Chirpy’s Allies

24/11/2024

We’ve been dealing with this absolute hell hole for several weeks in Retford, we’ve attended multiple times to collect trapped pigeons that have fell through the roof (you can see on the images how the ceiling has caved in and become unsafe). They can’t get out and there are at least 20 dead birds in the building.

During the summer it was baby birds mainly, now it’s adults getting trapped in the shop. It’s a very long shop so even with 1 window broken they can’t get out they just smash into the windows and become injured.

We have made the police aware several times of what we are doing when entering the building, and they have been fine with us attending.

We have spoken to the council multiple times, others have contacted the RSPCA who are waiting for me to update them once environmental health decide what they want to do about this horrendous building.

The place is not owned by anyone according to the land registry, so the responsibility for the building being so unsafe lies with the council. We are getting no where. Having the place fumigated / boarding it up with the birds inside is NOT an option. But the building desperately needs knocking down / securing so no more birds can get inside. As rescues myself and 2 others are offering to assist in the safe removal of the birds so that the building can be secured but it is too unsafe for us to attempt to do this.

The birds have been unwell, all of the babies died from disease even when receiving treatment, tonight we have collected a very poorly adult bird.

To make things even better we were verbally abused by the neighbouring pub for going in to help these birds - so kind of them to shout and swear at us, telling us they’re going to ring the birds necks. How kind.

We will be helping these birds as often as it’s reported to us. I will be ringing the council again tomorrow and I would like to make it clear how dangerous this building is.

We’re putting ourselves at risk and will continue to do so while ever these animals need our help. Should the building collapse whilst I’m in there I’d like all of our following to know how much we have tried to get help and have someone take accountability for this building.

And to be clear, I will not tolerate abuse from anyone.

Bassetlaw District Council Windy Ridge Bird Rescue Pigeon are friends

24/11/2024

Check out our fundraising page, we have a fun doggy Christmas hamper up for grabs and a human one to follow! 😍

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23/11/2024

Rest in peace our Binxy.

My heart is so heavy tonight. The pain of losing an animal never gets easier, I think as animal owners, or rescue workers, we’ll all agree they take part of us with them when they leave.

The only way I can continue onwards is to try and truly believe they go somewhere much more peaceful and happy than this place on earth… I saw this image and it made me cry for Binx. Her short life so full of illness, cast aside like she meant nothing. But oh she did mean something.

I hope in her short time with me she felt all of the love I had for her in my heart. I hope she’s now somewhere beautiful, with all of my other animals that were lost but loved forever… until we meet again, we love you beyond measure spicy Binx. I’m so, so sorry I couldn’t do more.

23/11/2024

UPDATE: Binx has sadly passed away. Please do not send any further donations for her. I’m so sorry to post this update. She died in my arms. I am broken in every way tonight. I’m not sure how much more pain I can take. I’m so sorry everyone 💔😢

Binx is exceptionally poorly. Her cat flu has completely taken over and she is so weak.

She’s been back to the vets today and given a different type of antibiotic and a dose of diuretics as it’s suspected she now has pneumonia.

They didn’t hospitalise her because all they were going to do is what I’m doing at home, incubator care and nebuliser - so the vet advised we take her home and watch her closely. She’s put weight on since her last vet visit and her eyes have improved. But she is so poorly. If she declines at all I want to have her hospitalised, regardless of what they offer being what I have at home, I’m not a vet. Hospitalisation is £500, I’d like to try and raise some of that in case we need it.

Right now it’s a waiting game to see if her body starts to respond to the medication. If it doesn’t, there is little else they can do 😢 we are breaking our hearts watching this fiery little girl fade. This is the very worst part of rescue.

The vet has advised us NOT to put Binx to sleep just yet, but has reminded us that this is a very possible outcome if she doesn’t show some improvement over the next 12 hours.

I’m syringe feeding her tiny amounts of food and water, being careful not to allow her to aspirate.

She’s currently incubated and has had 1 lot of saline via nebuliser, which hopefully helps to clear her lungs slightly.

This week so far we have spent £190 just on Binx.

