Last night was spent rehydrating hoglets and picking fly eggs and maggots from them, Ugh.
Painstaking but worth it if they all survive. What I actually wanted to be doing was trying a new recipe for cookies, making a spicy quinoa salad and applying a Lush facemask. Sadly a 1am finish, a stale sandwich and none of the above wishlist!! At least all hogs are doing ok today and seem to be eating like little troopers.
Can you please help us cover the £1,000 it has cost us to rescue Paddy? Paddy is 20, he has spent almost his entire life with a cow, like cows, donkeys are herd animals and should always be with their own kind, Tulip his cow companion has been rescued too, she is now with one…
This young mallard duckling has been with us for a week now and doing well. The duckling was found on its own, with no parents around or any other ducklings. It can be quite difficult to rear single ducklings as they can become quite stressed and withdrawn on their own, constantly crying for their parents, fortunately this chap has done well…
Meet our latest Piggy recruit. Percy was originally an RSPCA case. Percy was found very thin and in poor health, his brother was also very ill and another boar was lying on the ground where he had died. Unfortunately Percy’s brother could not be saved but Percy was seized by the RSPCA and moved to a home where he could…
At the sanctuary we receive calls at all times of day and night, not easy when we also work for a living, sometimes when we return home the voice mail is full and we have to prioritise the return calls. Last night we took two calls around midnight, one was for these two beautiful Doves. A member of the public found these two birds just…
Today we held a sponsored walk, raising funds for our animal hospital. The event passed of extremely well with much fun to be had by all, a great walk and an opportunity to talk to people whilst helping a great cause. After the two hour walk around the local villages, we returned to the sanctuary for drinks and loads of scrummy vegan cakes! We have…
