Talk about all creatures great and small, yesterday we were shearing sheep, today we took in these five voles after their nest was accidentally disturbed by a digger and unfortunately their mother was killed.It is very hands-on feeding them every hour for the next few weeks, thankfully we have a volunteer step forward, we wish…
Fudge came to us with two others, little did we know that two of them were pregnant so 3 soon became 14! We have found a home for dear little Fudge but have quite a few baby rabbits that need loving new homes. It is easy to see from this example how rabbit breeding can…
We are very sad to announce that we have had to say goodbye to our gentle giant Herbie, the dairy bull we rescued some nine years ago and hand reared. Yesterday morning Dee Dee, one of the herd was mooing and mooing, she was trying to attract our attention, something wasn’t right, she wanted to…
This little fella came in with a broken shoulder and broken leg. We took time looking at radiographs and discussing his recovery and surgery/pinning of bones. He underwent surgery and has now had his splints and bandages off, his muscles seem to be building back up every day and he will soon go into an…
This week we have taken in a wild rabbit with myxomatosis. On the night she came in we gave her antibiotics, quarantined her in a warm room with lots of Olbas oils, flushed her eyes, syringe fed her on some warm food and got rid of the fleas that she was infested with. We weren’t…
Pickle was a real little fluff ball. He was born at the rescue centre when we took in a pregnant doe. Pickle was rehomed with a neutered female doe. They seemed to get on well and we are confident that they will be the best of friends.
