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Wish List

You can help the animals at PHS/SPCA by donating any of the following items.

Ready to bring your donation to the shelter? We can accept donations in our Receiving Department during shelter hours:

11 am to 7 pm, Monday through Friday
11 am to 6 pm, Saturday and Sunday

Questions? Please contact Lisa Van Buskirk at 650/340-7022, ext. 327 or LVanBuskirk@PHS-SPCA.org.

For all the animals

• Paper towels
• Newspapers
• Clean blankets, towels, or bedding* (used or new)
• Clean plastic or wires crates (in good condition)
• NEW squirt bottles (small)
• Used cell phones, pagers, and PDAs (we are able to recycle these items for cash donations)
• Used vehicle donations (Please email:dtroy@phs-spca.org to receive vehicle donation instructions, or call 650/340-7022 ext. 389. You may also download form and fax it to 650/348-7891.)

For the dogs

• Tennis balls
• Nylabones
• Kongs (all sizes)
• Hard rubber balls
• Rope toys
• Hol-ee Roller Balls (all sizes)
• To use in our Second Chance shelter dog training class:
  NEW or VERY CLEAN collars and leashes
  Unopened packages of dog treats

For the cats

• Electric heating pads (with no automatic shut-off)
• Liquid KMR (Kitten Milk Replacer)
• Canned tuna
• Trader Joe’s Tuna for Cats
• Fancy Feast or Friskies canned food
• Ping-pong balls
• Golf balls
• Plastic film canisters
• Plastic shower curtain rings
• Feather toys
• LARGE shoeboxes (without lids) for the cats to sleep in (no small boxes, please)
  
  *If your knitting club would like to do a project for PHS/SPCA, the cats can use small, tightly-knitted blankets that are machine washable & machine dryable. Ideal size is between 2 ’x2’ and 2’x3’.

For the rabbits

• Untreated wicker baskets (for chewing)
• Plastic toy baby keys, rattles, other hard plastic toys (for tossing)

For the birds

• Rope perches
• Bird toys

For the reptiles

• 50 watt Halogen Heat Bulbs
• 60 watt Ceramic Heat Bulbs
• Zoo Med 18” Repti Sun 10.0 UVB Fluorescent Bulbs
• Zoo Med 36” Repti Sun 10.0 UVB Fluorescent Bulbs

For the fish

• AquaClear 20 Activated Carbon insert
• AquaClear 20 Ammonia Remover insert
• AquaClear 20 Foam insert
• AquaClear 50 Activated Carbon insert
• AquaClear 50 Ammonia Remover insert
• AquaClear 50 Foam insert

For the Wildlife

• Clean feather dusters for orphaned baby birds to cuddle up to
• Electric heating pads (with or without automatic shut-off)

*Items we cannot use:

Pillows, pillowcases, electric blankets, carpet of any kind, small boxes, paper shreds, empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls, electronics for recycling, used ink/toner cartridges, and expired medication.
Please do not leave these items with our Receiving Department, as disposing of them incurs expense for the shelter.

These are one-time needs:

• One refrigerator with freezer for our Exotics Department
• One color laser printer for our Outreach Department
• One color laser printer for our Volunteer/Retail Services Department

Please call Lisa Van Buskirk at 650/340-7022, ext. 327 or email LVanBuskirk@PHS-SPCA.org with any questions.