September 2007 - Mounds Pet Food Warehouse
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September 2007 - Mounds Pet Food Warehouse
Here’s What's Goin' On at Mounds EVERY DAY AT: SATURDAYS Noon-4pm SATURDAYS Noon-4pm SUNDAYS 1pm-4pm 9/8 Mounds Fitchburg 11-1 9/8 Mounds Sun Prairie 11-1 9/15 Mounds East 11-1 9/15 Mounds Sun Prairie 11-1 9/22 Mounds Middleton 11-1 9/22 Mounds Sun Prairie 9/22 Mounds Fitchburg 11-2 11-2 All Mounds Stores - Humane Society Satellite Adoption Centers. See cats and/or small animals daily in their living quarters at these Mounds locations. Volunteers needed! Call the Dane County Humane Society at 838-0413 or the Rock County Humane Society at 608-752-5622. Country Animal Haven - Adoption Opportunity, Main Shelter 1755 Williams Dr. Stoughton, call 608-877-9630 for more information or visit http://countryanimalhaven.org to find out more. Angel’s Wish Center - Angel’s Wish Center - Adoption Opportunity, 161 Horizon Dr. #106, Verona. For more information on Angel’s Wish Center call 608-848-4174, email [email protected] or visit their website at www.angelwish.org. Pet Resource and Adoption Center Hours: Sunday 1pm - 4pm, Wednesdays 4pm - 8pm, Saturdays 10am - 4pm. Angel’s Wish Pet Adoption and Resource Center - Pet Microchipping Clinic, $20/pet, including registration (These will be the first Sunday of every month.) Call 848-4174 for more information. Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound. For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online. GRRoW – Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin is a statewide, non-profit organization, dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of golden retrievers. Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound. For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online. Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound. For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online. Regular rescue booth from Greyhound Pets of America. Meet adoptable greyhounds, fill out an adoption application and learn about volunteering or fostering a retired racing greyhound. For more information, call 608.223.9227 or visit Greyhound Pets of America online. Animal Rescue and Veterinary Support Services will be doing microchipping. Labrador Education and Rescue Network (LEARN), will be in-store with information about their rescue group. Meet adoptable dogs and find out more information about their mission. R August 2007 I V N E N R A S T A S R R Y I F OF MOUNDS SUN PRAIRIE STORE COMING HOWL-WEEN SUNDAY OCTOBER 28TH FROM 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. AT ALL MOUNDS LOCATIONS... CIDER, COOKIES, TREATS AND BEST OF ALL, COSTUME CONTESTS!! FITCHBURG 5350 King James Way 608.271.1800 R JANESVILLE 1725 Lodge Dr. 608.758.9998 MIDDLETON 8311 University Ave. 608.831.3000 MADISON EAST 2110 S. Stoughton Rd. 608.221.0210 SUN PRAIRIE 2422 Montana Ave. 608.825.9800 Watch “Meet the Pets” on Charter Cable 18 Monday - Sunday 12:15 am & pm 3:15 am & pm 7:00 am 11:15 am & pm www.moundspet.com GREAT IN STORE SPECIALS AT ALL MOUNDS LOCATIONS! www.moundspet.com Mounds Anniversary Sale Check out sales on the following brands in September! Available in Three Lifestage Formulas For Kittens and Cats of All Ages I WAR M FUZZ T E! LU A ES Organization: Four Lakes Wildlife Center w.fourlakeswildlifecenter.org) at Dane County Humane Society (www.giveshelter.org) Raina also performs General Volunteer duties when needed. These include preparing diets, feeding animals, charting, cage cleaning, inventory, doing dishes and assisting the Head Volunteer. As young animals grow, volunteers’ interactions with them decrease to encourage foraging, independence, and the development of other skills necessary for life in the wild. Charts must be continually updated to reflect the animal’s progression on the path to release. Once they are ready, they are released back into their natural environment and Raina knows that she has done her job well!! Employee of the Month Lauren is a lead sales associate at our Mounds Fitchburg location. Lauren is extremely hard working, dedicated, and detail oriented. She is always happy to pitch in to make sure everything gets done in a timely fashion. She is described by her fellow employees as consistent, hard working, detail oriented and Lauren Ruse willing to work hard. Recently Lauren volunteered to do all of the ordering for and maintenance of both the cat isle and all of the dog toys. Both areas of the store are large, complex and a great deal of work to maintain. During a recent deep cleaning of the Fitchburg store Lauren not only got her assigned areas done but she also did a lot of work on the rest of the store as well. Laruen was reported as saying,” Goo Gone is our friend”! Way to go Lauren keep up the good work! DOG POWER SUCCESS STORY Dan McEvilly and Nancy Poole are avid golfers and it only seemed fitting that they named their 3 year old Boxer, “Bogey”. While Bogey hasn’t taken up that sport yet, he certainly is an active dog. “Sometimes I wonder why I got another dog” laughs Dan, “ Bogey certainly keeps us on our toes with his playfulness and energy level”. Maybe part of all that energy comes from Bogey’s diet of Mounds Dog Power. “I was feeding a national brand of dog food and then Nancy picked up a free sample of Dog Power at Dogfest and Bogey really loved the taste, it’s been nothing but Dog Power ever since!” Dan says Dog Power’s price was an attraction, “Why spend almost twice as much when Dog Power is so affordable and so good for my dog?” Not only have Dan and Nancy converted to Dog Power but they have gotten a lot of their friends and family to make the switch as well!! When it If you have a Dog Power, Horse comes to nutrition and value, looks Power, or PurrFect Cat succuess story, like Dan and Nancy both scored an please let us know! If we use it in future newsletters, you will receive a “eagle” with Bogey and Mounds $20 gift card! Submit your story to [email protected] Dog Power! Why I do it?: “A Robin saturated with cooking oil. A Mallard duck with a fish hook in its neck. A Great Horned Owl struck by the grill of a semi-truck. All of