Wild Surrey Wildlife Rescue

Wild Surrey Wildlife Rescue We are dedicated to helping wildlife in and around Surrey. Based in Reigate, we are a husband and wife team, currently completely self funded.

If you would like to support our work please visit our website www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com πŸ’š

This is 'DynoRod', a beautiful old hedgehog that was found stuck down an open rainwater drain in South Godstone πŸ₯ΊπŸ’”His lo...
20/04/2025

This is 'DynoRod', a beautiful old hedgehog that was found stuck down an open rainwater drain in South Godstone πŸ₯ΊπŸ’”

His lovely elderly hero, Ivy, found 'DynoRod', however, she was unable to physically help him herself due to him being 2ft down the pipe, her mobility not what it used to be in her younger years and being very upset about her find. πŸ’”πŸ˜’

She called Hurst Hedgehog Haven for help, who were over an hour away from Ivy at the time and were unable to come straight out but despite this they rang round for someone who could help locally, as Ivy was in a lot of distress and worrying herself sick about poor little Rod stuck head first down the drain and he had already been stuck, potentially, coming up to 24hrs! They did not give up on him!

We received the call from the lovely Helen at Hurst Hedgehog Haven who was desperately trying to find help for DynoRod and Ivy, and we were only too happy to step in and help them.

Ross quickly got on scene and Rod was pulled to safety, only his very large size saved him from going out of reach further down the narrowing pipe. He was brought back to our HQ for assessment.

Helen and Ann at Hurst Hedgehog Haven had heartbreakingly called 23 other local wildlife rescues before us, one was only 20 mins away from Ivy, but none of them were willing to help!!

Unfortunately poor old Rod was not in a good way, he's an older hedgehog, he was very dehydrated, starving hungry and thin, he had a snuffly, crackling chest, a nose bleed, gunky eyes, he was filthy dirty and had a few grazes too, yet he was still the most gentle and friendly gentleman to assess πŸ₯ΉπŸ™

We decided he needed specialist help so we transported Rod to Helen but on the way we quickly popped back to Ivy's house as it was on route, she is hard of hearing so we thought it better to see her personally as she was SO distraught about poor old Rod, to reassure her that he was going to the best hog hospital, what will happen to him and make sure she was ok herself.

Rod was received with open arms by Helen and was quickly assessed. His treatment started immediately, starting with fluids, a lovely warm bath, a nebulizer treatment for his chest followed by a good meal.

DynoRod will remain with Helen until he makes a full recovery and has put on a healthy weight.
Once he is fit and healthy and they are happy with him, we will once again transport Rod from Helens back to Ivy's garden.

As you can see, he already feels much better having his bath and treatments startedπŸ’šπŸ’œ

Get well soon DynoRod! Your good friend Ivy is waiting for you!! πŸ₯ΉπŸ™πŸ’š

We would like to thank Helen and Ann at Hurst Hedgehog Haven for giving Rod the best treatment and care he could possibly have, and for supporting Ivy through this traumatic experience πŸ₯ΉπŸ™
They are truly the most lovely people and Rod is in the best place possible. He is one lucky hedgehog! πŸ’š

If you would like to support Rod with his treatments you can either donate directly to the wonderful Hurst Hedgehog Haven, Hedgehog Rescue. or PayPal your donation for us to forward to them using our account with the reference as 'FOR ROD': [email protected]

Thank you πŸ’š
Kim and Ross

20/04/2025

Add hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 to give them greater protection and help save the species from total extinction. We think hedgehogs should be given the same level of protection as other British Wildlife.

Sometimes it takes a whole team to get the job done and this is no exception 🧑🦊🧑Meet Rolo, a very poorly fox cub that wa...
18/04/2025

Sometimes it takes a whole team to get the job done and this is no exception 🧑🦊🧑

Meet Rolo, a very poorly fox cub that was brought into our friends at Rangers Lodge Wildlife Rescue in Colgate.

He has an infected, open fracture to his rear left leg.
The infection is killing him and he won't have long to live if action wasn't taken immediately...

With the joint effort of Rangers Lodge and Horsham Wildlife for calling in for help from The Fox Angle Foundation who then secured Rolo a place with the wonderful Kent Wildlife Rescue, who have a specialist veterinary surgeon for foxes.

