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Meadow Lakes Animals Welcome to Pets Corner at Meadow Lakes Holiday Park. We're based near St Austell in Cornwall ☀️🌊🌳🤠

15/02/2025

We laid some rubber matting today over another bit of wettest mud ✅️
The ponies have lots of little pathways like this all around the track, plus plenty of matted and hardcore areas to eat and rest. 😁
Mud really isn't an issue as long as they have options to get out of it when they want. Not even Miriam minds it as much as you'd think 🫏
We'll be very glad of it when the grass starts shooting up in a few weeks! 😎👊
Muddy winter = safe spring ✨️

18/01/2025

Swipe to find out more about Georgie 🤗 🧡

These same issues affect SO many horses & ponies across the world. 🐴😮‍💨

One pony at a time, things are changing in the equine world. One day incorrect hoofcare and grazing on lush green grass will be a thing of the past 🙏🤞😁

Follow along to watch Georgie's journey back to full health ☺️🙌

10/01/2025

Welcome to your forever home Georgie! ✴️

He is a 12 year old minature shetland pony- the same breed and age as our other boys Alfie and Rufus 🐴

Georgie arrived a couple of weeks ago, and is now out of quarantine. This means it's now safe for him to have contact with our other ponies 🥳

He has some health issues currently, but these should all resolve over time, now he's living grass-free on our track system.

I will do a further post explaining more soon.
For now, he is settling in, and meeting the rest of the herd over the gates.
Face-to-face intros start tomorrow!

08/01/2025

Very sad to tell you all that a few days ago we said our final goodbyes to our darling donkey, Kingpin 🤎🫏✨️
Following a short period of illness, it was the kindest option to let him go over the rainbow bridge 🌈
He was 25years old and had struggled with some health issues.
We managed them sucessfully for around 5 years, but it became apparent he was quite suddenly no longer comfortable or happy 💔🥺
He is now resting peacefully with his brother Zentor in heaven 🕊🤍🌈✨️

We'd love to see your photos and hear your memories of our beautiful boy 📸🥰

31/12/2024

All prepared for tonight! 💥🫣 Extra nets out, breakaway headcollars on, and the donkeys and ponies are seperated for the night to reduce any injuries. ✅️

Just a reminder if you are staying on park,
Please DO NOT set fireworks off ❌️💥❌️ (sparklers are fine)

Fireworks are extremely stressful for the animals, and can cause them to injure themselves through sheer panic, getting stuck in fencing etc.
Also as it's windy tonight, they could land in their enclosures 😳

19/12/2024

Our fabulous free range rescue girlies enjoying breakfast!
🫶🐔❤️
They eat a little more during the winter months to keep nice and toasty ❄️🍴

27/10/2024

Sunny autumn evenings on our lovely track ❤️
K.P & Miriam enjoying their hay 🌾

21/10/2024

K.P's weight loss! ✨️👏

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣- KP lives on a grass free track system, in a herd of 5, 24/7 and has constant access to mixed meadow hay.
Mixed hay is the most appropriate forage for domesticated equines (ponies, donkeys, horses & mules) 🌾
The right type of hay is low sugar and high fibre, which is what equines have evolved over millions of years to eat. Equines are trickle feeders, meaning they are designed to eat little and often, with a constant 'trickle' of food going through their system. 👍
This combined with lots of free choice movement helps to keep him at a healthier weight ✅️🙏
He does still have a neck crest, this is soft and wobbly, which is a good sign. He will probably never fully get rid of it due to the extent of his previous obesity.

2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣8️⃣- KP lived in a large paddock with his brother Zentor. His diet was largely high sugar rye grass, which can be 300-600 times higher in sugar than hay. 😳
Most grass in the UK is unsuitable for equines due to it being low in fibre (too fast to digest, doesn't require much teeth grinding or salva)
This is partly due to our warm, wet climate, great for grass growing!
Also after WW2 britain re-planted many historical meadow paddocks with Rye grass, which is usually fed to farm animals, to help with food production.
He had far too much dietary sugar, which made him extremely obese.
You can see the excess fat deposits all over his body.

