shift, care of the wee ones took priority, and this was the accepted norm, rescuers accept such things as a matter of course. ...See More

Posted by: Fenella, President of Wee Companions AT 04:15 pm   |  Permalink   |  1 Comment  |  Email
Monday, September 02 2013

Rescuers rarely have the chance to choose their life companion animals. The animals choose them. It’s a luxury we often give up because, in the long run, we know the right animal always stays around and it keeps us a hair's length from being classified as hoarders and crazy folk!  In the words of our Volunteer Coordinator, “we get what we need, not often what we want.”  So true! ... See More

Posted by: Fenella, President of Wee Companions AT 03:05 pm   |  Permalink   |  1 Comment  |  Email

    Wee Companions e-mail: weecompanions@aol.com

    3368 Governor Dr., Suite F, San Diego, CA 92122

    Open Wednesday 2 - 8 pm, Saturday 9 am - 4 pm

    © 2022 Wee Companions. All rights reserved.

    Website tools & hosting by Precision Computing Arts,LLC.