Of course, we love the animals within our care and could keep every single on of them forever. By rehoming, we can help even more animals who need us.
Sometimes, we have animals arrive in our care that - sometimes unexpectedly - turn out to be so unwell that they cannot be rehomed. This not only puts a huge strain on our finances, but on our facilities and resources available too. Offering an animal sanctuary status means that spot that was originally used to take in more animals is now occupied for days, weeks, months, sometimes years. It means that £100 a month we set aside for general upkeep of the rescue is now reserved to treating the unwell animal.
These scenarios are unavoidable. We love to help the most vulnerable animals. We're more than happy to offer sanctuary to an animal if we know it's within their best interest.
As a fundraising opportunity, we've decided that you, the public, can be given the opportunity to sponsor those animals who, sadly, will never leave our facilities.
First things first, let's meet the animals we're referring to:
Sometimes, we have animals arrive in our care that - sometimes unexpectedly - turn out to be so unwell that they cannot be rehomed. This not only puts a huge strain on our finances, but on our facilities and resources available too. Offering an animal sanctuary status means that spot that was originally used to take in more animals is now occupied for days, weeks, months, sometimes years. It means that £100 a month we set aside for general upkeep of the rescue is now reserved to treating the unwell animal.
These scenarios are unavoidable. We love to help the most vulnerable animals. We're more than happy to offer sanctuary to an animal if we know it's within their best interest.
As a fundraising opportunity, we've decided that you, the public, can be given the opportunity to sponsor those animals who, sadly, will never leave our facilities.
First things first, let's meet the animals we're referring to:
Meet Hamish
Sponsored
Hamish arrived here with us presenting with an upper-respiratory infection. As the months have gone by he has a clear case of chronic respiratory disease, almost definitely the result of mycoplasmosis.
Managing CRD in animals can be very tricky, costly, and time consuming.
Hamish has been introduced to prophylactics, daily nebulsing, and antimicrobial therapy as and when required. As Hamish is slightly more severe, he also requires bronchial mucolytics and intermittent courses of corticosteroids
Sponsoring him really help us to help them as we currently have lots of rats with CRD.
Sponsored
Hamish arrived here with us presenting with an upper-respiratory infection. As the months have gone by he has a clear case of chronic respiratory disease, almost definitely the result of mycoplasmosis.
Managing CRD in animals can be very tricky, costly, and time consuming.
Hamish has been introduced to prophylactics, daily nebulsing, and antimicrobial therapy as and when required. As Hamish is slightly more severe, he also requires bronchial mucolytics and intermittent courses of corticosteroids
Sponsoring him really help us to help them as we currently have lots of rats with CRD.
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Meet Morrison,
Sponsored
Morrison arrived in our care from a severe hoarding case. He was anorexic upon arrival and had painful overgrown nails. Morrison suffered from lingual molar spurring on his mandible arcade. Despite our attempts to manage the spurring, Morrison continues to need frequent dental work. At his worst, he can drop over 1kg in body-weight, needs strong painkillers, and sometimes needs to be force-fed with a syringe Morrison will most likely never fully recover from his neglect.
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Morrison arrived in our care from a severe hoarding case. He was anorexic upon arrival and had painful overgrown nails. Morrison suffered from lingual molar spurring on his mandible arcade. Despite our attempts to manage the spurring, Morrison continues to need frequent dental work. At his worst, he can drop over 1kg in body-weight, needs strong painkillers, and sometimes needs to be force-fed with a syringe Morrison will most likely never fully recover from his neglect.
