Bugs n Beasts

Events page updated

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:07:29 +0000

Our new Events page has been added to include venue information for various shows we will be giving over the summer. We will be attending the Bo’ness Victorian Street Fair in May and visiting Falkirk district libraries in July.

More trouble for Magic

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:59:05 +0000

We took Magic the rat to our vet after noticing an odd swelling on one side of her abdomen. Our vet examined her and suggested a bad uterine infection which would likely reoccur even after treatment. We decided to opt for surgery to remove the affected tissue and Magic was allowed home today. She will not be available for shows for at least 2 months after which we will decide whether to use her again.

Very sad news

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:56:53 +0000

Our little lop eared rabbit Roly sadly died on the 25th March after developing bloat, an often fatal condition where gas forms in the gut and stops bowl movements. Despite taking Roly to an out of hours vet service he did not respond to treatment and sadly passed away at the age of 5.

As a result of this we will no longer be using rabbits as Honey’s temprement makes her unsuitable for use in shows and we will not reduce her accomodation to fit in more rabbits.

New photos

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:03 +0000

New pictures have been added to our leopard gecko, hissing cockroach, giant millipede and Hog island boa pages to show their enclosures.

Magic at the vet (update)

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:52:34 +0000

Magic has been in to have the dead tissue resulting from an infection removed. She has had her wounds cleaned, been stitched up again and is being allowed home today. Given this is the second operation she’s had in the space of a week she won’t be taking part in shows until the summer depending on how her health is.

Magic at the vet

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:50:41 +0000

When we adopted Magic from Paws Here in Edinburgh we were worried about a swelling under the base of her tail. Given female rats ae prone to mammary tumors we assumed this was what we were seeing. However a trip to the vet confirmed that the swelling was being caused by a hernia and our vet was confident it could be repaired with an operation. Magic had the op on Monday the 16th January but there turned out to be a lot of foul smelling fluid within the swelling. She was sent home on antibiotics but some of the tissue in the area has stated to die. She goes back to the vet this coming Monday (the 23rd) to possibly have the dead tissue removed and the swelling drained and cleaned.

New recruit

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:04:17 +0000

We have taken on a very cute (in our opinion) little guy to take part in shows. Meet Bandit the New Caledonian crested gecko. He’s very tame but has rather sticky feet.

We’re back!

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:10 +0000

After being forced to shut down temporalily Bugs n’ Beasts will be back for the summer of 2012. As before our presenter is fully insured and disclosed and is currently studying a post grad diploma in education.