One of our young fox cubs enjoying the sunshine.

In 2017 we successfully cared for over 25 fox cubs who were orphaned, abandoned or whose home was destroyed. They required specialist care and stayed with us until they were all fully grown and then released around September time.

''Hello, where is my dinner?!''

We often have sick, injured or underweight hedgehogs in our care, especially over the winter when they should be hibernating. In 2017/2018 we overwintered around 140 hedgehogs and this year we are not far from reaching that again!

The best food to leave out for hedgehogs in your garden is cat or dog food (dry/wet). Remember do not feed them bread, milk or fishy food as this will upset their stomachs.

The summer is a very busy time for us.. baby season! Many of our littlest babies need a very gentle, patient hand to take over from mum.

Feeding, cleaning and keeping them warm is not as easy as it looks but always worth the effort.

''Whoooo's that coming in my cage?''

Owls and birds of prey do not welcome close contact so we always try to be as hands off as possible whilst giving they're recovering.

It is with regret that due to the increasing threat of Coronavirus we have to temporarily stop our patient intake until further notice. This was a very difficult decision to make but we all need to stay as safe as possible, and we need to be able to be in a position to provide continued care to our current patients. We stress that we are still available 24 hours over the phone to help and offer advice.

For the time being we would urge you all to be careful when gardening as a lot of birds and mammals are making nests, and so many of our usual summer intake are the contents of disturbed nests. Please also be really mindful when making your essential journeys in the car as the will be a lot more animals on the road.

Thank you to all our supporters at this difficult time, we really value your continued help and involvement. Please stay safe!

More fledgling information can be found here: https://www.rspca.org.uk/…/wildl…/orphanedanimals/youngbirds

 

Contact

Telephone: 01793 751412

E-mail: info@oandf.co.uk

Address: Oak and Furrows Wildlife Rescue
Blakehill Nature Reserve
Malmesbury Road
Leigh
Cricklade
Wiltshire.
SN6 6RH (SN6 6RA for sat nav)

For instructions on how to find us, click here

Registered Charity Number: 1177380

Telephone Enquiries

If you would like to ring the centre to enquiry about an animal you have brought in please ring between 1pm - 5pm. Please also ring the centre regarding any animal calls.

Please do NOT email or Facebook as these messages do not get picked up quickly enough and, as with most calls, the receptionist will need to ask a few questions to ascertain the situation. Donations can be dropped off 7 days a week between 9am - 5pm.

News

December 18th

We've some very hungry mouths to feed at the minute. So if you have any newspapers, cat/dog meat and cat biscuits we'd be very grateful for them.

If anyone has any spare we would be so grateful! Thank you! Please remember you can also help by playing Hedgehog Lotto

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