Animals needing sponsors
Please consider sponsorship
Below you will find various animals that would love to be sponsored, They have had to remain with us usually due to behaviour issues, physical disabilities or simply because of their age. The costs are huge for the care of these animals, simple things like their housing and fencing has run to thousands and replacement items need to be bought over time. The rental costs for the land runs to just over £6,000 a year, thats not including the extra hay, feed, vets, farriers, and other "sundry items" such as hay nets, water buckets, water bottles, feeding bowls. We are asked daily to take on animals, be it on a permanent basis, or on a homing situation, but they do not cost any less to keep, and in fact the animals who are up for adoption cost more because of the telephone calls, the home visits and checks etc.
Even a small contribution will help.
Thank you
I will be updating the animals that are looking for sponsors over the next few weeks. I apologise for the time this will take but as it is the residents and their care take up nearly every minute of every day, there is never a day off, so please be patient and bear with me
lita
Lita is a fighter, she stumbled out in front of my car at about 3/4 weeks old, I went to feed the two feral groups and driving in she came straight out. I thought at first that it was a rat, but then the pitiful mewing soon told me what it was. I put food out for the other cats, assuming that her mum would claim her, but all the other cats kept batting her out of the way and biting her. Being so tiny, her eyes almost glued shut with the yellow gunk from flu, she was also very swolen with worms. I watched for some time before it became very apparent that she was starving, with no mum to claim her and the other cats attacking her. I made the decision to take her home to see what could be done. A bottle was warmed and she drank the whole bottle. She was then placed on a heat mat and gentle cleaning commenced. It was very clear to see that the flu and worms were causing extreme pressure on her health, and following veterinary treatment she started to improve. It was quite difficult as she was the only one at the time to be poorly, and keeping her isolated from all the other feral babies we had at the time, felt very mean, but she was given a teddy and it became her friend. She still now sleeps with that same teddy!
She has grown up, but she is very nervous around new people and situations, she also has a long term eye issue, most likely brought on by the damage caused by the flu. She is a permanent resident due to her high dependancy, and will in all likelyhood remain an indoor cat.
Sparky
Sparky is one of the little people. He may have short legs, but his charachter is HUGE! He has come to live with us only because of the closure of Jolity farm, and we wanted to help Mary-Alice and Chris. Sparky had some time to get used to the new home, and his neighbours before he was introduced to the rest of the little people. They all seem to get on very well these days, wandering around like a little herd, its quite a sight.
Sparky traveleled to the vet recently to get his booster, and he was quite comfortable in his very big 13 ton horse box (not bad for a 36 incher!) especially when he noticed the two large horses sharing a small trailer parked next to us. He did not mind the vet and was happy to get back home again. He does seem to have a big soft spot for Daisy and its sucha joy to see them all together.