It was then our job to quickly but carefully transport little Rolo overnight the 136 mile round trip, to get him the urgent and specialist care he so desperately needs to survive.

This tiny and very poorly boy is in a very grave condition, his body flooded with infection, he is fighting for his life.

He is too weak at the moment to undergo surgery to either pin his tiny leg back together or to amputate the lower part of his leg and foot.

All of the charities above and ourselves are desperately rallying round this Easter to cover the high costs for Rolo's surgery, which will happen after the Easter weekend, when he is hopefully strong enough for this huge operation on his tiny body.πŸ€žπŸ™πŸ₯Ί

If anyone can help with this huge upcoming vet bill, even Β£1 pound from each of our amazing followers would make such a huge difference and would be life saving for little Rolo, we would be so grateful πŸ₯ΊπŸ™πŸ₯Ή

Donations for Rolo can be made to our PayPal account
[email protected]
with the reference of
'FOR ROLO'
(Our website donation page is currently having issues so please use PayPal for now πŸ™πŸ˜˜)

All money received will go directly to Rolo and his leg operation.

Thank you all so much!

I know we can make this Easter miracle happen for him
πŸ’šπŸ™πŸ₯ΉπŸ€žπŸ§‘🦊🧑

Ross and Kim

Who's hungry?! These guys are going through a crazy amount of live food !If you would like to help support these babies ...
15/04/2025

Who's hungry?!

These guys are going through a crazy amount of live food !

If you would like to help support these babies by buying some of their favorite live food, please visit our Amazon wishlist 🩷

14/04/2025

It's baby central here at Wild Surrey Wildlife Rescue HQ, Reigate!
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In the last 48hrs we have rescued 5 black bird chicks, a mother duck and 21 ducklings!

Four of the black bird chicks were rescued because the local cats had found the nest site and kept flinging the baby chicks out of their nest and carrying them off up the garden.

Luckily the homeowner saw what was happening and kept retrieving the chicks and placing them back in the nest.

Unfortunately the mother black bird had abandoned the youngsters, now the cats knew where they were, so they were all brought in to safety and treatment for their wounds.

The fifth Blackbird chick was found in a garden. The nest could not be located and the mother bird was nowhere in sight, also possibly a cat encounter.
This chick was the same age as the other chicks so was added in with the others and immediately started eating with gusto with the encouragement of his new siblings.

The mother duck and her 14 ducklings were relocated to the safety of a private estate lake where there are no pike and no terrapins. πŸ’š

The other ducklings mother unfortunately abandoned them, so they were all captured and brought into safety.

While we were out getting more live food for the Blackbird chicks, we were approached by a lovely couple who saw our wildlife car parked outside, who had found a loan duckling on their property and came to the pet shop for help.

With no setup, no heat, no appropriate food, no mother duck in sight, it being a lone duckling and not having the knowledge they needed to raise a wild water bird, it was decided that the duckling was to come home with us to join the others.

Ducklings and other orphaned young animals need their siblings to snuggle with, to keep them company and to make them feel safe. The sound of them eating and drinking also encourages the others to copy and join in, which means we can take a more hands off approach. This in turn helps to keep them wild, giving them the best chance at survival and prepares them for their eventual release back into the wild.

Another family that was also shopping at the pet shop at the same time, who briefly spoke with us, I took the opportunity to educate their very curious young children about the small duckling that was found, what will happen with him and teaching them the most important lesson, that he is wild and not ours to keep, then when we got to the till, they kindly insisted that they pay for all of our live food!

Ross and I were choked up for a few seconds, our words escaped us and much hand shaking was done before we found our words again and could say thank you! πŸ’šπŸ˜…

All babies are doing well, eating and drinking as they should and are happy together with their new siblings.

If you find a wildlife casualty or orphan, please call us on 07932052522 πŸ“ž
Depending on the species, the advice and actions are different for youngsters. So please call us if possible first before picking any youngsters up.
If they are in immediate danger then do pick them up!

If you would like to support the work we do by making a donation into our little fund, please visit our donation page on our website:
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

If you have a physical item you would like to donate, please text the number above.

If you would like to buy us much needed new equipment or supplies, please find our Amazon wishlist pinned to the top of our page.

