This chap is one of two baby wild rabbits that we have with us at the moment, they are both now weaned and eating solids.
Now fending for themselves, we can now minimise human contact and get them wild, ready for release.
One rabbit was found under a car, the other captured by a pet cat. Both are doing very well and will be released once the weather is cooler and we have had some rain, to give them the best chances.
Last week week we released a hare back into the wild which we had hand reared, by the time we returned home, there was a message about two more orphaned leverets, the mum was found dead. We are now hand rearing these two cheeky monkeys. Unlike rabbits, leverets are born with fur and live in…
We love days like this when we actual get to take our rescued animals to their new homes. This weekend it was time to take Edna and Hilda to their new life-long homes as pets, never to be red or exploited for food.We rescued them earlier in the year, they were originally rescued from a…
In recent weeks we had been releasing hedgehogs but then due to unseasonably hot weather with no rainfall we stopped again! One of our hibernating hedgehogs also only woke up last week and even then needed a little encouragement to venture out of a very large, warm nest! Thank goodness we now have some rainfall…
You may remember Myrtle and Morris’s arrival a few weeks ago, today we took them to their new home. They weren’t in good health when they first arrived at the rescue, Morris wasn’t castrated, they were both very thin and Myrtle had a dog bite to her face, which had been neglected and so was…
When we heard about Boris, we just had to agree to take him on. Boris’s mum was ill with BVD when she was pregnant with him, this caused Boris’s blindness. As he would be difficult to rear for the farmer, we agreed to take him on.
At this time of year when the grass has stopped growing and our animals need to eat more and have warm bedding, our bills increase yet our income reduces. Have you considered buying our animals a present for Christmas and help with our running costs? To make a donation to buy feed, please Click Here….
