Little Paws Ferret Rescue

22/01/2025

Apologies, our next walk will be on Sunday 9th of Feb as it is our lovely show on the 2nd! Hope we can see you all at both of these 🙂

04/01/2025

Lovely fresh morning on the walk today at Saltwell Park. Thanks to everyone that came along, it was lovely meeting new faces and catching up with old.

Dodge enjoy a frosty wander and a cuddle in the cafe after. ❤️

01/01/2025

Little Paws hopes that everyone has had a lovely and merry Christmas, both us humans and our furry, scaley & feathery friends alike, and would also like to wish everyone a Happy New Year today.

For 2025 this year we would love to get the walks back up and running again, plus our lovely Ferret Shows (Feb) and other lovely events.

Ferret Walks this year:
I aim to make events for the walks very soon. Potential dates, times & venues I will list below for those who are interested in coming along. You don’t need to have ferrets yourselves to join. Below may change depending on other events, weather etc.

All TBC will be completed soon. Any requests on location please comment 🙂

Hope to see you all soon! 🙂

January - Saltwell Park, Rainton, Saturday 4th, 9am-10.30am.
February - Herrington Country Park, Gateshead, Sunday 9th 9.30am-11am.
March - TBC, Saturday 1st , 10am-11.30am
April - TBC, Sunday 6th, 10.30am-12pm
May - TBC, Saturday 3rd, 11am-12.30pm
June - TBC, Sunday 1st, 11.30am-1pm
July - TBC, Saturday 5th, 12pm-1.30pm
August- TBC, Sunday 3rd, 12.30pm-1pm
September - TBC, Saturday 6th, 1pm-2.30pm
October - TBC, Sunday 5th, 1.30pm-3pm
November - TBC, Saturday 1st, 2pm-3.30pm
December - TBC, Sunday 7th, 2pm-3.30pm.

02/11/2024

We are all set up at The Garage Bar and Grille Christmas Fair. If you are in the area come and see us x

14/10/2024

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Thank you so much to everyone who came to our show yesterday. Thanks to your entries we were able to give a donation of £100 to Little Paws Ferret Rescue. They do such amazing work helping ferrets who find themselves in unfortunate circumstances.

We would love to see any photos taken on the day, or pictures of your ferrets with their rosettes!

Unfortunately for our next show we are having to say no shavings to be used in cages as it took over 2 hours to clean up. Instead please use puppy pads, teabag paper, shredded cardboard or anything similar to these.

05/10/2024

Myself, Drax & and few others enjoyed a little potter at Druridge Bay Country Park this morning. Nice to meet some new faces.

29/09/2024

We have a little escapee at the rescue. If anyone sees a small white female ferret in the Thorney Close area please contact the rescue so that we can get her safely back to her bonded group.

She is friendly and should be fine to pick up but if you are unsure or she is frightened then you can use a clean empty bin or cat carrier to scoop her into.

Please help us find her.

27/09/2024

Is anyone having difficulty contacting RSPCA?

Not sure what on earth they actually do! We are directing people to contact them as we cannot accept any more until we rehome some. Ask several people to contact the RSPCA first but they do not have any contact number or advice on stray animals and when you ring the main line they say that it is only for dogs, cats and horses and to look on the website for advice on small animals. Go to the website and nothing there!

They have already put out a statement about a branch down south to say that they will no longer accept small animals. What are people meant to do? They soak up all the donations and now expect the small charities to deal with all of the small animals without any funding or support!

26/09/2024

Everyone thinks that a rescue will always be there, will always help. That there's an unlimited amount of funds, space and people willing to take in every last stray or unwanted pet that comes through the door. No is one of the hardest sentences we know. We dread the time when it's too much. That there comes a time when the rescue closes. No rescue can be taken for granted, and with rescues closing round the country, we must ensure that we don't fall victim to the problems other rescues are having. With the amount of ferrets we have seen come through our doors increasing, and costs going up, it is becoming more and more difficult keeping on with everything we do on a daily basis. It's becoming harder, we are getting worn out, our hearts are breaking and the uncertainty of our future and our ability to carry on helping these abandoned and unwanted angels is overwhelming. Our funds are at an all time low and there's many a sleepless night trying so hard to find ways not to fail them. Without us, who will take them? Who will give them a safe space, a warm bed and a full tummy? We simply cannot go under, but we do not have unlimited sources of money, time and space. But we cannot give up. These animals need us.

Your donations are greatly appreciated at any time of year, whether it be monetary, your time (cleaning or transport), or gifts of fleece bedding, shavings, wood for DIY, ferret food etc. Anything comes in handy and makes the load lighter on the volunteers that work tirelessly and at most times of the day, to make sure that any ferret that comes to us has the best chance of a good life.

Sharing our posts also increases our visibility, to give people that had not considered or even aware of us, a chance to see how amazing ferrets are.

Each and every one of you are appreciated and we are thankful for every person that supports us.

06/09/2024

Good evening all. We would absolutely love to get our walks and meet ups started again. We are keen to hear where you may like to do a walk. This would be for first week of October and beyond. Please comment any ideas :)

02/09/2024

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Our next big event is our Open Day on 7th Sept. We have Toxic Sofa and Tropicana singing during the day. There will be street food, an ice cream van, 25 independent stalls including Little Paws Ferret Rescue with ferret racing and roulette, Redcar Sea Cadets with games and various other charities too
We will be having a mini fun dog show and sanctuary tours to see behind the scenes, not to mention our charity shop will be open for a bargain or two and our cafe will be selling the usual tasty treats. Get the date in your diary for a fun day out.

31/08/2024

We are over at Weardale Agricultural Show today! If you are in the area drop by. Gidget, our PR team and other lovely ferrets are hard at work today!

24/08/2024

We are at blanchland show on Monday, if you are at the show, come see us, buy some ferret goodies and see the ferret racing.