Springtime brings all manner of baby animals to our door to be hand reared and hedgehogs are no exception.
This little one is one of three being hand reared on milk formula at the moment, in a couple of weeks or so well start to wean off milk onto meat.
This time of year is really hard for us, trying to hold down full time jobs whilst animals turn up, sometimes hourly. Hand rearing them throughout the day and sometimes night is not easy, we have no social life.
Although we can’t take on dogs ourselves we get E-mails every single day about dogs in pounds on death row. Thousands of healthy dogs get destroyed every year in the U.K through no fault of their own. If you are thinking of adopting a dog then make sure it is a rescue dog as you…
When Jet arrived just over 2 years ago he had a hairdo not dissimilar to someone in Pirates of the Caribbean with his thick untamed mane and dreadlocks. Fast forward a few months and we discovered a boy that was quick to learn and who aimed to please who even became a bit cocky. In…
Last week we posted about one of the swans in our care, who arrived after being found in the middle of a busy road, very weak and disorientated. We took the large mature swan to our vets as there were no obvious signs that might cause his symptoms, there he was x-rayed which reviled a…
Henry was adopted today, he’s a lucky boy! Henry arrived in September, he was living in a care home however was due to be euthaised as they no longer wanted him and they couldn’t find any rescue with capacity to take him in. Thankfully at the time we had rehomed another cat, so we were…
Unfortunately Betty’s life long pal Belinda died very suddenly at the vets in July. We presume that she had a heart attack. It was very sudden and came as a great shock. Both these goats were very overweight when they came to us and we are still battling with Bettys weight. Betty needs a friend…
As if a TB test isn’t traumatic enough for our big fella. Boris has to have his feet attended to regularly. It is not something that most people think about but it is necessary so that we can see any potential problems and take off excessive growth. We pay a specialist hoof trimmer who comes…
