how kind of you..it's bad enough with animal hoarders, but with such a large animal, they don't have a chance..

The man's wife is the one who wanted them in the first place, but they don't even live on the property, and she has never taken any interest in them. She's not an outdoorsy type of person at all....it's just like, "Oh, wouldn't it be nice to have some donkeys...." and that is as far as her interest went.

Thats especially nice that you are bringing him a companion too. Glad you will be turning the people in, so the other donkeys can be saved too. Keep us posted as I'm sure you will.

As always marilyn, you are my hero.

Trin

Poor donkeys, what a sad story. :( I hope the others will get just as good of a home as the 2 lucky ones you are able to take in.

I ****** HEART ******* MARILYN!!!

You are an inspiration to us all.

It's so wonderful of you to do this, Marilyn. Those animals of yours are very lucky.

Bless you, Marilyn.

What is the matter with people??! I can't believe how cruel some can be by ignoring the animals they are supposed to be caring for. Bless you, Marilyn, for taking the two and especially for turning these people in.

If we know our Marilyn, he won't be sad for long.

I wish I lived near you Marilyn. I'd love to be there with you caring for your animals.

You have the kindest heart. And you're wrong, Lucky IS lucky to have you save him.

Ditto what everyone else said. Bless you for saving these poor animals. I hope you enjoy having them. You should definitely call the Humane Society. There are so many unadopted horses and donkeys that it really is wrong just to let these reproduce and every problem that comes along with that.

And hey, what about the piggies? Are they still with you? Any 'possums? Everyone here loves all your animal stories, Marilyn. I know you will enjoy the little donkeys. Maybe you should name the other one Brighty--remember that story, "Brighty of the Grand Canyon"?

Keep us posted. And again, you are so kind to save these poor animals and bear the expense connected with it. I know they will thrive under your TLC.

God Bless you Marilyn , you truly are an angel!!!

Shelley

Poor fellow....

My pigs (hogs) are fine. Piggy Lee, who was the wild one...wouldn't let me touch her, is very tame now. She lets me brush her, scratch her and bathe her. Piggy Sue is huge, and she is very tame.

I have about 25 possums, including one that was evidently born blind. I was hoping the wildlife center could take him as an "educational ambassador" ;) (as they call them), but he doesn't like to be handled, so I guess he will live out his life here with me. He lives with a little girl possum named Cut Throat, who came in with her head almost chewed off, but she is fine now.

There is a yearling jenny that I saw that I like very much, but my friend has a favorite that she calls Isaiah's Mom and
I know she would like to have her rescued, as well as her son, Isaiah. She may take Isiah, and I guess I will take his "mom". She looks horrible, and is due to foal shortly.
I think the yearling that I like is her daughter. I think my friend would like to keep Isaiah's Mom, but I don't know where she would be able to keep them, since she also has 3 horses. We need to talk about it and see which ones we are going to take. I still haven't seen but a few of them. I brought Isaiah and his Mom and the little jenny up to the barn last night and fed them. I'd really like to have the little jenny. She is light colored and has 4 socks. There is an old paint jenny there that someone dropped off several years ago to be bred, and never came back to get her. My friend said she doesn't think she has ever had a foal. She is just so old and sad looking. In a way, I wouldn't mind taking an old one because that way I can hopefully outlive
it. :))

You are such a kind hearted person to take in all these animals. Anyone can love the cute cuddly cats and dogs, but it takes a very special person to take in the out of the ordinary animals. We need pictures of all your babies!

You are like me only magnified 1,000 times. If I lived near you, I'd help with the rescues. Lucky lucky boy indeed. And turn those cruel people in and maybe the rest will have a chance. Good luck with lucky. How long do donkey's live? I always loved them.

Oh Marilyn, you just can't decide! You want them ALL! LOL!

Just curious, are the possums able to live together in a large cage, or how do you have them housed? Are they outside or what? I just cannot imagine how you would house that many possums.

Good for you Marilyn Turn them in!!!
I hope I win tht lottery soon!!!

You are an angel, and a hero, and a voice for these otherwise helpless animals. It brings a tear to my eye literally. Thank you for doing what you do.

The possums that are very young live in groups that they came in with. I have 3 together, 4 together, 9 together, 2 sets of 2 together, and the rest are separate. They are in outside cages, except two babies that are in one of those plastic traveling totes inside...waiting on a vacancy outside. One of the possums was raised here last year and she doesn't want to leave. I evicted her when I had so many, but when her cage was empty again, I let her move back in. I turn her loose every night after I feed her and every morning, she is back in her cage, or in an empty one next door that doesn't have a door and the hens lay in it...she will be in there asleep, and I have to pick her up and put her back in her cage again. Another one is here because she was left in a trap and chewed the bars of it until her jaw eroded down to the jawbone, which was exposed. She has healed better (faster) than I thought, and can probably be released now.

