10/03/2026
A message from Atlantic Critters Rescue...
We cannot keep up. And it's not just us, its all rescues. I just cannot say yes to even a fraction of these surrender requests. I have gotten 6 chinchilla requests just this week. I have had to turn them all down because we already have 3 chinchillas in foster care that have been here months, one approaching literally a year, with absolutely zero real interest.
This goes for specifically chinchillas, guinea pigs, and rabbits. This is a
rescues plea:
If you are on the fence about surrendering. If you are just causually kind of bored of your pet and think someone else is out there waiting to love them- that person may not exist. If you are still providing them with what they need... please just keep them if you can. There isn't another rescue I can refer you to- they're all full too. We are breaking under the pressure. Cant afford to feed your pet? We will help you.
At this point we are only taking emergency cases only. Surrenders for chinchillas & rabbits have a waiting list of literally 6 months. Guinea pig waitlist is estimated at 4 months. We are forced to tell people no all day every day. As animal lovers, it weighs on us not knowing what happens.
And for this we are sorry- we hate it and it's so depressing not being able to help. But that's where we're at. We just don't have infinite resources, space, etc. I've got carpal tunnel surgery coming up so we have to maintain things within reason here. We are only human.
Cute pic of the Long Island hoarding rats- still all shoved into one hammock in spite of having an entire cage with multiple places to hang out.
