animal rescue Tulsa | pet overpopulation
Havana’s house, animal rescue Tulsa, located in Broken Arrow is aware that even though in America we are one of the countries that pampers our pets the most spending an estimated 62.75 billion per year, many animals are still homeless. Thousands maybe even millions of homeless animals could be avoided if everyone spayed or neutered their pet. To keep down the expansive and always-growing cat and dog population people need to spay neuter their pets. In fact about 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters every year. Of those 7.6 million, approximately 2.7 million animals are euthanized 1.4 million of those animals are cats and the other 1.2 million are dogs.
How can spaying or neutering my one cat or dog help with this major pet overpopulation problem? This question may be going through your head right now as you read this article. Well one unspayed female dog and her offspring can produce up to 7,776 puppies over a period of five years. Another source stated that in unspayed dog, her unneutered mate and their puppies can produce 67,000 puppies in six years if none are spayed or neutered. In unspayed female cat, her unneutered mate and all her offspring can produce 66,088 cats in six years. No wonder it’s so important to spay or neuter your pet(s)!
The sad thing is that even people with good intentions who have homes lined up for the puppies or kittens of their current pet can never really be sure if that puppy or kitten is really going to a good home. That is a good part of the reason it’s always better to adopt than to buy from a breeder or allow your pets to have offspring. I understand the appeal to buy for a breeder as we have done that before but there are most likely purebred animals in your local shelter so you should always look at the shelter before you go and buy an animal and please spay or neuter your cat or dog if they are purebred or not.
At Havana’s House, animal rescue Tulsa we believe it is extremely important to spay and neuter your pets. But what if you want your kids to experience baby kittens and their mother’s sweet bond? Or a sweet mother dog and her puppies? If you feel this way (and if you do we totally understand) consider adopting a mother cat and her kittens from a shelter. There are many, mama dogs and their puppies in need of a home as well. These animals would love to have a loving home with great people to care for them and give them the love and attention that they need.
If you would like a recommendation for a great veterinarian please send Havana’s house, animal rescue Tulsa a text at 918-814-1806 and would be more than happy to refer you to a great veterinarian. And if you live in a Broken Arrow, or the Tulsa area and have a pet you need to surrender or are wondering if we have any pets up for adoption please give Havana’s House, animal rescue Tulsa a call or text at 918-814-1806 or send us an email at havanashouse.com@gmail.com.
animal rescue Tulsa | Tom the turkey
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If so then you may be interested in learning more about Havana’s House an animal rescue in Broken Arrow Oklahoma, located not too far from the Tulsa area. In this article you’ll learn more about animals rescued or cared for by my family and I. This particular article is about Tom the turkey.
So Tom’s story may not exactly be considered a “rescue story” but one day and my family and I was at Atwoods we saw a bird for sale. I wasn’t exactly sure what type of bird it was because Atwood sells chickens, guineas, ducks, rabbits, and turkeys (I’m not exactly sure if I was aware that they sold turkeys at this point in my life) I thought maybe she was a broiler chicken but I’ve never seen Atwoods sell broiler chickens but I just thought that there was a good chance that she was a broiler chicken. We ended up getting her because she was sitting all alone in the binm and looked like she was way too old to be at Atwoods a place where they usually sell chickens and other farm birds at a young age.
We ended up bringing her home with a rabbit midnight the rabbit died soon after within a few weeks I think (I don’t exactly remember how long she lived after that) but Tom was very tame and grew up healthy and well. While Midnight was alive we kept Tom and her in a two-story rabbit cage. Each animal had their own level. Eventually we were able to keep Tom with the rest of the birds. I named her Tom not knowing that she was a girl and thinking that it would be a good play on words if the turkey grew up to be a male because male turkeys are called Toms. The play on words name situation didn’t exactly work out but I don’t really like the thought of changing her name even though my grandma likes to call her Thomasina.
Tom is very sweet and people who come over to our house are always amazed that a turkey can be so kind and loving. So run up to you wanting to be pet. She loves fruit and cat food, along with watermelon, fruit Popsicles, and eggs. She gets along fairly well with the chickens but whenever people are over for a party or gathering she’ll come up to you expecting to be pet. Tom is probably around a year old now. She was recently attacked by some sort of animal but we brought her to the vet (we have an amazing veterinarian! If you need veterinarian reference for abnormal animals such as chickens, turkeys, rabbits, ducks, or geese or even for the average cat or dog send me a text at 918-814-1806 and I will give you our vet’s name.) Anyways our vet stapled her leg together and now she is doing great!
If you’re looking for a place to surrender your cat, chickens, or perhaps even a turkey you should definitely look into us Havana’s House, animal rescue Tulsa. Send us a call at 918-814-1806, to learn more about Havana’s House, animal rescue Tulsa.