Please, please consider donating. £1 donations add up. If everyone donated only £1 it would allow us to help Binx and many more. We still have the goose with an upcoming wing operation that we have to fund raise for too… we have to beg for your help at this point.

I know it’s such a hard time of year with Christmas coming up but we are putting all of our funds including our own money into the rescue at the moment. I don’t want money to be the only reason we can’t give our animals absolutely every chance they deserve.

Thank you for your support…

PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363

23/11/2024

Dedicating yourself to caring for animals isn’t a 9-5 job.

It’s unpaid. It’s hard work. It’s sleepless nights.

It’s panicking about funding and how to make ends meet. It’s a never ending pressure of knowing these animals rely on you entirely because if you don’t do it, no one else will.

It’s doing this along side your paid job. Trying to juggle being a parent, a partner, having any form of social life.

It’s dealing with entitled members of public who think you owe them something. Who think you have time to drive miles to collect animals, as well as nurse the ones you already have in your care. Meanwhile they sit in their house with the car on the drive.

It’s running social media, trying to stay present. Worrying about how often you ask for funds to keep precious lives like these going, because the vets bills are never ending…

Running an animal rescue is so hard and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about stopping it all. But then little animals like Binx need me. Myself and every other animal rescue worker sacrifice so much of ourselves to do this. And I don’t say that for praise or reward, but to simply highlight that this isn’t all rainbows and kittens - it’s genuinely the hardest part of my life.

- The ramblings of a sleepy Rosie

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22/11/2024

Sorry we’ve been quiet… we’ve been so busy.

🖤 Binx kitten is very poorly. It’s breaking our hearts seeing this precious baby decline. She’s at the vets again tomorrow after being seen yesterday. She’s on antibiotics via injection, eye drops, had subcutaneous fluids, being fed a/d recovery food. We are trying so hard to keep her going but I’m getting to the point where I’m starting to fear the worst. Little kittens lose their condition so quickly, she’s losing weight and genuinely it’s breaking our hearts 😿 please keep her in your thoughts… we are trying so hard and desperately want to see her pull through.

😻 Maggie has continue to go from strength to strength, she’s full of energy - she loves playing and running around at very inappropriate times of the night 🤣 even her little meow is louder 😻 I’m absolutely thrilled with her improvement and I’m also totally shocked by it. We may start looking for a forever foster for her now that she’s improving, not fully decided yet but I do think she’d benefit from having more room to explore if the right person offered her a home.

🕊️ The birds have had it hard with this freezing cold weather, I covered the aviary in thick water proof blankets to keep the wind and snow out which seems to have worked well…

🎄 Watch this space as we have a Christmas hampers or 2 being posted on our fundraising page (I’ll post the link in the comments)…

💰 Our funds are genuinely at an all time low and our vets bills are none stop, especially for Binx. If you would like to donate please consider doing so via the details below, you really do keep us going… ❤️‍🩹

PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363

20/11/2024

⭐️ Tiger and Rocky ⭐️

This gorgeous pair are loving life in their foster home but we desperately want to get them a forever home before Christmas. They’ve not had a single application or enquiry… 😿

This brother duo were saved from being drowned 💔 so they are lucky to be alive. But they desperately need a home!!

Both boys are super friendly, Rocky (darker in colour) is a little more nervous but can still be picked up and smooched like he’s a baby 😹

Please share, we need to get this gorgeous pair in their forever home!! ❤️

📍Barnsley
✅ Microchipped
✅ Neutered
✅ Worm and Flea treated
✅ Fiv / FeLV negative
✅ Ready to go!

Tiger and Rocky need an indoor only home, access to a catio / cat proof garden is encouraged. They are currently living happily with other cats in foster.

Please message to enquire. Please share 😻

17/11/2024

😻Maggie Update😻

Our gorgeous Maggie is going really well I’m pleased to report… the steroids have started to make a difference, she’s gone from a starting weight of 2.2kg to 3.6kg! She thought she’d show you all her chunky shaved tum from her scan, she’s such a babe 😹

What a girl! She was doing midnight zoomies last night for the first time, the change in her behaviour and appearance is bigger than I’d imagined we’d achieve. She’ll remain with the rescue for her life so that we can ensure she never gets to a state of neglect ever again, and also so that we can ensure regular vet visits which at present are every 1-2 weeks.

