This weekend we said goodbye to two lovely goats Arabella and Harold, they went to a new home living with other goats as pets. Arabella was an unwanted pet, Harold had been dumped in a farmers field.
You may remember from an earlier post, Harold came to us in poor condition, now he’s recovered and getting more friendly by the day.
The previous owners of Misty bought him from White Post Farm, they were advised to let the rabbit know `who was boss’ by pinning him down by his neck when being fed. As you can imagine poor Misty became frightened of his owners who took the advice in good faith. Misty now has a beautiful bunny friend…
Age : 1-2 years Breed : Lionhead Bonded : No Neutered/Spayed: No Rescued: July 09 Katy is a lovely rabbit, used and abused by a breeder. Katy likes a good fuss and in time would get used to being handled. Katy likes her hutch and bed to be just so – she gets very disgruntled by anyone…
A week ago this tawny owl was admitted after being struck by a car. On examination we could not see any physical injuries, however they were in a sorry state. They were very lethargic with an injury to the right eye. We feared the worst however as there were no injuries or broken bones, we…
Hedgehogs arrive with all kinds of life threatening issues, generally inflicted by man, anything from poisons to getting tangled in garden netting or attacked by dogs. We don’t know the history behind this girl, but she arrived at our vets with a broken jaw, a condition certainly seen before and often fatal. In this case,…
We have taken in a record number of swans this year with illnesses and many injuries. We have three in our care at the moment, including this young adult that we collected this afternoon. The swan was found struggling to move around, the callers had been trying for several hours to get help, fortunately we…
This week we have taken on a further 120 ex-battery hens that would otherwise be slaughtered. The farm in Norfolk where we fetched them from, was emptying their sheds, replacing 20,000 birds with young hens, to keep the egg yield high. We couldn’t rescue all 20,000 hens that are probably only around 18 months old, but…