Thank you to all involved today, it was lovely meeting you all.

Kim and Ross πŸ’š

We have had a busy day again with 3 foxes, a duck and a poorly pigeon on the call out list. This is Norbert Mew from Dor...
08/04/2025

We have had a busy day again with 3 foxes, a duck and a poorly pigeon on the call out list.

This is Norbert Mew from Dorking.
He has been creating quite a stir on social media all day apparently and we have been unknowingly tagged multiple times about him, we are told, however we were finally made aware by a call directly to our emergency line and shot straight out to him.

We arrived and secured Norbert Mew quickly and found a multitude of injuries on him and again, he was so desperately thin and weak, barely able to stand unassisted πŸ’”

Once back at HQ, we gave him a thorough check over and found multiple injuries to his groin and legs but luckily it hasn't affected his urethra, as we first thought.

He had bite wounds to his hock joint, flank and a very deep and nasty wound to his elbow which were all infected so we flushed with saline. Unfortunately, in a previous encounter, he had also lost both testicles! πŸ₯ΊπŸ’”

This poor lad has really been through the wars but this time, not by human hands, but we think, by his own kind πŸ₯ΊπŸ™

Feeling very wobbly, scared and beaten up, he has had all wounds cleaned, been given painkillers, antibiotics, fluids, as he is extremely dehydrated, and a good meal, (again provided by our wonderful donors and followers, thank you all so much😘)

We are worried about this boy, he really is in a bad way being so very weak and incredibly thin. We just pray he has enough fight in him to recover πŸ™πŸ₯Ί

We will report in on him in the coming days so follow our page to stay up to date with the poorly fox, Norbert Mew 🧑πŸ₯ΊπŸ™

Please remember, if you need us please call us directly on 07932052522 πŸ“ž

We only pick up the phone if it rings, we do not monitor Facebook or other social media platforms as we simply do not have the spare time that it takes and it really is just Ross and myself πŸ™

The patients in our care and emergency calls will always take priority.

Thank you to Nathan again for his assistance with the very poorly Norbert Mew 🧑🦊

If you would like to support our wildlife work by making a donation, please visit our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

Thank you everyone πŸ’š
Kim and Ross

Today we were called out to this beautiful crow, affectionately named Gerald.He was found in the garden by two boys who ...
07/04/2025

Today we were called out to this beautiful crow, affectionately named Gerald.
He was found in the garden by two boys who noticed he had an injured foot and that he couldn't fly when approached.

We quietly caught him and gave him a check over.
His foot was completely curled up and he was walking on it knuckled over, but on inspection there are no broken bones, good blood flow, he still has a good strong grip and use of all toes, foot and leg.

He looks to be an older bird and just generally a little run down, again with the tell tell signs of gummy eyes.

He received fluids, pain relief, antibiotics, an eye clean and a good meal (again lovingly provided by our lovely followers and donorsπŸ–€) and left to rest and recover in our specially built bird rehab room.

As you can see, he is a stunning boy πŸ₯°πŸ™πŸ–€πŸ¦β€β¬›πŸ’š

Thank you to everyone who support us, making every rescue count πŸ™

Thank you πŸ’š
Kim and Ross

*Stumpy update*This beautiful fox came in with a multitude of problems, mange, bruising to his hip, ticks and desperatel...
07/04/2025

*Stumpy update*

This beautiful fox came in with a multitude of problems, mange, bruising to his hip, ticks and desperately thin but the worst being the end of his tail has been chopped off and a huge infection and maggots had set in.

We have taken off the bandages today that we put on when he first came in and to our relief what's left of his tail looks in really good health πŸŽ‰πŸ’šπŸŽ‰

No more necrotic flesh or skin and healthy pink flesh has settled down and, on close inspection, it is covering over the bone.
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This means little Stumpy won't need surgery πŸŽ‰πŸ™πŸ’š

We will continue to clean, apply the (ridiculously expensive) miracle wound healing gel, re-dress the bandages every other day, administer powerful painkillers and antibiotics and keep a close eye on him and his tail.