Possums will chew on each other sometimes, so you have to watch them and separate them when they do that. I also feed mine as much as they can possibly eat so they are less likely to chew on their littermates, but still sometimes they will do that.

I have a lot of cages, because I have had a lot more possums in the past than I do now, but I thought (hoped) I wouldn't have to raise so many this year and I converted some to cages for raising chicks. I ended up with 72 possums this year, and had to send about half back to the wildlife center. It was literally taking me until midnight to take care of them all. My husband threw a fit....and he was right. It was way too much for one person to do. At least at the center, they have lots of volunteers to help out. As it is, it is a full time job taking care of what I have...cats, dogs, horses, hogs, chickens, pigeons, a duck,
and I feed the fish, turtles and an alligator in the bayou and the wild raccoons too. You can't live here and not feed the raccoons. There are so many, they are into everything if they aren't fed. Everything!

Generally speaking, I think they are apt to live longer than horses...so probably 30 years would not be uncommon.

A couple of my horses are already almost 30 years old.
I've heard that 20 years is average for a horse, but I've known of lots of horses who lived much longer.

Marilyn you are an angel to all animals. Bless your sweet heart! I can't wait to see pictures.

Hats off to you, Marilyn! You are a mighty special lady!

You are a very special lady Marilyn.

Sue

Thank you, Marilyn, on behalf of all the animals you help. There are a few people I don't like, but animal abusers have earned my out-and-out hate. I know, I know, hating is wrong...but damn them.

Interesting, Marilyn. It sounds like a lot of work every day. Keep us posted on Lucky and friend.

Marilyn you are the KT's PATRON SAINT OF ANIMALS.

Many, many thanks and kudos.

I sure hope someone has contacted the authorities over this abuse. The local police, humane society and most of all the BLM adoption services need to be contacted. They are very particular about adopting here the past few years and don't hesitate to prosecute people that have adopted and then are not giving proper care to animals they have adopted. So nice of you to step up for these poor animals that are being so abused.

Marilyn, what do you mean that you don't think Lucky should be named that because he gets to live with you? He is the luckiest donkey in the world! I don't believe there is a better place than yours anywhere for animals in need of care. Expertise and knowledge like you have is very important, but the love you have for all your critters is priceless! If there is such a thing as karma, I would love to see what is in store for you!

Elisabeth

I'd love to see a photo of Lucky. What an appropriate name! Bless you, Marilyn, for taking him.

i have 2 mini jennys .They love each other,maybe consider taking another.They are pack animals.My one poops the other poops ,one rolls in dirt other rolls,they are never more than 2'apart.

I don't post a whole lot, but I love reading every day, and especially enjoy all your informative posts, Marilyn. Also love hearing about your house. Thanks for all you do...

I thought the batteries in my camera were charged, so took it when I went to the barn this evening, and they weren't. :(
Will try again tomorrow. I didn't see the little light colored one with socks that I liked so much, but I saw two babies. One was dark brown and one was black with a white nose. While I was there, a jenny that looked just like Lucky, only younger came up to the stall. I am pretty sure she wasn't his daughter...I don't think any of the big jacks would ever let him breed anything, but may be his sister.

I worked with him about 20 minutes, and got him to lead, and spent a good while brushing him. For about a split second, I thought I saw a different look in his eyes. He didn't look quite so depressed and down trodden. I went to the vet and got some medicine for proud flesh to put on his wire cut leg.

Oh dear Marilyn, first thought for me was turn those people in to the authorities..so glad to know you'll be doing just that.

Let's hope with your loving care, you'll soon be seeing a look of relief in the donkey's eyes..all of them you take home.

Blessings to you, dear lady, and all the creatures in your care.

You are the greatest Marilyn. I bet you did see a change in that donkey's eyes. He is probably loving the nice attention you are giving him. I swear if I lived by you, I would be taking a few as well. You are such an inspiration. :)

The BLM's adopt a wild burro horse program burns my butt in so many ways! Your experience with them Marilyn is just one issue!

Give your horses some time and they'll adjust to the burros.
We acquired a burro last December. At first the horses were afraid of them. Then like always when you add a new equine to the new mix there is some squabbling until the pecking order is established. Then everything is fine. The only thing we have to worry about is making sure everyone who comes riding on the place knows about Puck so they are aware that their horses might react. Burros are pretty cute in their own, sad little way. When the dogs bark at something, so does Puck, only it takes him longer and it takes a few honks for him to get up to speed and volume.
LOL

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