these are cases we have seen this year, none of which would have occurred had it not been for human activity. While our work at the Wildlife Center helps individual animals, my hope is that it also affects how humans treat and value wildlife. Volunteering is fun, challenging, educational, and rewarding because I help those without a voice grow and heal, so eventually, they can return to the wild. We can’t underestimate the power of committed people because it is often they who change the world.” How to get involved: Many volunteer opportunities are available; wherever your talents lie we can use them! Can’t volunteer but still want to help? On our website you can find a “wish list” of items we always need, you can sponsor an animal, purchase naming rights to one of our exciting new outdoor enclosures, or even, for a donation, release a rehabilitated raptor back to the wild! If you are interested in becoming a volunteer with Four Lakes Wildlife Center, or want to get involved in any way, please contact Kristen Anchor at [email protected] or 608/838-0413 x192. Volunteer opportunities are available at Dane County Humane Society too! Send your nominations to: Selected Nominees receive: Warm Fuzzy •$100 Mounds gift certificate for their organization • Profile and Picture in Mounds Newsletter and Website (www.moundspet.com) • Profile featured on 105.5 MMM Mounds Pet Food Warehouse 2422 Montana Ave. Sun Prairie, WI 53590 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (608) 825-4800 I heard that it’s important for my guinea pig to eat hay, why is that? Hay is the most important aspect of a guinea pig’s diet. It is even more important than the pellets that we call guinea pig food. The reason has to do with the guinea pig’s (as well as rabbits, chinchillas and some other rodents) unique GI tract and teeth configuration. Responsibilities: When sick, injured or orphaned wildlife arrive at Four Lakes Wildlife Center, Volunteer: Raina Domek immediate action is necessary to help ensure their survival. As a Head Volunteer, Raina Domek sets up care plans which indicate diet and housing needs, and special considerations such as injuries. She performs physical exams on all incoming animals, noting weight, trauma, personality, etc. Animals are put in quarantine and join a feeding cycle with the other songbirds, raptors, waterfowl and mammals at the center. As a Head Volunteer, Raina is also responsible for handling and feeding the various raptors at the center, which this year included Great Horned Owls, Eastern Screech Owlets, Red-tailed Hawks and a Cooper’s Hawk! In addition, Raina makes sure she’s available to answer inquiries from both the public and general volunteers. Horse Power Ask the Vet Guinea pigs are known in the animal world as “hindgut fermenters”. Other common examples of hindgut fermenters are rabbits and horses. What this means is that most of their digestion, or processing of food occurs in the lower intestines and especially the cecum. Humans on the other hand, do most of their digestion of food in the stomach with the cecum playing only a small role in the actual digestive process. Hindgut fermenters, such as our friend the guinea pig require a high level of fiber in their diet to get proper nutrition. Fiber and the resident cecal bacteria are the driving force behind the digestive process in guinea pigs. A lack of fiber in your guinea pig’s diet will actually cause the entire GI tract to slow down. This situation is known as GI stasis and has been the cause of death in many guinea pigs. When considering types of food for guinea pigs, hay is a great natural source of fiber. While it may seem more proper to feed a pelleted diet, pelleted food is actually higher in protein levels and low in fiber when compared to hay. Pellets should only make up a small part of a guinea pig’s diet and should only constitute 1/8 to 1/4 cup per pig per day. Vegetables, and to a lesser extent fruits, are a good supplement to their diet but should be limited. Other “food items”, such as seeds and nuts, are low in fiber content and very high in fat and should only be a small part of a guinea pig’s diet, and preferably eliminated altogether. I mentioned that hay also helps a guinea pig’s teeth. All rodents have continually growing teeth and if they don’t experience a lot of wear, they will overgrow. Guinea pigs that have little to no hay in their diet may end up having dental problems including an overgrowth of their back teeth called the molars. If the molars grow too much, they can cause serious problems and, “trap” the animal’s tongue. We see a number of pets come in with dental problems such as this and many times there is so much damage done that even trimming the teeth will not provide much relief. So…I know you’re wondering, “Dr. Carla, how much hay should I feed?” I recommend feeding as much hay as they can possibly eat! A general rule of thumb is, “a pile of hay as big as the guinea pig per day”. It is recommended to only feed timothy hay. Avoid alfalfa hay as it is very high in calcium and can cause bladder stones and other digestive issues. Feeding hay should keep your guinea pig happy and healthy. If you suspect any digestive or tooth problems, please see your veterinarian as soon as possible! Dr. Carla Christman Healthy Pet Veterinary Clinic 1440 E. Washington Ave. Madison, WI 53703 (608) 294-9494 3 Chinchillas Need a Home! Bunny, Lucy and Ethel are adorable young chinchillas looking for a new home. They are bonded to each other and therefore must be adopted together. They are available for adoption at the Mounds Satellite Adoption Center on Stoughton Road in Madison. Chinchillas are nocturnal rodents that are extremely agile and animated creatures. They rarely sit still when given the chance to run and jump and are therefore fascinating to watch. Due to their fragile nature and their limited toleration of handling they do not make ideal pets for young children. Chinchillas eat a diet of timothy hay and chinchilla pelleted food. Their fur is densest of any animal and requires dust baths a few times a week to keep their coat conditioned.
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