February 9, 2021 Tuesday at Rikki’s Refuge

all in a day’s work …. photos by those caring for the animals
(you can help support those animals at www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate )

Is there any creature that is ever happier than a pig in mud !!!

Do you have any idea how much time we spend dragging their houses OUT of the mud !!!! And they drag them right back in !!

Rain, melting snow, more rain, more melting snow and we’re up to our knees in mud.

To the absolute delight of the geese and ducks – puddles everywhere.
Now you see me!

Now you don’t !!!

Diving for nummies ….
Happy Duckies

The geese roam far and wide, sampling every puddle on the property !!

Hi there !!!

I’m Timmy, the Official Spokes Kitty for Rikki’s Refuge. I work very hard to make sure everybody has nums and everybody has a clean warm bed. I was worried about getting lost in all the snow we’ve been having lately, so mom tied a red scarf around my tail so she can always find me and keep me safe !!!

And guess what? I need more nice hoomans to help take care of me!
Do you enjoy reading about the animals at Rikki’s Refuge? Do you dream of being one of my team and being here to help?

Now YOU can !!!

ANIMAL CARETAKER
Join the TEAM at Rikki’s Refuge Animal Sanctuary!
We need your PASSION and COMMITMENT to the animals!

We need FULL-TIME STAFF to take on the daily care for our resident animals, both farm and domestic. If you are not afraid of hard work, we would love to meet you! The work is labor intensive and must be done in all seasons and all weather conditions. We are looking for friendly, even-tempered staff members who are able to follow directions and work well with others.

There is a lot of cleaning to be done (most of it in outside conditions) and food to be prepared and sanctuary maintenance of fields and buildings and everything in between. Your day will be busy from start to finish but we also need you to be flexible as these are animals, many of them with special needs, and they are at all times the priority.

The work is hard, but the rewards are great. PLEASE email Rikki@RikkisRefuge.org for more information (OR just come to see us on Saturdays PROMPTLY AT NOON). We have on-site interviews EVERY SATURDAY at noon (you must be PROMPT) at our Life Center, 21410 Constitution Hwy, Rapidan, VA (look for the brightly colored rainbow fence – you can’t miss us)!

I hope you’ll come by Saturday to talk to us !!!! And if you don’t need a job, how about come by for DONATION DROP OFF on one Saturday, either at Rikki’s Refuge’s Life Center, or at our store Re-Tail !!


Really hoping they’ll be more when this food runs out

Turkeys talking to Clinton

My what fine aura Grizzly has today !!

Notice the outdoor furniture, playhouse and such? They’re Little Tyke outdoor play things for kids. And they are ideal for cats. Very difficult to destruct. Easy to powerwash. Very durable. When ever you see them at yard sales or thrift stores or on marketplace cheap, grab them up for the cats of Rikki’s Refuge !!!

Meet Venus

She was abandoned, and left taped shut in a box. Luckily someone found her and saved her life. She was FIV positive when vetted and so came to live happily after at Rikki’s.

Did you know that FIV doesn’t affect the life of the cat with it? And it doesn’t spread once they aren’t viciously fighting over the girls and mating. FIV cats will live good happy long lives. Just as long as cats who don’t test positive for FIV !!!! Yet the myth of problems with FIV persist and so many cats are not wanted simply because of a little blue dot on a test.

See Venus’ eyes? That has nothing to do with FIV. She was just born especially beautiful. Her eyes are technically known as heterochromia iridis or differently colored irises. It’s a genetic condition carried by the same gene that makes cats white. And that’s why you so often see it in white cats.

Meet JJ. He and Momma were breeding away at a vacant house. We worked on trapping the whole family. He was the hardest and last to get. They’d all been sick. But he was especially bad and had a horrible eye infection too. Too sick to undergo surgery, we treated him for his respiratory illness and the eye infection. Luckily the eye healed as JJ get better and feistier!! The eye did stay a cloudy bluish color and he has little if any vision there. But it doesn’t bother him one little bit, and that’s what counts.

A cat and his rooster

EXCUSE ME ! THIS sundeck is occupied!

Magnificent !!!

Especially that colorful tail !!! It took years of toiling in our cross breeding program to create a cat with a peacock tail !! (ps. Just kidding, the peacock is really just sitting on the other side of the kitty. No breeding permitted at Rikki’s!)

Still light at 5:30 pm these day !!! Spring is coming !!! We can now work outside at 6:45 am without our headlamps on !!

Every one of the 1200+ animals at Rikki’s Refuge

is loved for who they are and get all the love, food and medical care they need
all because of YOUR support !!
www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate
Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Rapidan VA 22733 (shipping address for food, etc)
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960 (secure box for checks, etc)

THANK YOU !!