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Meet Alan,
Sponsored Alan's owner didn't provide their rats with excellent husbandry. Due a rat's sensitive respiratory system, Alan developed moderate chronic respiratory disease as a result of the neglect - he was the only one of his companions unfit enough to find a forever home to call his own. He now lives with the other permanent resident bucks. Alan requires daily nebulising sessions and occasional aggressive antibiotic treatment when he develops respiratory infections. |
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Meet Edie,
Unsponsored Edie arrived in our care due to a change in circumstances with her owner. Unfortunately, Edie's companion, Eileen, passed away from a cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure at just a few months old. Edie was bonded to a new group of friends and was originally up for adoption. Sadly, Edie is now showing signs of pulmonary edema and CRD herself; she requires daily medication to manage the symptoms. The exact cause is unclear, but it is believed that Edie had a respiratory infection with cardiac involvement. The infection could have put a lot of pressure on the heart, potentially resulting in heart failure. It's possible Edie and Eileen inhertied a congential heart defect making them more susceptible to heart diseases and syndromes. Managing Edie's symptoms at present requires loop diuretics, daily nebulising sessions, and occasionally antibiotics when signs of infection are present. |
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Meet Pam,
Sponsored Pam is a captive born Eurasian harvest mouse - the smallest mammal in the UK. Unfortunately, she lost half of her prehensile tail. This means she is unable to climb and explore quite like other Eurasian harvest mice. She requires an adapted accommodation to suit her disability; Eurasian harvest mice will use their prehensile tail to climb and explore their environment. For this reason, Pam was unable to be released. Pam lives with her companion, Patsy, and puts true meaning to the phrase 'tiny but mighty'. |
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Meet Pickle,
Sponsored Despite having the personality of the 'perfect' pet rat, our senior Pickle suffers from chronic respiratory disease. Management of her disease includes long courses of antibiotic therapy when she relapses, as well as continued nebulised therapy every single day to keep the relapses as infrequent as possible. Management of a rat with CRD is both costly and time consuming, especially when you count the costs of everything over their lifetime. Pickle is entering her geriatric years and, fortunately, her disease hasn't progressed too much throughout her life. |
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Meet Donkey,
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Donkey was spotted roaming an estate in Congleton. As a rodent from South America, he was very out of place in the gardens of Cheshire. For weeks he was sighted in gardens and kept returning to the same places. We decided to intervene and place humane traps full of favourable degu-treats in the areas Donkey was frequently seen. Within days, we successfully captured the degu - then named Donkey. He was underweight and absolutely petrified. We put out an appeal to find his owner, but no one ever claimed him. We believe he was intentionally released.
Sadly, the trauma Donkey went through has left him with permanent behavioral issues; so severe he has to be handled by expert trustees with full protective gear. The charity has helped Donkey find a friend in a degu named Dave. It is heartbreaking to know Donkey will never recover from the undeserved trauma humans inflicted upon him.
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Donkey was spotted roaming an estate in Congleton. As a rodent from South America, he was very out of place in the gardens of Cheshire. For weeks he was sighted in gardens and kept returning to the same places. We decided to intervene and place humane traps full of favourable degu-treats in the areas Donkey was frequently seen. Within days, we successfully captured the degu - then named Donkey. He was underweight and absolutely petrified. We put out an appeal to find his owner, but no one ever claimed him. We believe he was intentionally released.
Sadly, the trauma Donkey went through has left him with permanent behavioral issues; so severe he has to be handled by expert trustees with full protective gear. The charity has helped Donkey find a friend in a degu named Dave. It is heartbreaking to know Donkey will never recover from the undeserved trauma humans inflicted upon him.
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Meet Marian, Maude, and Mildred,
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These three arrived due to us due to inheriting a wealth of congenital defects. As the breeder was unable to sell them on, they've instead moved here with us for a life of sanctuary.
Marian, and Mildred are two sisters who have inherited a heart defect that caused their parents to pass away prematurely, their sister, Maggie, recently passed away due to heart failure also. The pair of them all have chronic respiratory disease too which can put additional pressure on the heart - not ideal when you have a possible heart defect. They require intermittent antibiotic therapy when they relapse and are maintained with prophylactic nebulsing. To manage their heart defect, they require ACE Inhibitors. Marian also requires a loop diuretic to manage symptoms of heart failure.
Maude is the sister's distant relative and has expressed unilateral micropthalmia and coloboma; commonly linked to several body anomolies and is usually inherited (poss autosomal, autosomal recessive, or x-linked). Maude is blind in the affected eye.
We take each day as it comes with these beautiful does.
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These three arrived due to us due to inheriting a wealth of congenital defects. As the breeder was unable to sell them on, they've instead moved here with us for a life of sanctuary.
Marian, and Mildred are two sisters who have inherited a heart defect that caused their parents to pass away prematurely, their sister, Maggie, recently passed away due to heart failure also. The pair of them all have chronic respiratory disease too which can put additional pressure on the heart - not ideal when you have a possible heart defect. They require intermittent antibiotic therapy when they relapse and are maintained with prophylactic nebulsing. To manage their heart defect, they require ACE Inhibitors. Marian also requires a loop diuretic to manage symptoms of heart failure.
Maude is the sister's distant relative and has expressed unilateral micropthalmia and coloboma; commonly linked to several body anomolies and is usually inherited (poss autosomal, autosomal recessive, or x-linked). Maude is blind in the affected eye.
We take each day as it comes with these beautiful does.
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Meet Lily,
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Lily was found with approximately 12 other rats having been dumped in Warrington. For over 5 weeks, the rats were sighted living in horrendous conditions out in the wild. Thankfully, a team of wonderful individuals managed to humanely capture the rats. Unfortunately, there was well over 4 rats found dead from fatal injuries, the rest were missing but expected to be deceased.. Luckily, 6 rats were transferred to us - Lily being one of them.