He was in a lot of pain when he first came in, his little body was just exhausted from fighting infections and he was miserable.
A horrid sight for such a beautiful animal to be suffering so badly.πŸ’”

So it was encouraging to see him digging and generally being a typically mischievous fox, (exactly how foxes should be) on this morning's clean out and breakfast time when we placed him in the holding crate to do his housekeeping!
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We will be ordering more vital wound gel, hospital supplies and equipment to continue his treatment and ongoing care over the coming weeks, which we now have covered thanks to all our wonderful supporters and donors πŸ™πŸ’šβ˜ΊοΈ

Honestly, we couldn't do this without the generosity of folks like you ! From the blankets, bowls, food (which he is currently enjoying with gusto) and every penny into our little fund to buy him some more miracle gel from the vets πŸ™πŸ’š

So thank you from the bottom of our hearts (and Stumpy's tail)

A big thank you to Nathan from Horsham wildlife yet again, for his experience and help with handling while we sorted his tail. πŸ’šπŸ™πŸ’š

And, of course, to all of our awesome donors who make all this possible πŸ™πŸ’šβ˜ΊοΈπŸŽ‰

Thank you!
Kim, Ross and Stumpy 🧑🦊🧑

Late last night we had a beautiful fox brought in to us by a lovely couple, who sacrificed their date night, in order to...
06/04/2025

Late last night we had a beautiful fox brought in to us by a lovely couple, who sacrificed their date night, in order to help an animal in desperate need.

He was found by the side of a busy main road looking rather sorry for himself in Epsom.

With the tell tell signs of infection somewhere, with gunky eyes, heavily covered in ticks, painfully thin, starving hungry, patches of lost fur plus a bite wound to the hip and being very very quiet, we quickly got him in and gave him a thorough check over.

Finding his tail much shorter than it should be and the end all covered in old, matted blood, and two perfectly shaven patches on his forearms we had a few clues as to what has happened to this beautiful boy.

Needing assistance with holding so we could investigate his injuries further, and Ross still not on top form after his failed hand surgery, we called on Nathan for help. πŸ’š

To our horror we found lots of fat, adult maggots buried deep in his tail, under masses of necrotic flesh and skin, full of infection and his tail bone exposed. It was clear that it had been deliberately and cleanly chopped off!

We set to work removing all the maggots, necrotic skin and cleaned the entire area before bandaging his tail.
Normally foxes do not respond well to bandages but we had little choice here and he was kept under very close observation.
He then received fluids, strong pain relief and given a good meal which he chugged down.

We couldn't risk giving him antibiotics at this time as we did not know when or what he had already received and too much will kill him.
This poor fox would have been in so much pain and to top it off he has mange too, which we have also started treatment for.

The general thoughts are that a vet has, with good intentions, taken the end of his tail off, whether this is due to injury or some kind of other trauma, stitched with dissolvable stitches and released him straight back out to the wild, without finding a rehabber, like ourselves, to allow him all the time he needs to recover, rest and heal, in a safe place with plenty of food, before returning him home once a full recovery made.

Poor 'Stumpy' is not out of the woods yet, we think he may need a further operation to correct the damage done to his tail but he needs to have a day or so to build up his strength as he is extremely weak and he has already been through so much.

We will keep everyone updated but if he does need surgery, we will need to pull our resources together to make this happen for him. πŸ™

If anyone can spare a small amount to go towards Stumpy's tail operation, every little helps as Tesco's says, or if you have any unwanted dog food, wet or dry, first aid, vet wrap and even unwanted metacam we would be SO incredibly grateful and it helps us and the animals MASSIVELY.
We can literally make use of practically ANYTHING πŸ™

Thank you everyone, we will keep you posted on this beautiful, gentle boy.
Keep everything crossed for him 🀞 πŸ’š
Kim, Ross and 'Nathan from Horsham wildlife' πŸ’šπŸ™

Two little doves πŸ•ŠοΈπŸ•ŠοΈThese guys were found by one of our tree surgeon friends while on a job in Esher, Surrey.Luckily fo...
27/03/2025

Two little doves πŸ•ŠοΈπŸ•ŠοΈ

These guys were found by one of our tree surgeon friends while on a job in Esher, Surrey.

