So, I know I post about how it's impossible to know how quickly the waiting list will move, but I tell people, sometimes, even without a lot of adoptions, it moves quickly. Let me share how that can happen with the current example.
As of 9/8, I had seven people on the waiting list. I had room, so I called the first one. That was someone who got chinchillas for the kids for Christmas, and the kids lost interest. They brought their chins into the rescue. These chins are Buddy and Princess.
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Another larger cage opened up towards the end of the month, so on 9/30, I called the next person on the waiting list. They were on the waiting list due to getting divorced and being unable to keep their chins. I didn't get them on the phone call, so I left a voicemail.
You see, when I don't immediately have someone answer the phone, I leave a message saying who I am, why I'm calling, and basically explain that there is now room and I'd appreciate that they call me back, whether or not they need to bring the chins in. That way, if they do need to bring them in, we can set an appointment for that, and if not, I will know and can move onto the next person. So, for that person, I left a voicemail. Also in the voicemail, I give them a time frame, for example, "if I don't hear from you by X day, I will assume you don't need to bring the chinchillas in, and I will move along to the next person on the waiting list. However, I'd much rather hear from you..."
With this specific person, she had until the end of the day on 10/3, and I never did hear back from her.
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On 10/4, I called the next person the list. She was on the list due to her son having a chinchilla that he couldn't keep, and she was trying to help him find it a home. Reached her, she said she found somewhere else to take them.
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Called the next person. She found a pet store that would take in the chinchilla and rehome it to a family that would make sure it got lots of time outside the cage, so she was super happy with that. Moving along.
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Called the next person. He had taken in chins from a student who had moved back to China, but now he couldn't keep them. Turns out, he found someone to buy the chins off him. Moving along.
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The next person I only had an email for (rather than a phone number), so I sent her an email on 10/4.
10/5 in the morning, received an email back, said she had already re-homed the chin.
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Shortly after receiving the other email, I emailed the last person on the list. She was on the list due to moving and not being able to take the chinchilla with her. Turns out, something worked out and she WAS able to take the chinchilla with her! Yay for her! She wanted to make a donation though, and she ended up donating $25! Who-hoo, thanks to Jennifer R!
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So, in the course of a short period of time, we went from 7 people on the waiting list at the beginning of September... with only ONE person bringing in chinchillas, to having no waiting list at all. So, sometimes it really does move quickly. It just depends.
And before you wonder, maybe these people all found places elsewhere because they were on the list forever, know that the earliest person on the list was from the late middle of August (so about a month and a half), but that over half the list was from September, so very short waits for me to get back to them.
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