When she was transferred to us, Lily was in a very bad way. She was presenting with chronic respiratory disease, gastrointestinal issues, and with multiple skin issues. Although Lily will have to live with chronic respiratory disease for the rest of her life, we're pleased to say after weeks of rehabilitation (including fluroqinolones, tetracyclines, NSAIDs, antimicrobial washes, topical silver sulfadiazine, probiotics, build-up foods, and electrolyte replacements), Lily has overcome most of her issues. Sadly, some of the rats who'd been captured and transferred to us couldn't be saved. To say Lily is one of the lucky ones would be a huge understatement.
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Lily was found with approximately 12 other rats having been dumped in Warrington. For over 5 weeks, the rats were sighted living in horrendous conditions out in the wild. Thankfully, a team of wonderful individuals managed to humanely capture the rats. Unfortunately, there was well over 4 rats found dead from fatal injuries, the rest were missing but expected to be deceased.. Luckily, 6 rats were transferred to us - Lily being one of them.
When she was transferred to us, Lily was in a very bad way. She was presenting with chronic respiratory disease, gastrointestinal issues, and with multiple skin issues. Although Lily will have to live with chronic respiratory disease for the rest of her life, we're pleased to say after weeks of rehabilitation (including fluroqinolones, tetracyclines, NSAIDs, antimicrobial washes, topical silver sulfadiazine, probiotics, build-up foods, and electrolyte replacements), Lily has overcome most of her issues. Sadly, some of the rats who'd been captured and transferred to us couldn't be saved. To say Lily is one of the lucky ones would be a huge understatement.
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Meet Lance,
Unsponsored Lance arrived here after living in isolation for many months. He was also presenting with chronic respiratory disease which clearly hadn't been treated for a very long time. Understandably, with everything Lance had gone through, he was extremely timid as a result. Lance likely has permanent lung scarring due to having an unmanaged respiratory disease. Since arriving with us, we've managed to bond Lance to our permanent mischief of male rats. Having companionship has helped Lance become more confident. Managing his respiratory disease has taken three different classes of antibiotics, NSAIDs, and lots of nebulising. Only now are we seeing a huge different in the quality of Lance's respiratory issues. Of course, with chronic respiratory disease, it will take daily management for the remainder of Lance's life. Despite that, we can see Lance has a will to live and a want to fight. So, we won't give up on him. |
Why Sponsor an Animal?
Some of our permanent residents with chronic health issues are expensive and time consuming to say the least. Your financial donations can help us continue to fund the high-quality care we expect all our residents to have - permanent or temporary.
Your contributions can quite easily save a life.
We are a non-profit rescue. The funds raised will go straight back into caring for our sanctuary residents.
Your contributions can quite easily save a life.
We are a non-profit rescue. The funds raised will go straight back into caring for our sanctuary residents.
How Sponsoring Works:
We will be dividing sponsoring into 4 tiers:
- Tier one (£2 a month): to sponsor an animal for £2 a month you will receive a welcome certificate of thanks and 2 Bacchus Resident Rescue stickers,
- Tier two (£5 a month): to sponsor an animal for £5 a month, you will receive a welcome certificate of thanks, 2 Bacchus Resident Rescue stickers, and a Bacchus Residents Rescue mug.
- Tier three (£10 a month): to sponsor an animal for £10 a month you will receive a welcome certificate of thanks, 3 Bacchus Resident Rescue stickers, 2 Bacchus Residents Rescue mugs, and an optional social media shout out.
- Tier four (£20 a month): to sponsor an animal for £20 a month you will receive a welcome certificate of thanks, 3 Bacchus Resident Rescue stickers, 2 Bacchus Resident Rescue mugs, an optional social media shout out, and a card from your sponsored animal.
Terms and Conditions
- You will be expected to set up a monthly direct debit for a minimum of 6 months into our charity bank account.
- You will be unable to change tiers until after 6 months of sponsorship.
- Each individual animal can be sponsored by more than one person. We will label these animals as co-sponsored.
- If you wish to cancel from any time after 6 months, your direct debit can be terminated immediately.
- You will only receive your welcome gifts once your first payment has been made.
- We guarantee 100% of your payments will go towards costs of animal care.
- You can decline specific welcome items if you do not wish to receive them.
- You cannot ask for welcome items above your payment tier.
- Your sponsorship will no longer go ahead once the animal you're sponsoring is deceased (unless you're less than 6 months into sponsorship). We will contact you with the details you've provided to inform you your sponsored animal is deceased and sponsorship payments for the animal you've sponsored will no longer be required.