Posts Tagged ‘baby’

Hand Rearing Squirrels

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

On 20 August we had three very young squirrels delivered to us, these were found by a member of the public that had disturbed them whilst cleaning a chimney. Unfortunately the mother left her three babies and was too frightened to return.

We are now hand rearing all three, this is very time consuming, feeding them every 3 hours and then mimicking all the natural motherly actions, like teaching them to go to the toilet after feeding. (more…)

Baby Collared Dove

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

This little chap was brought in by a cat. We are hand rearing him now until he can fend for himself, he will then be released. (more…)

Time to say goodbye to the ducks

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Back in June you may have read about these little dears, they were abandoned and all on their own. Their mother went missing for several days and so we took them on. (more…)

All creatures great and small

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

We take in all kinds of animals, from unwanted hamsters to blind bulls. It is the same for wildlife, we hand rear fox cubs, birds, squirrels, hedgehogs and even in this case a baby field mouse, smaller than my thumb! (more…)