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Featured Critter 
California Kingsnake This California Kingsnake is available for adoption. Isn't he handsome? With proper care, he could live to be over twenty years old! Please note, you must be an adult (or 16 with parental supervision and consent) and have previous experience with reptiles in order to be considered as a potential adopter. Reptiles have many care requirements, so our reptile adoption policies are a bit more strict. To see other critters in need of homes, click the "Adoptable Critters" button above. Click here for website maintenance issues.
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Rescue Stories (page 2) (page 3) There are really too many stories to tell! These
are just a few of the rescue stories we have. We are always doing new rescues as well, so there will always be new stories
to add. Please check back often!
Fortville Farm Rescue - Our Biggest, Most Intense Rescue
If you're new to our site, and haven't yet heard of Esther, her story is a true miracle. She came to us after she was found as a stray in downtown Indianapolis. She was very ill and neglected. On top of her physical
ailments, she was also pregnant. The prognosis for Esther and her babies wasn't good, but Esther is a fighter! Please click here
to read her entire story. Remembering Bubba Orphans The wing eventually healed, and the loon was released. The rabbit was adopted and is living in a loving home. Even though they weren't able to stay together forever, we're sure they
enjoyed each other's company while it lasted! Another Orphan Michelle, being curious as to how the pig ended up there in the first place, decided to do some research. She found out a semi carrying pigs had crashed about two weeks before she got the call. It's quite possible, this guy escaped from that and survived on his own! |
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This rescue involved 111 animals and cost about $11,000! Please 
There are many animals we help that have the same story. They've been purchased from a breeder, pet store, auction, etc and are no longer
wanted for various reasons. Some of these animals are surrendered directly to us, and some are surrendered to shelters. The shelters contact us, and we pick them up. Some owners
neglect to properly care for their animals, so the animals are confiscated by local animal control agencies. Most people are surprised by just how often these
things happen. We created an online album in order to post the pictures of animals we have helped who share this story. By no means does the album include
pictures of all the animals we have helped. This is only a small portion. We are still in the process of adding old pictures and will be updating the album as
we rescue more animals. Please
For those of you who have been following Esther's story, you'll be happy to know it has an extremely happy ending! Esther and her two kids are healthy and happy and have found a forever home TOGETHER! We were fortunate enough to find a wonderful farm where they will not have to be seperated! Thank you to everyone who donated and sent well wishes for Esther and her kids. We love to share stories with a happy ending!
As you may or may not know from his picture, Bubba was a blue tongue skink. Michelle rescued him from a reptile breeder. Bubba was a part of A Critter's Chance for years until he passed away from old age. He used to accompany Michelle and Amy when they did educational programs. Many people learned something about blue tongue skinks with Bubba's help. He was very much loved and will always be missed.
Sometimes we come across things that are shocking and sad. We don't share these stories to upset anyone, but to try to help people understand how important our work is. The ferret you see here was found by someone attending a party at a friend's house. As you can see from the picture, the ferret is very thin and missing the hair on a good portion of his body. She told the owners the ferret looked sick and needed help. They told her they were just letting him die. They had purchased him, didn't take care of him properly, and were just tired of him. 
She convinced them to let her take the ferret and then contacted us the next day. Unfortunately, within an hour of arrival to our rescue, he passed away. Had the owners contacted us earlier, we could've gotten him the major vet care he needed and found him a new home where he would've been loved and cared for. There's never any reason for something like to happen.
These are pictures of two different families of rats that we took in from a breeder.
One of the mother rats had 11 babies; the other had 13! The breeder called us because she
was overwhelmed by the number of rats she had. We were able to take them in and find loving
homes for all of them. We're also happy to report that, as far as we know, the breeder has stopped breeding.
These sugar gliders were bought from a breeder by people who later
decided they were too hard to care for. Unfortunately, we see this all the time. Exotic pets are not for everyone, and
some really shouldn't even be considered pets. We do not advocate breeding animals because it is part of the
problem we deal with on a daily basis. Many animals are surrended to us because their owners were not aware what they were
getting into when they bought the pet. It is so important to research the care requirements for an animal before
you take responsibility for it. Also, please support adoption and not breeding. Fortunately, we did find a home
for these little cuties, and they're currently living happily ever after!
These baby raccoons were orphaned and left to die when their mother was shot by a hunter. Luckily, someone
found them and brought them to us. One of our volunteers spent many hours feeding and caring for them until they were able to be released.
They did both make it and were released back into the forest!
The loon in this picture was brought to us with a wing injury. Luckily, the wing was just swollen and bruised. It wasn't broken.
The bird just needed a place to stay while the wing healed. At the time we took it in, we had no companion for it. Birds generally do not do well in
captivity without some form of companionship. Around the time we took in the loon, we recevied a call from park rangers to pick up a domestic rabbit that had been dumped in a local park.
We picked the rabbit up and had a thought. Could the loon and the rabbit become friends? They did! We put them together, and they got along very well. They even slept together at night! This
just goes to show how two species can get along when they both need one another.
Around 1:00 PM, our president, Michelle, got a call from her husband. He told her to expect a call from Animal Control soon. In a pond, next to his work, a couple Animal Control officers were
working to catch an alligator. Sure enough, around 2:30, her phone rang! It was Animal Control, and you'll never guess what they had. Michelle made arrangements to get the alligator. Alligators
cannot survive in Indiana in the winter. There's no reason to dump these animals outside. Please contact us, and we will be happy to help!
The mother of this baby opossum was found dead on the side of the road. This baby was the only survivor, so we took her in. We cared for her until she was old enough to be released. Then, she
was released in a nice, wooded area. Hopefully, she is still living happily today.
This handsome guy is a 5-Lined Skink. He, along with many other reptiles, was confiscated from a hoarder. He was in bad shape when he came to us, but he is healthy now.
He didn't like being handled and even had an attitude! All that attitude managed to win the heart of our president, Michelle, who loves to work with animals some people would call mean. She has a lot of success creating a bond and
turning "mean" animals around. Mr. Attitude still doesn't care much for being handled, but he is living happily and is very much loved by Michelle.
One day Michelle received a call from a woman informing her that a pig was living by a creek behind the woman's neighborhood. This was a first, as we don't often get calls about stray pigs! Michelle was told the pig was friendly and had been there for about two weeks. She called the local Animal Control to see if someone could check it out. One of the workers at Animal Control fell in love with this guy and still has him to this day!