If cats are mother and daughter or have been brought up together as kittens, they will normally get on well. These two lovely young-ish ladies are Dimity (on the right) and Delilah (on left) and they are good friends. If you want to introduce a new unknown cat into the household the situation […]
Thanks to the kind Pet Samaritans who have given our Kuni-Kuni pig a great new home. Pugwash was saved from the food chain and has grown up into a real pig character. He is house trained and comes to call and loves to have his back scratched. We have been looking for the perfect pig […]
You might think that it’s mostly cross breed dogs who are brought in to the sanctuary as strays. It’s a surprising fact that there are just as many pedigree dogs abandoned. At the present time we have several Rottweilers, including a beautiful puppy, also a SharPei, a spaniel, a Yorkie, a German Shepherd female puppy […]
All of our smaller ponies are good friends with the goats. When they go out to graze, the mini ponies are usually not far behind. Goats seem to give the ponies confidence and can be a settling influence on a nervous animal. Horses and goats sometimes make strong bonds of friendship and […]
This is goat heaven! Goats love scrubland and are never happier than when they have a patch of thistles, nettles and brambles to browse on. Although they only have one set of teeth, on the bottom jaw, and a soft palate on their top jaw, they can crunch up the thorniest plant without […]
One of our hens laid this giant egg yesterday. I’ve put it next to an ordinary, but quite large,egg so you can see the difference. It weighs just over an eye-watering 3 oz! The hen who laid this egg is called Sylvie, and has been in the sanctuary for five years. We […]
We called Ginger and Marmalade the terrible twins (although they are really very sweet) – but are they really twins? It’s actually rare for cats to give birth to identical twins, when they are lookalikes it’s usually because they share the same mother and father. It’s even quite possible for kittens in the […]
One of our sanctuary residents is prone to having phantom pregnancies. She’s never had puppies so this is wishful thinking. Sunny thinks she is in pup and even produces milk, it’s a disturbing and upsetting time and if this happens to your dog you will find that she needs lots of t.l.c. until […]
Storm has settled well with his new friends, he loves living in a house after a lifetime of being an ‘outside’ dog. Storm is keeping fit and going out for lots of walks, we love seeing him and he remembers his old friends, there is always a lick and the tail is wagging. […]
What would we do without you? A big thank you to the wonderful Redhouse Team of animal lovers who come to the sanctuary every week in all weathers to walk the sanctuary dogs. These lucky dogs also get taken out for jaunts in the country which all helps to socialize them. There is a […]