ick up required if Fraserburgh and Peterhead. If you can help please phone us on 07962253867
Can someone check out an injured gull in Fraserburgh at the factory shop car park please ?
Laws Tyres have very generously sponsored us again with new tyres for our van. Such a massive help to keep us on the road.
Laws Tyres are always happy to conduct free tyre safety inspections.
visit www.laws-tyres.com/ for more information and some amazing tyre prices alternatively head over to TyreSafe for some great tyre safety advice
www.tyresafe.org/tyre-safety/tread-depth/
Missing from Balmedie Beach - Charlie is an older dog and deaf - please help find him <3Deaf OAP Male Springer Spaniel missing Balmedie Beach since this afternoon. Any sightings please message Admin so we can update post and alert owner, also if you can comment info on post.
Missing from Balmedie Beach this afternoon, Charlie our 13 year old liver and white Springer Spaniel. He was wearing a red collar and red harness. He is deaf and may be disorientated and frightened.
We have spent hours searching for him but have had to give up for tonight as too dark. Please can everyone share. All dog walkers going to Balmedie beach and people in the area keep an eye open for him.
Well today we had a rather prickly situation to deal with 🙂 A lady from Fraserburgh rang to say she had a hedgehog stuck under her decking and sent us a short video showing just how stuck she was. Oh boy!!! Off we went armed with a range of tools to try and get her out.
On arrival we couldn't see where she was and when we did - we couldn't work out how on earth she had managed it
Some nifty handiwork by Keith, and a small section of decking sawed out (we did get permission first) - and there she was, stuck firmly behind the pipe. Well - hedgehogs being hedgehogs, the slightest movement and up went her spines - not the most helpful situation. She was also stuck head down so pulling up wasn't going to work and there was little room either side to turn her
Eventually - success and out she came. Bruised, battered, dehydrated and no doubt very sore and tired. We rushed her back to the Centre for a full check up and rehydration and left her late tonight for a rest and having her supper
Thank you for calling for help and thank you to the householders lovely dog who did the finding in the first place 🙂
This boy has been missing from Hopeman Drive Ellon since Monday. He is microchipped
Officers are appealing for information to help locate a Golden eagle which was seen flying in the #Crathie area of #Deeside with what appears to be a trap attached to its leg.
Concerns were raised about the first-year eagle on Thursday August 8, 2019, by a tourist and there are serious concerns for the bird's welfare. Enquiries are ongoing in conjunction with our partner agencies including the RSPB.
Sergeant Kim Wood said: "We would encourage anyone who has information which could help to locate this eagle to contact the Police on 101 or another relevant authority as soon as possible."
This beauty is microchipped to Aberdeen but found in Borehamwood - has somebody moved and not updated their chip, or has she stowed away? Somebody must be missing her.This lovely little girl is Elle and we need to find her owners. She was brought into us on Saturday, after being seen around a house in Shenley Road for about a month. She does have a microchip but we are unable to contact the owners, she is around 18 years old. The microchip is registered in Aberdeen so we are unsure if the owners have moved and Elle is lost! Please share to help us try and find her owners. Please call us on 0208 207 6009 if have any information.
So what do you do if you come across a sick or injured wild animal?
Firstly! Seek advice!
However, if you're sure they need help, secure them in a box with a towel in. Always wear gloves or handle the animal with a towel rather than direct skin contact. This is for your safety! No one wants ringworm!
Secondly!
Do not be tempted to feed them!! Although the temptation is definitely there when a baby bird is squeaking at you, it can actually do them more harm than good. Inappropriate food can cause diarrhoea or a blockage in the intestines. Syringing or pouring fluids into a creatures mouth can also be really harmful as it can go into their lungs and cause a deadly infection.
The key things are:
Secure them SAFELY.
Keep them WARM - a towel wrapped round a hot water bottle or in a warm room is ideal.
DO NOT FEED.
And seek advice!
The Internet is a wonderful thing now and there's reems of information about who you can contact.
www.helpwildlife.co.uk
Speed is of the essence, don't wait until they start to deteriorate before contacting someone. It can be the difference between life and death.
Can anybody help with transport please of a swallow nest to us from Ardene House vets?
So Aidan did a fundraiser!!!! And after raising a Whopping £555 he had his head shaved. Brrrrrrr 😁
Thanks so much to Aidan and to everybody who donated.... We think it's a pretty good look too
This popped up on my newsfeed while I was sitting waiting for baby "milk" to warm at 3. 30 am, and after some of the calls we have had in the last few weeks, it really sounded like it was written by us.... So I thought I would share
The glamorous life of a wildlife rescuerYou've been up since 6am when the babies needed their first feed. It's been constant ever since, feeding every 15 minutes. Despite your best efforts, five babies have passed away so far today. You skipped lunch because you didn't feel particularly hungry after spending 30 minutes pulling maggots out of a hedgehog's ear. You're glad the baby squirrels are wilding up nicely but you could have done without the down-to-the-bone bite one of them gave you when you were transferring them to the outside pen. You're pretty sure you have pigeon crap in your hair but it's way down on your list of things to worry about. At the top is whether that RTA badger will pull through and, if he does, how on earth you'll find the £450 needed to pin his broken leg. The phone rings and you wipe the blood from yet another catted blackbird off your hand onto your jeans to answer it, conscious that it's been ringing off the hook while you've been fighting fires. Someone's dog has caught a hedgehog in their garden and the caller wants it picked up NOW because they 'know hedgehog are riddled with fleas and they don't want them to infect the dog'. No, they can't bring it to you, they don't drive (if you only had £1 for every time you heard that, the badger's vet bill would be covered in a week!). You explain that you cannot leave the rescue, you need to finish cleaning, feeding, medicating etc but, if they can get the hedgehog to you, you'll help as you scan the room desperately looking to see where you can fit in another cage. There's shouting down the phone - they thought you cared. They've been calling round for hours and no-one gives a shit, no-one wants to help this poor hedgehog so they might as well just let it go. You're told in no uncertain terms and with very colourful language how useless you are and the phone is put down.
When you 'finish' after 10pm (not counting the baby feeds at midnight, 2am and 4am still to do), you check emails and messages for the first time. There's another fifteen animals needing help and a 1 star google review about how someone had emailed you this morning but no-one bothered to answer and now the bird has died.
You ask yourself why you bother, knowing full well you'll do it all again tomorrow. It's your calling.
This is what Spring and Summer look like in wildlife rescue. I've had enough of the people criticising rescuers to us recently because they've not answered the phone/couldn't help/wouldn't pick up. These people are living on the edge this time of year. Do something to help them PLEASE!
MASCARA WAND APPEAL FINISHED!
Please Note :-
The mascara wand appeal is now closed, we have thousands and thousands of them, which will last us for many years to come. Thank you to all who sent, whether single ones or packs of several hundred – sorry we do not have the time to reply to each and every one.
Picture by HEATHER FOWLIE