The sunshine is bringing the hedgehogs out, they know it’s Spring and are waking up and getting ready for a walkabout. We’ve been putting food out for them for several months, as soon as the days begin to lengthen the hedgies come out for food. It’s usually at night but now we’re seeing them scuffling […]
We love to hug and kiss our pets but should we do this if we have a cold? Can they catch it from us? No, there’s no chance of passing your germs on, the viruses that cause colds are specific to each species. We can’t catch kennel cough from dogs either. Thank goodness, I […]
We’ve found a wonderful forever home for them, thanks folks. Basil and Badger are adorable Jack Russells who are well behaved, friendly and very affectionate. They came in because of no fault of their own and are looking for a new home where they’ll be together – they are best friends. Read more on […]
It’s a painful procedure and senior vet, Richard Alport of the Natural Medicine Centre, says that a microchip can cause serious health problems for very young and especially small dogs. In an article in Dogs Today he believes that eight weeks old is too young for puppies to be chipped and that there has been […]
It’s lovely to hear from Pet Samaritan friends who have adopted one of our dogs – here’s an update on Scruffy, who is having a great life with the family who adopted him several years ago: ‘I thought I would send you some photos of our Scruffy’s life with us since we adopted him from […]
It isn’t just humans who are made ill by cigarette smoke, pets can suffer too. Being in proximity to nicotine can severely affect their health and increase their risk of cancer. We can choose to smoke, pets have no choice if someone in their family lights up near them. We’ve known of dogs who have […]
We rehomed Tramp last year, he found a lovely new family who live near a beach, so he has lots of great seaside walks. He’s having the time of his life! Here he is with some doggy friends, his new people say he’s the best dog ever – “We’ve had Tramp (now called […]
Recent reports from UK shelters have shown that more cats are finding new homes than dogs. The reason given is that people watch clips of cute cats on social media and then want one of these personality-plus cats themselves. Cats wearing bonnets, dancing and doing tricks gets thousands of followers. Its true that cats are are […]
When sanctuary goat Buffy had kids a few weeks ago there were too many for her to feed. Normally goats have two kids at a time but she had four. We left two with her for her to suckle naturally, the other two, shown above are being bottle fed. The kids, called Karma and […]
We didn’t know for sure that Wendy was in kitten, she was skinny when she came in and she’s what we call a ‘run-around’ cat, always on the go. Yesterday she was restless and then went into hiding. This morning she’d made a nest and produced four kittens – easy peasy – just how […]