When we cleared out one of our stables to make way for 150 ex-battery hens, we moved some bales of straw and disturbed a family of wild mice. Unfortunately the mother ran off and we could not find her. We had no choice, her babies were too young to defend for themselves so we hand reared them, four of the five have survived
These are now on solids and are being acclimatised ready for release back into the wild.
Having felt quite pleased with ourselves for recently homing lots of rabbits and guinea pigs we have now had a sudden influx of them. Next weekend we have over 20 rabbits and guinea pigs coming in to the rescue centre. We are trying to get all the bunnies neutered and vaccinated as soon as possible…
Over the winter we had over a dozen hedgehogs brought to us that were either ill or injured and needed treatment, or they were young and too small to survive hibernation.
Last year Brinsley Primary School kindly offered to help our charity and sponsor Rocky, the Kune Kune (pronounced Kunie) pig. The cildren now hold regular fundraising events to help us pay for Rocky’s upkeep. Today we were kindly presented with a cheque for £185 by the school, the children raised money by holding a Rocking for Rocky school disco. One of…
A few weeks ago we put out an appeal for materials for our hay barn. A few massive thank yous are now due. Nutbrook Aggregates ( http://www.nutbrookaggregates.co.uk/) have very kindly donated two 20 tonne loads of stone for the base. If that wasn’t generous enough, Longcliffe (http://www.longcliffe.co.uk/) kindly collected and delivered one load free…
This weekend we took Colin to his new, life-long home. We originally took in Colin in August this year, he was reported to have been a stray. He wasn’t castrated, so we needed to sort that out, to get him ready for rehoming. Male pigs need to be castrated, this makes them less boisterous but…
Storm is so cute, lovable and very friendly yet unwanted, why, because he is male. Male goats are the unwanted byproduct of the milk industry because unlike the females, males don’t produce milk. Many end up in the meat or pet food industry.