Of course our Maggie will need to be on steroids for the remainder of her life, as well as hydrolysed food and supplements to support her body. We really can’t do this without your support.

Our funds are at quite a low at the moment, so we have to really beg for financial support. Please, if you can spare even £1 it’s major! Imagine if each one of our 1500 followers donated £1, it would help us so much and help us continue to help animals.

Please consider donating via the details below, we desperately need your support:

PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363
❤️

17/11/2024

So, whilst we were releasing the swan we spotted this Canadian Goose with an injured wing…

I managed to grab her and sadly her wing is very badly broken, so I’m glad we managed to get her! She’s had some pain relief and I’m going to ring my vets in the morning to see if they can do anything to help. Sadly she may need putting to sleep, but we’ll go with what the vet advises.

If she does have surgery to remove part of the wing / fix it in place she’ll need a sanctuary space to live out her days - if anyone knows of any rescues that may be willing to offer her a space please tag them. Of course this depends on what the vet recommends, but we’d like to know she has somewhere to go if it works out in her favour!

We’ll try our best… 🖤

If you would like to donate towards the runnings of our rescue, including our never ending vets bill please consider doing so via the details below. This week alone we’ve spent around £300 on vets and supplies… we urgently need your support to continue our hard work. Thank you 🖤

PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363

16/11/2024

🦢 Saturday night swan rescue 🦢

What else would we be doing on a miserable, rainy Saturday night? Myself and Emma from Windy Ridge Bird Rescue were called to help this young lad, who was seen crash landing today in Clayworth.

He ended up down a steep embankment, which was covered in nettles… I wish I’d been wearing something other than leggings, my entire lower half is currently tingling / burning 🫣🤣 we might be nettled to buggery, but at least this lad is safe for the night where he can rest and recover from his mishap.

Glad to report there are no obvious injuries! From previous crash landed swan experience, I’m hoping after a nights rest he’ll be feeling much better tomorrow and ready for release! 🦢

Big thanks to Emma for being a fab rescue buddy and Laura for making sure he got the help he needed! 🤍

15/11/2024

Please share… 5er or less Fridayyyy! Could you spare £1-£5? Added together it makes such a huge difference and we have upcoming vet appointments for Maggie, Binx and some birds… ✨❤️‍🩹

This weeks total was £38.50!! Thank you so much everyone, to put that into perspective it will pay for 1 of Maggie’s injections… you are making a difference!! ❤️

⭐️IT’SSSSSS FIVER (or less) FRIDAYYYY⭐️

It’s Friday which means 1 thing… we want to kindly ask you to consider substituting an ‘unnecessary purchase’ today to support our animals!

Be it a coffee, a tasty treat or an extra pint… sending us that £5 or less instead will make a huge difference to help us save as many animals as possible!

At the end of each Friday we’ll add up the amount and post to let you know our total for the day! Even if the amount isn’t huge, it’s an amount that goes directly to our animals care… Please consider supporting us! Thank you so much ❤️

Please reference your donation as ’FIVERFRIDAY’

PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363

15/11/2024

This weeks total was £38.50!! Thank you so much everyone, to put that into perspective it will pay for 1 of Maggie’s injections… you are making a difference!! ❤️

⭐️IT’SSSSSS FIVER (or less) FRIDAYYYY⭐️

It’s Friday which means 1 thing… we want to kindly ask you to consider substituting an ‘unnecessary purchase’ today to support our animals!

Be it a coffee, a tasty treat or an extra pint… sending us that £5 or less instead will make a huge difference to help us save as many animals as possible!

