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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.
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.
Please Note: The next
Workshop is will be held Spring of 2011. The exact date will be posted in
late 2010.
Interested?
To request an application for the next
workshop, send your name, home mailing address and phone number to Caring
Critters between January 1, 2011 and January
22, 2011.
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, 2011 and January 22, 2011.
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