Today we had the Capital One top team volunteering at the rescue centre. This is the second volunteering day that that Capital One have spent here, they all grafted hard and got a lot of jobs complete that we just haven’t got the time to finish ourselves.
Thanks to these guys, we got an aviary and three sheds painted, the compost heap moved and loads of nettles cleared!!
This newly born piglet was found abandoned and defenceless; she would not have survived more than a few more hours without her mother. The people who found her contacted a nearby farm where she no doubt came from, they were told to “throw it in the ditch”, luckily they cared, they kept her warm and brought…
Its sad to say goodbye to Woody as he leaves us for a new home, but really we are happy, he now has Acorn to keep him company. Too many people don’t do their research before buying pigs as pets and they go to breeders, over looking those in rescue centres, then we get inundated…
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…
The Heron we admitted mid August has been released today and what a sight it was to see such a large majestic bird fly. This chap arrived emaciated, grounded and very weak, he could hardly stand. X-rays didn’t revieil anything untoward, however we found a high worm burden in his poo. Initially we tube fed…
This weekend we took on 150 rescued ex-battery chickens, so we are now looking for loving homes for these hens. Whether you can take 2 or 20, a novice or an expert in hen keeping we’d love to hear from you. We can offer advice on hen housing, feed, health issues and everything chicken related. Chicken keeping is becoming increasingly…
Thanks to everyone who came to the open day at Lawrence Veterinary Centre and to everyone who baked cakes and bought them too! Fortunately the rain held off and it was a fabulous day. We managed to raise a brilliant £184.55.