Luckily for them, these guys are wildlife allies and have big hearts for all animals, they knew exactly what to do to help them and called us immediately.
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Normally, as I'm told by them, most other tree surgeons would 'just throw them in the chipper' because other wildlife centers in the past have heavily chastised them (trying to do the right thing) for bringing baby birds in to them for help! This absolutely breaks our hearts, please know that we are not like this! 😳😳πŸ₯ΊπŸ₯ΊπŸ’” and they were pleasantly surprised that we don't hold it against them or blame them and that they won't have to raise them themselves. πŸ˜πŸ˜…

So if you, or someone you know is a tree surgeon, builder, gardener, landscaper ect by trade or even a cat/dog owner/walker or gardener yourself, please know that we will not give you a telling off if you need our help with a wildlife orphan or casualty that you find. We are here to help, no matter what the situation, please just call usπŸ™πŸ’š

Accidents do happen, we cannot always be in full control of every single second of our day, all we want is to help the patient in question.
So please never fear us and do what these tree surgeons have done, come to us and save two little lives today. That's all we care about. Every life matters to us.
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So well done chaps for saving these two little chicks and for taking time out of your busy schedule to bring them to us!
We really appreciate it !
😘 πŸŽ‰πŸ’šπŸ™πŸŽ‰

Remember, if you find a wildlife casualty, please call us on
πŸ“ž 07932052522

To support our work please visit our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

Thank you to the tree surgeons today and for all of our supporters and followers, who, without your ongoing support, we just couldn't help so many animals, just like these little collared doves πŸ₯ΉπŸ•ŠοΈπŸ’šπŸ˜˜πŸŽ‰πŸ™πŸ’š
Kim and Ross

This fox cub was found in the gutter in Redhill with no mum or siblings in sight and something clearly wrong, he was sco...
26/03/2025

This fox cub was found in the gutter in Redhill with no mum or siblings in sight and something clearly wrong, he was scooped up by a member of the public and brought to one of our lovely Wild Surrey Wildlife Rescue supporters and avid fox lovers, Trisha, for help, who then called us.

We examined him and found he had no use or feeling in his back end at all, and had unnatural and laboured breathing.

We took him straight to Priory Vets in Reigate who saw him immediately.
The verdict was that he had been run over, his ribs crushed and had spinal damage.

He was slowly dying in front of us, suffering in pain and couldn't breathe.
His injuries were not survivable so the only option and the kindest thing was to gently put him to sleep πŸ’”

It's always hard when you have to make such a decision but when it's for young ones, it hits even harder.

We would like to thank the heroes of this little fox for finding him and keeping him safe from further harm until we arrived and of course to the lovely team at Priory Vets in Reigate who have once again come through to end the suffering of an animal. πŸ’šπŸ™

If you find a wildlife casualty please call us on
07932052522

Thank you to everyone who supports our work and enables us to help animals just like this little fox πŸ’™πŸ¦Š

If you would like to help and support the work we do by making a donation please visit our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

You can also donate physical items or help spread the word by sharing our posts and details πŸ™πŸ’šπŸ¦Š

Thank you!
Kim and Ross

One of today's call outs were to this beautiful dog fox in East Grinstead.Found initially limping, on arrival we saw him...
25/03/2025

One of today's call outs were to this beautiful dog fox in East Grinstead.

Found initially limping, on arrival we saw him very weak and disoriented.

We gave him a quick look over and could find no reason for his behavior. No outward signs of poisoning or RTA.

Unfortunately once loaded in the travel crate he took a few gasps and then became unresponsive. We rushed him to Priory Vets in Reigate but unfortunately he passed away in my arms as we took him in.

We would like to thank Brenda who found him and stayed with him until we arrived on site.

We also owe the Priory Vets in Reigate a big thank you for accommodating us without any prior call or appointment and rushing this very poorly boy in without any question or pause.
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These people have true care and compassion for ALL animals and although we couldn't save this, otherwise perfect looking fox, we are really grateful to have another wildlife ally πŸ™πŸ’š

Thank you Priory Vets in Reigate πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

Kim and Ross

Remember, if you find a wildlife casualty please call us immediately on:
07932052522 πŸ“ž

www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

This is Phil.Named after a road in Redhill where he was found as a chick a few weeks back. (Philanthropic Road)Now almos...
24/03/2025

This is Phil.
Named after a road in Redhill where he was found as a chick a few weeks back.
(Philanthropic Road)

Now almost fully grown, Phil unfortunately has a very nasty, highly contagious, viral disease called PMV which is common in feral pigeons up and down the country, particularly in chicks but most are seen in adults.

