Annual charity fundraiser in a new COVID-safe format!
We are open 10:00-16:00 as usual up until Sunday 23rd December.
CHRISTMAS EVE: 10:00-14:30
CHRISTMAS DAY: CLOSED
BOXING DAY: CLOSED
Then from the 27th we will be open as usual 10:00-16:00, including New Years Eve and New Years Day.
And don't worry about the animals, staff will still be on site over Christmas taking care of everyone ☺️
⚠️ WEATHER UPDATE ⚠️ Our festive encounter day is still taking place. But please note the bottom wooded area is still closed off for public safety which means the play area/mud kitchen is not accessible. Strix our owl also won’t be flying today. But he will be out and about inside doing a meet and greet at his usual time of 11am. The reindeer feeds are currently to take place as planned.
🎅 10:30 Bug & Reptile handling
🎅 11:00 Strix the owl
🎅 11:30 Reindeer feeding
🎅 12:00 Armadillo encounter
🎅 1:30 Bug & Reptile handling
🎅 2:30 Armadillo encounter
🎅 3:00 Reindeer feeding
Our craft room is open from 10am until 3pm, as is Santa's Grotto!!
💋 🐕
This is Lake District. Are there any sniffer dogs available???
Daily reminder that Turtles are not “inside” their shells. They *are* their shells.
A tortoise/turtle shell contains nerves that connect to its central nervous system. So they can feel pain and pleasure when their shells are touched, stroked, knocked, dropped, or injured.
Contrary to what many people believe the shell is an inseparable part of their anatomy, forming part of its skeletal structure. The ribs and spine are fused inside the shell and contain nerves connected to the nervous system.
Take away - be gentle with your tortoise and give their shell a stroke, they will probably enjoy it 🐢
Credit: Marie McVean
Wishing you all a wonderful long Jubilee weekend!
You can now find us within Gulliver’s Valley Resort, Rotherham
Sounds paw'fectly reasonable to me!! 🍰
Sheffield based birdrescue needs your help!!!!
** We need a helping hand! **
I know it seems like quite a while away yet, but we really need to be ready for baby bird season.
We're getting busier and busier every year, and it's gone past being something we can do by ourselves now. We need help, so I'm creating this post, so I have a list to hand of people that may be able to help.
Before April, I need some volunteers if possible. We need people who can take baby birds to hand rear with some training. We also need to get our new charity shop up and running with volunteers. We also need people who may be able to fundraise, and also people who can occasionally transport birds if fuel is paid for.
If you feel you could help in any way mentioned above, please leave a comment with what it is you can potentially help with.
Thank you in advance x
Photo of Pocket because she rocks x
Cancer is happening right now, which is why I'm taking part in a Race for Life to raise money and save lives. 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work.
It’s sad but we have to accept that the lifespan of our pets is not like humans. This incredible journey of our pups till they get older is captured through photography. The idea behind to relish this journey is created in the form of a project by Amanda Jones. Jones has dedicated the past 20 year...
Our latest "We Need a Home" Poster. Please share, and help us find these beauties a new home!
This is Rachel.
Rachel firmly believes that people should take responsibility for their own decisions and face up to the consequences. Other people, that is.
Rachel got an expensive new pup, Ziggy. She decided not to insure Ziggy because her last dog hadn't got poorly, and she thought this would be a reasonable guide to future investments. As the last house she lived in didn't burn down, she presumably also decided that House Insurance is a waste of money too, but that's another story.
Rachel's had a few misfortunes with Ziggy - firstly she ran her over in her Volvo, but vets were able to see her as an emergency, stabilise her, image and diagnose a fractured pelvis, relieve Ziggy's pain and establish that the injuries would get better with rest and physiotherapy, rather than need expensive surgery. Ziggy made a full recovery.
Then, Ziggy ate some peach stones. One got stuck in her intestine, causing a life threatening blockage. Her vets were able to operate before Ziggy's bowel ruptured, and so an agonising death from peritonitis was avoided. Thats bowel surgery: it's tricky, a highly skilled surgery technique. Ziggy made a full recovery then too.
After that, the pup found a corn husk and ate it; a life threatening obstruction again, bowel surgery successful once more as again, her vets saved her life and Ziggy recovered once more.
You might well think Rachel, and Ziggy, have had excellent care and service from their vets.
Rachel does some writing for a living, and lots of people read her articles.
Rachel had an opportunity to publicly thank the vets, vet nurses and vet practice staff who had treated her beloved pet so successfully each time. Rachel had an opportunity to warn the general public of the mishaps that might befall their pets. Rachel even had an opportunity to sensibly advise her readers to take out pet insurance, having experienced the consequences of her own actions not to do so.
Instead, Rachel chose to rage type an anger splatter article because she had to pay for her pet's treatment herself. She aimed her bile at a veterinary profession full of people who care desperately about their patients and their clients; people who've studied extensively to be able to perform highly skilled medical and surgical procedures with optimum outcomes; people who are often trapped in the position of caring for sick animals when owners haven't made provision for their healthcare; and a profession of people who all to frequently (as is very well documented) struggle at a cost to their own financial and personal wellbeing. A profession of people whose determination to do the best for their patients often means they simply give more than they have.
Instead of taking responsibility for her own decisions, and appreciating the wonderful service she and her pet had received, Rachel chose to be a figurehead and banner-waver for those who don't appreciate their vets, those who find fault to complain, those who strike yet one more small hammer blow complaint on the strong people of our profession, and sometimes that is the hammer blow that causes their metal to fatigue, their iron to crack, that important bridge to fall, and their families, friends and colleagues to feel the very greatest loss.
We know people like that, in these extra difficult times feeling those hammer blows so hard, right now, and in some cases, very sadly, the tense is different - we knew people like that, and they fell.
Don't be like Rachel. Your words may 'vent', give you an outlet, even make you feel better. But the more people who hear, or read them, the more impact they have; and every one of those impacts is another, another, and yet another hammer tap. And people get broken.
So please... just don't be like Rachel.
Drive by flamingo 😂😂😂haha sorry it’s my sons birthday. And he and D’arcy put the sign up weeks ago. Decided to check it out with Bob on our way from education morning at school. And well. I captured the moment. Bob meets Bob.
Go to paypal.me/TheSpecialBranch and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
Apologies for the delay, we have been working very hard looking after all of your lovely pets! Congratulations to everyone who won items in our auction, we will be contacting the winning bidders shortly to arrange delivery of your goodies.
Item No. 4: Animal of your choice made from solid brownie, topped with chocolate buttercream, made by our receptionist and resident vet student, Maddy. Dietary requirements can be adjusted for, standard (well regarded) recipe contains dairy, almonds and walnuts and is gluten free. Can be delivered locally or posted UK-wide.
13 Crookes Road
Sheffield
S105BA
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