At the end of each Friday we’ll add up the amount and post to let you know our total for the day! Even if the amount isn’t huge, it’s an amount that goes directly to our animals care… Please consider supporting us! Thank you so much ❤️

Please reference your donation as ’FIVERFRIDAY’

PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363

14/11/2024

🖤🤧BINX UPDATE🤒🖤

Little Binx is continuing to improve on her antibiotics, her eyes are so much brighter now! 😻

She’s eating well and enjoying play time today… 🧶

She’ll need to be isolated for some time to make sure the incubation period for cat flu has passed. We’re hopeful she’ll continue to recover! 🖤

13/11/2024

🤧 Little Binx Update 🤒

This sweet little girlie is quite poorly 💔

She’s started her oral antibiotics today, and will be seeing the vet again towards the end of the week. She’s eating well, enjoying lots of cuddles and is being kept lovely and toastie to help her recover.

Fingers crossed she continues to improve 😻

If you would like to donate towards the care of our animals and help us towards future animals too, below are our details ❤️
PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363

12/11/2024

🖤💔 Rest in peace Poppy 💔🖤

Poppy came to Chirpy’s as our first ever cat, with her babies; Billie, Zuzu, Vimto and Mango.

She came from an unsafe situation where threats were made to shoot her and her 5 week old babies. No other rescues had space for them, which is why we offered to help.

While Poppys babies tamed up amazingly and went on to find the most beautiful forever homes, Poppy remained a feral, spicy lady and after a long time trying to tame her we decided to find her a feral home - and we found her the very best with Pat, Lydia and family.

They adopted Poppy and had her living in one of their fabulous big barns for 6 weeks, enclosed safely so she knew where home was. Poppy has only been out exploring for a week and was horrendously hit by a car last night 😢

I have to thank Pat and Lydia for all they have done, I could not have asked for more genuinely caring people to take an animal. They welcomed Poppy into their family regardless of her grumpy ways 🥹 and created a beautiful safe surrounding for her, even with cameras set up to watch over her. Poppy joined them in a rural setting where she could live out her life with little human interaction, but a safe place to call home. My heart is broken, I am so sorry that this has happened 💔

Also, thank you to Poppys Foster mum and dad Becky and Max who tried so hard to tame this spicy girl for several weeks 💔

Rest in peace sweet Poppy. You were a direct victim of the problem in this country; people not spaying and neutering their pets. You suffered at the hands of humans and I pray you’re somewhere peaceful now, feeling only safety and happiness 💔🖤

11/11/2024

🖤BINX🖤

Here we are again asking for help… It’s never ending and we are sorry to have to beg for your help once more…

Binx was found in Gainsborough on a farm track, barely alive. She was first spotted in the same place 24 hours before being helped, so had been alone for quite some time. It’s a miracle she survived for so long before being helped 💔

She’s been to the vets today and has been diagnosed with cat flu, so she’s quite poorly. She’s sneezing up some grim stuff 💔

Binx is approximately 4-5 weeks old and such a little sweet heart. She’s got the personality of a fearless panther, she will bite your finger with such passion and then seconds later be purring and snoozing in your arms 😹 the fight within her is something we are really happy to see and pray it’s a good indicator that she may recover.

Binx is now settled in foster with no other cats, so there’s no risk of any spread. Poor baby Binx has had an antibiotic injection, has oral antibiotics to start later this week and eye drops for her gunked up eyes ❤️‍🩹

We aren’t a cat rescue… but we could genuinely take multiple cats a day into our rescue and not even be a drop in the ocean of cats needing help. It’s terrible, it’s shocking and we are trying to do our bit to help where we can. People need to neuter and spay their cats. This pain and suffering is caused by irresponsible owners.

As a rescue we are constantly assessing what we can take on realistically with our funds. Of all the animals we have the ability to help, cats are just in constant demand for help. It’s heart breaking and genuinely hurts the soul, because we are such a small rescue we are so limited to what we can do. Your help and donations extends the amount we can work to help cats in need like Binx ❤️‍🩹

Please if you can spare any donation, it would be greatly appreciated for all the animals in our care. Today the bill came to £85.26. That’s just 1 vet visit with 1 poorly kitten. Thank you so much to our supporters old and new. We cherish all you do to help these animals ❤️

PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363

10/11/2024

Please share our gorgeous cats up for adoption… it’s devastatingly slow finding these babies homes 💔 please, please share. Message for details ✨