Phil is 1 of 3 pigeons that we are currently supporting through PMV πŸ™πŸ₯Ή

It is almost always fatal and causes neurological issues, these can stay permanently or improve with support, such as a twisted neck, spinning, inability to hold head up, difficulty walking, poor aim to pick up food and coordinating some or all body parts, causing an inability to walk and/or fly, just to name a few.

In strict isolation and with lots of time, specialist care, supplements and tube feeding where necessary, some do survive this nasty disease.
After 10 weeks, they are no longer contagious AND if they survive and recover, they are immune for life πŸ™πŸ’š

Phil is doing really well, receiving all of the above from us and has made great improvements over the past couple of weeks. πŸŽ‰
We are thinking about starting his flight training very soon but we are being led by him for when this will happen.

Keeping stress levels down to a minimum is vital in his recovery as stress makes the symptoms worsen.

Well done little Phil πŸ˜πŸ’šπŸ™

If you would like to support animals, just like Phil and many others currently in our care, you can do so by making a donation on our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

You can also support our work by following and sharing our little page, donating newspapers, food, blankets, beds and basically anything to do with any pets πŸ™‚ we have a use for practically anything!

Thank you!
πŸ’š Kim and Ross πŸ’š

We now have contact cards available for those of you that would like one to keep on you, to give out to family and frien...
21/03/2025

We now have contact cards available for those of you that would like one to keep on you, to give out to family and friends or to pin to your work or village notice board.
So when you next see us please ask for one ! πŸ’š

The last couple of days have been up and down, as it is with any type of rescue.We have been inundated with calls, for f...
19/03/2025

The last couple of days have been up and down, as it is with any type of rescue.

We have been inundated with calls, for foxes, deer, swans, pigeons, doves and pheasants and on top of all that Ross was in hospital for a hand operation (don't worry, it was not caused by any of our patients or rescues!) and is currently bandaged and in a sling, having picked him up straight from the hospital, I announced that I had a quick call out to a fox in Manor Royal on the way home but gave him strict instructions not to get out of the car and to rest in the warm (he was in his pjs still)!!

Needless to say he has no idea what the word 'rest' means, oblivious and uncaring to the fact he wasn't dressed, he didn't stay in the car, to which he had me marching back towards him, aggressively waving the grab pole at his head and pointing at the car with the net while mouthing 'get back in that car!' which he quickly scurried back like a naughty school boy in his slippers !! πŸ€£πŸ˜…πŸ«£

Luckily this fox was fine & didn't need to come into rehab and I think he had a good laugh at us too! πŸ€£πŸ™πŸ’š

I really hope Ross's surgeon is not on our page ! Sorry if you are, he's a wild man, he wants to help, what can I say, I try my best but I should have taken him home first rather than waving a very large wildlife grab pole at his head just after he had surgery but in my defence he did promise not to get out of the car !!🀷🀣🫣

One of our other calls the next day included a bird stuck in a chimney.
Luckily for us, and the bird, there was easy access from inside the fireplace and I managed to easily and quickly catch the bird, a beautiful jackdaw, checked his eyes and chest, gave him a full bill of health and released him straight back out in the garden, plus Ross was dressed this time! Win win πŸŽ‰πŸ‘πŸ₯°

So with the ups, inevitably, there are downs and this one is a bit of a kicker for me to write. πŸ’”πŸ₯Ί

Sadly, just as I was setting up for little fox cub Vern's feed, as I did every 2 hours round the clock, as I was tending to his toilet needs before his bottle, he suffered a sudden seizure. I held him to my chest while it passed, then proceeded to give him urgent critical care while desperately calling my vet but sadly there was nothing I could do to save him and he just faded away in my hands. I didn't even have time to wake Ross, it happened SO fast. πŸ’”πŸ₯Ί

Shock doesn't even come close, as you all know he was progressing so well and this came completely without warning.

This all happened as another urgent call to a deer was coming in, so I'm sorry for those who couldn't get through to us while I was dealing with this home emergency. πŸ™πŸ₯Ί
We did attend but thankfully the deer had already been taken by a member of the public to a local vets to be put to sleep πŸ’”πŸ™

Shortly after, another animal in need, a cygnet had flown into a pylon.
Again sadly she didn't survive her injuries. πŸ’”

The highs and the lows...
What do they say... You can't have the highs without the lows ?!

