Today I rescued a female Syrian, I haven't named her yet but her previous name was Millie. She's white with mottled light brown-grey fur on her head and her face is kind of rat-ish and very cute
Her previous owners kept her in a tiny cage with no toys and just threw a handful of food in once a week or so. They never interacted with her either for the entire 6 months they had her because she bit them once.
The owner also had an obese Russian Hybrid that's sadly still at the pet shop (if he's still there in a few weeks, I'll probably buy him tbh).
She's slightly underweight and her teeth are quite long and yellow, and she has an injury on one of her toes (it's slightly cut and bruised but it's not infected so it should heal well). Her teeth aren't long enough to stop her from eating and she's been given lots of chews so hopefully her teeth will shorten?
I'm feeding her Harry Hamster with mealworms for protein and I'll give her some fresh carrot when I'm cooking dinner tonight. She's in a 70 x 40 bin cage but I'm going to expand it once she's settled and adjusted to her new home because I think it's too small for a Syrian. I'll make a post later with how I'm planning on extending the cage.
I haven't had a Syrian since I was 14 so any advice would helpful.
Help! I rescued a Syrian
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