Autumn juvenile hedgehogs
We have over 30 now in our care that will need to stay until spring, with more arriving daily. If you find any that look small out and about, please weigh them. Any under 500g are unlikely to survive winter, here the ideal weight is 600g. If they are substantially underweight they need to be taken in, we are happy to overwinter them. However they eat A LOT and we would appreciate any chicken flavoured cat food or Tesco chicken kitten biscuits if you would care to help us with their meals
This gorgeous lad came in recently as a result of an rta. He was unable to stand at all and we were unsure if he ever would. Look at him now, happy to be released .... Stay safe little one
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We thought this post was really useful advice to people who have visiting hedgehogs coming to their gardens. Its always a surprise to people how much hedgehogs eat, and that they do not hibernate for the whole winter.
Putting extra food out all through the winter helps our hogs, they wake up and an easy meal nearby means they can scoff, then return to their nest quickly, saving energy for the long, cold nights ahead
Please continue to put out food, all through winterHere's what I feed my hedgehogs every night - not the whole bag of biscuits or can of food obviously, I just put them there so you can see what I feed them. I also mix through some Arc Wildlife hedgehog complete food. The little black bowl is what I scatter under a bush next to one of my trail cams so I can get close up footage to keep an eye on them. This with a few bowls of water placed around the garden gets devoured every night, with just a few crumbs left for the birds to finish off in the morning.
If all the food is being eaten, then you need to put out more, a little left over means you're providing enough.
The bowls are washed in hot soapy water every day before refilling for the nightshift.
At this time of year hedgehogs will eat way more than you think they can. What we provide is possibly all they can find now.
We have a Gulliemot in need of transport to the centre. Currently at Fochabers vets but could be picked up from Banff this evening if necessary. Could anyone help with either? Please call us on 07962253867 if you can.
How wonderful. Thanks so much for your supportWe've chosen animal charities as this year's fundraising focus, so we've been busy making purple poppies which commemorate the animal loss in war, including millions of horses, mules and donkeys in WWI alone.
We sold them round the office to raise funds for The New Arc Charity Shop - Ellon and Halfpenny-Farm Animal Sanctuary.
We have an injured squirrel near Elgin that needs transported to the centre. If anyone can help please call us on 0796 2253867
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If anyone would like one of these awesome calendars you can get one here or we can send one out to you - only £8.99 a calendar (+ P&P) and several of the photos feature NEW ARC residents (including wildlife manager Flo and volunteer Kevin, as well as animals of course!). In addition to ourselves, the calendar benefits the Sophie Lancaster Foundation - a charity started to protect people of alternative subcultures from prejudice. It is a slightly different, fun calendar to have on your wall!
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Landmarks around the north-east have played host to a spooky charity photoshoot.We're staying open till 7pm on Halloween for late shoppers and 'trick or treaters'. Our HALF PRICE SALE is still on so there'll be bargains galore plus sweeties for the kids. Ben and Emma will be dressed up (I'm scary enough without a costume bwahahaha) so we hope you'll pop in and see us xx
Contained hedgehog needing transport from Drumoak to ourselves please, if anybody could help 🙂
Sorted thanks Gordon
Transport help needed please. Contained bird from strichen to ourselves if anybody is free please
Have you heard about the pigeon that swallowed its own beak?
No! It’s not a joke!
Over the years The New Arc has had to deal with a variety of unusual incidents, but this one has to rate on the very top perch!
Earlier this week we were contacted by a concerned family about a pigeon in their garden behaving oddly. They were kind enough to catch it and take it to the centre to see what we could do.
Much to their horror we pointed out that the birds top beak was apparently missing. (picture 1) It was not immediately obvious if the top part of the beak had either been broken off completely or had snapped near the base in some sort of accident or collision.
To say the least the prognosis for the bird was not good and the family left assured that we would do what we could to assist and if necessary, relieve any suffering.
However, after examining the bird in detail Pauline realised that she could feel some part of the beak inside the throat of the bird and began to manipulate the beak. At this point we did not know how much of the beak was going to be intact or how damaged it was, but that she had to make the effort.
Much to our surprise after some intense manipulation, out popped the top beak and amazingly it was in one piece and appeared completely undamaged! (picture2)
The bird spent several minutes walking around, shaking its head and getting re-accustomed to having everything back in place. It accepted some rehydration and the following morning we were delighted to see it feeding for itself and behaving as if nothing had happened.
‘Beaky’ is still being monitored, but as there appears to be no further damage caused by the incident and is behaving as expected, Beaky will soon be free to go.
How this accident happened in the first place is still a mystery, but we are all delighted that the ‘Davies’ family were prepared to make the effort to catch and transport Beaky to us so we could help.
We have a fantastic partnership with abillionveg, a free app that people can rate and share vegan food and beauty products on with others, and when you do you can help raise money for us here at The NEW ARC at no cost to yourself. This partnership has already seen over £1,000 raised to help the animals here,so if you want to help animals for free you can download the app from this link bit.ly/abvnewarc .
We have a fantastic partnership with abillionveg, a free app that people can rate and share vegan food and beauty products on with others, and when you do you can help raise money for us here at The NEW ARC at no cost to yourself. This partnership has already seen over £1,000 raised to help the animals here,so if you want to help animals for free you can download the app from this link bit.ly/abvnewarc .
MASCARA WAND APPEAL FINISHED!
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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