Baby Stoat
We admitted a baby stoat a couple of weeks ago, they are flourishing and have progressed from being bottled feeding to eating solids.
We admitted a baby stoat a couple of weeks ago, they are flourishing and have progressed from being bottled feeding to eating solids.
On Monday we were on the road all day dropping off animals to new homes and then on the way back picking up a stray piglet. It rained relentlessly and we were nothing short of exhausted when we got home!! ‘Ronnie’ as we have called him was dumped in some woods near Retford and then…
These 9 ducklings were brought to us by the RSPCA, their mum was leading them across a road when she was killed, so sad however at least these were rounded up and brought to us. They are under a heat lamp in our hospital and so far 48 hours later all are doing well.
We admitted this cygnet in the week, they were quite weak and found grounded in a housing estate. Its believed they’d crash-landed. Thankfully an examination hasn’t revelled any injuries and they are eating and drinking as well as hissing at us!! We are confident they’ll be released in the coming days.
This Little Owl arrived this week, they’re a fledgling and so naturally should be living on the ground, so the advice normally is to leave well alone, but this chap was tangled up in the undergrowth so the finder intervened and brought to us. They have been untangled from vegetation, checked over for injuries and…
Spring time is very busy for us with many baby animals and birds coming in. It is very time consuming and hard work not to mention sometimes heartbreaking to hand rear small animals.
Meet Mary and Lamby as their called. this Mother and Daughter were pets, we took them on last week. Once sheered, vaccinated and wormed they will be introduced to our herd and put up for adoption.