Therapy Pets

Our Critters
Ninety percent of Caring Critter therapy pets are dogs. The other critters are cats, bunnies, birds and exotics such as a hedge hog and pygmy goat. We also have or have had guinea pigs, chinchillas, ferrets, pot-bellied pigs, fancy rats and an incredible white duck named Ms. Humphries. an_pets.gif (145335 bytes)

Several years ago one of our volunteers was a rescuer for the Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Coalition. She was bottle-feeding two tiny squirrels. We got special permission for them to visit a couple of nursing homes. For years the residents talked about the Sunday afternoon they played nurse-maid to a pair of baby squirrels.

Caring Critters maintains that any animal is a potential therapy pet with the exception of reptiles. Salmonella is always present on reptile skin. In November, 1999, the Center for Disease Control released figures stating that each year 75,000 cases of salmonella are directly attributed to pet reptiles. Since the majority of the clients we serve are physically or mentally unable to wash their hands after petting, the possibility of infection is dramatically increased. This is a risk we prefer not to take.

Interested?
To request an application for the next workshop, send your name, home mailing address and phone number to Caring Critters between January 1, 2008 and January 22, 2008. Click Here to send an email or send your request to: Caring Critters, Inc., 2260 West Holcombe Blvd, Box 267. Houston, TX 77030.

REMEMBER: requests will only be accepted between January 1, 2008 and January 22, 2008. No requests for applications will be accepted before JANUARY 1^st or after JANUARY 22^nd.

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