Slugs are everywhere and we’ve had a dog come in recently with slight breathing difficulties, he’s not in good condition either and seems generally unwell. Could he be suffering from lungworm? The vet will confirm whether this is the case. Diagnosis isn’t always easy though. Dogs don’t catch lungworm from other dogs – it’s only […]
No matter how hard we try, sometimes the little creatures who are brought in to us just can’t be saved. The hedgehog who arrived this week had a bad injury to one of his back legs, the other hind leg was missing. Had he been caught in a strimmer or lawnmower? There was nothing to […]
One of the baby pigeons we had brought in a week or so ago, sadly didn’t make it. She was frail and didn’t put weight on although she did feed. The other little chap is a champion though and he’s doing fine. Here he is balancing on a crystal which he likes. We use crystals […]
Krystal needs your help. The vet came to see her yesterday and we were fearing the worst. She’s an elderly pony and she has Cushing’s disease which means that she has developed laminitis (fever in the feet) although she isn’t overweight. The thought that she might have come to the end is heartbreak for everyone […]
This is a young boycat about a year old and who has come in to the sanctuary recently. He’s still a bit shy but is a lovely friendly boy when you pick him up. It takes a while for most cats to settle down, they are territorial creatures and miss their home and people. This […]
Mischa and Myrtle are mother and daughter so they are best friends but most cats find it difficult to maintain a relationship with a cat they don’t know and will avoid contact if possible. Integrating a new cat into the group is not easy. Cats find their own friends and it’s usually through family connections […]
The hedgehog we had brought in last week has recovered and been released. He had plenty of fat on him to see him through the winter so we are letting him do his own thing. Another one came in yesterday, a youngster who is a bit thin. Apparently he has been stuck somewhere in a […]
It’s time for a hoof pedicure and Sundance doesn’t mind, he lets the blacksmith pick his feet up and trim the overgrown hoof away. If the ponies were roaming miles over different kinds of ground they would wear their feet down naturally. When they are in stables and grass fields, they need a bit of […]
Everything in lilfe happens for a reason. The pigeon chick we’ve reared was lonely and becoming too tame. He wanted me to carry him round endlessly, which of course, I loved to do, but if he was dependent on human company, how would he make it back in the wild? Then we had an injured […]
We’ve just reared Squabbie (he’s doing well and feeding himself now) and here we go again. One of our kind Chesterfield vets had these two baby pigeons handed in and brought them to us right away. They are frail little babies and we don’t know how long it is since they’ve had food. Don’t they […]