It's all part of this line of work, as it is with any rescue or urgent care unit and as we all to well know ourselves but it doesn't make the losses any easier.

Rest in peace now little Vern.
You were so loved, by so many, far and wide.
As a good friend said to me today, you were just a visiting angel πŸͺ½πŸ™πŸ₯ΊπŸ™πŸͺ½

I am so grateful and incredibly lucky to have such a supportive, loving, awesome (and forgiving) husband, that blindly follows me into this wildlife rescuing life we now lead together, even when I am threatening him with wildlife equipment πŸ™πŸ«£πŸ˜…
One of these days we might even get round to having our (extremely late) valentines evening together!!

Thank you to all, as always, you guys are just amazing.
Kim and Ross

www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

'Where would we be without our friends 'Another manic day today for Ross and myself, multiple calls outs and me continui...
15/03/2025

'Where would we be without our friends '

Another manic day today for Ross and myself, multiple calls outs and me continuing the hourly feds for little Vern throughout the day around everything but we have met some truly lovely folks and what can I say about our amazing wildlife friends... πŸ’š

First we had yet another heavily pregnant roe deer, unfortunately she had been involved in an RTA (road traffic accident) sometime during the night near Sidlow Bridge and suffered a badly broken leg and hip.
The only and kindest option for her was euthanasia as this is not a recoverable injury and she was badly suffering.
Thank you to her finder for staying with her and I'm so sorry for not getting your name !πŸ™

Our friends at Mavern Veterinary Care in Sutton, where little Vern the fox cub initially came in last week, were again, happy to help us without question or pause.
We are so grateful to them πŸ™

The vets, nurses and staff alike at this practice are second to none, have absolute, genuine hearts of gold and were, like us, so saddened to see that such a beautiful creature had sustained such a horrific injury. The care and compassion shown to this deer by the whole team in her final moments was so moving.
Thank you to all at Mavern vets in Sutton πŸ’šπŸ™

Then we had a call regarding a collapsed fox in Caterham, luckily our friends from Horsham Wildlife took on this call as they could get to him much faster than we could. Thank you Nathan and Beth
πŸ¦ŠπŸ™πŸ’š

As we neared home, another call, this time from Lin and Jane from the Wild Surrey Facebook group, they had found a magpie while out litter picking in Woodhatch, just down the road from our HQ, that was unable to fly, possibly a window strike victim πŸ’šπŸ¦β€β¬›

Then onto the next, a pipistrelle bat that had been found on a doorstep and freezing cold in Copthorne. πŸ¦‡

Another call, directed from our wildlife friend, Linda, from Swans and Friends, for a pheasant that had been attacked by a cat in Edenbridge.πŸ“

We then visited the Oxted viaduct to get the bridge number, contact details and photos, that we had reports of netting trapping pigeons in, to start a case with the RSPCA, as being over 60ft up, unfortunately they are out of our reach.🐦

Then on to our second fox call of the day, again from another of our rescuer friends in Billingshurst and again we had our Horsham wildlife friends, Nathan and Beth offer to attend this case while I weighed, medicated and settled all of the new patients in. Thanks yet again guys πŸ¦ŠπŸ’šπŸ™πŸ˜˜

Then finally, a call out for a robin in Smallfield that we think has been another victim of a window strike which Ross attended alone as I was now caring for my long standing patients, medicating and cleaning out and back on Vern feeding duties!🐦

We are so lucky to call all these people friends πŸ™πŸ’š
There is no way Ross and I could have given all of these animals today the best care alone and without the help from our friends. The animals and there wellbeing are always our first priority πŸ™
Thank you everyone. πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

To all our finders today, thank you for staying with your casualties while we made our way to you. This makes a HUGE difference to the animals involved and made finding them effortless and vastly cut down time suffering πŸ’šπŸ™

If you find a wildlife casualty please call us immediately on
07932052522 πŸ“ž

If you would like to support our work by making a donation please visit our website
www.wildsurreywildliferescue.com

Thank you
Kim & Ross

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