This mother Mallard nests on the roof of the QMC Hospital every year to rear her young, the maintenance staff there take care of her and transport her young to water when ready. Unfortunately last week, roof repairs were carried out and mum and ducklings walked through wet sealant covering themselves in a sticky mess. Three of her chicks didn’t make it to us,…
This poor guy came to us all blown up like a puffer fish. This condition is quite rare, we have only experienced it once before, many years ago, it’s called balloon syndrome due to the hedgehog inflating like a balloon. This condition is the symptom of something more serious, such as respiratory tract damage or…
This hedgehog came to us as a baby with fly strike in his eye. We removed the fly eggs and put him on a course of antibiotics to prevent infection to the eye. After sucessfully hand rearing him and getting him onto solid food it became apparent that he had lost the sight in his left eye and the…
Today we have rescued 150 caged hens from a caged farm in Lincs. This is a fraction of the thousands going to slaughter from the farm, but these lucky ladies are safe, recovering and now we want life-long homes for them. Thankfully these girls are safe now, and have now all found homes.
Meet Smoky and his girlfriend Jet who have come from a school that could no longer care for them. This lovely couple of 7 years are a bonded pair and are now looking for a permanent home, as are three other pairs we have at the rescue. Pigs are highly intelligent, social creatures that should…
Today we will be live on Radio Nottingham’s lunchtime show putting the finishing touches to a hedgehog box in order to raise awareness for this native little creature that is currently fighting for survival. Over the weekend 2 of us (and a friend that was visting us socially) made 2 hedgehog boxes, 1 of which…