Now he is much slimmer, happier and healthier, both mentally, physically
His hooves are now showing huge improvements due to his improved diet👏🤩✨️

17/10/2024

HAPPY 1 YEAR MIRIAM 🤎🫏 (A write up by Zara 🥰)

Dear Miriam,

You sweet little soul.
I'm so glad you came into our lives. It's been a year now.
A year since your terrified, shaking, thin, lice infested, soaking wet little self clattered off the trailer, never to step foot in there again, or so you'd planned 🤪
A year since you did absolute acrobatics for the farrier 🤸‍♀️

And a year since I spent 45minutes being dragged across the paddock during your vet visit. We got the blood eventually.... 🙈
My personal highlight was trying to lice spray you when you were totally feral. I think I was as scared as you lol. By the end we were both hyperventilating 🙄🤣

Next was getting you used to being touched, with a glove on a stick.
Although this worked to begin with and broke the initial barrier, I soon decided that I needed to try something else. You just didn't seem to get it. You were totally oblivious to what I was trying (failing) to ask you. It was clear the only handling you'd ever had was leading. The only thing you've been great at since day 1.

After getting kicked and my shoulder pulled, (my fault) I bought a book on clicker training and stayed up until 3am reading it. I was scared I'd never be able to handle you safely.

I tried it the next morning. Within 15mins you understood what I wanted. Touch the cone. I couldn't believe it & I sat on the floor of the stable and cried (lol if you know me well, you KNOW 🤪)

From there it's just blossomed and you are so switched on. So clever and try so hard. You were so shut down when you arrived and only in the last few months have I realised just how much you've come out of your shell.

Over time you have learnt to trust. You learnt to eat, as you wouldn't eat a thing on arrival. You learnt what ponies are, and how to use a haynet, with help from KP.

You are so good with your feet, the easiest actually out of our gang. You'll tolerate grooming, your least favourite activity, as long as I have your beloved clicker 🙈
You're happy to have your teeth done with no sedation, injections, and even load into the trailer, something I didn't think you'd ever do.

I've learnt so much from you this last year, you've certainly made me!

Most people are going to read this and think 'it's just a donkey' but frankly I don't care. It's been such a journey and it's flown by 🫶😊
Here's to many more years Miriam 🥰🕊

14/10/2024

Our lovely new bucket holder from The Cornish Ranch Track Livery 😄

The donkeys approve! ✅️👏

Tumeric, Spirulina and Meadow Sweet for today 🤪

30/09/2024

A snapshot of Miriam's transformation ! 👏💖🤌 🫏

29/09/2024

Rufus and Blackberry enjoying some hay this morning 🥰 The winter fluff is already in full force! I feel like it's happened overnight 🤭
The joy of autumn 🍂🍁🍃

19/09/2024

Alfie had a little pedicure 🐴🧡

Alfie is a minature shetland pony, so this is as big as he'll get! He can be quite clingy with our other ponies but this has massively improved since we've added Blackberry ✨️
He needs 6monthly massage/body work as he gets a little stiff in his back & hind legs, but this keeps him ticking over and comfortable! 🥰

Who can guess his age? 🤔

09/09/2024

The new girl's first time ever on grass! 😍🙌

Did you know?
Our chickens free range around the whole park, living the life of luxury 🥰🥰

31/08/2024

Rosie & Rainbow enjoying some cuddles recently!
🤎🌈

21/08/2024

Petting session Thurs 22nd at 4pm 😊😊 Please wear sturdy footwear 🥾

21/08/2024

Welcome to our 7 new girlies! 🐔😍
(Last pic are our 3 resident older chickens)

They are ex commercial hens, used in large scale egg farming, hence their current rough looks! 😢

Did you know ❓️

Commerical laying hens are usually kept in barns, of between 16-32,000 😳
They lay from about 18weeks old to 72weeks, where they generally lay an egg every day! 👏 Go on girls! 🩷
Over 12 billion eggs are consumed in the UK every year, and 84% of these came from British farms in 2023. 🥚
At 72 weeks, (approx 18months old) the hens are then slaughtered, as their productivity drops slightly.
Lucky ones get saved by charities such as Fresh Start For Hens or British Hen Welfare Trust 🐔 ❤️

Traditional battery cages were thankfully made illegal in the UK in 2012- however 'enriched' cages are still used, although are now less common than 'free range' barns. These 'enriched' cages are still only 600mm squared per bird, which is around an A4 piece of paper each. They have no solid floor.

'Free range' barns are like big polytunnels, and are usually huge groups of thousands. Birds are moved around in rotational groups based on age. They do have perches to roost and sometimes different 'tiers' to use as extra floor space. Some have natural light, and occasionally a small outdoor area.
RSPCA assured egg farms must always have access to an outdoor area during daylight hours.

It's best to purchase organic free range eggs, as these farms must have constant access to outdoor areas with vegetation (plants/grass) on organic land.

Ex commercial hens really do make fantastic pets and are usually very loving and tame. 🥰
It's really rewarding to watch them recover and experience their new world. 😍🐔

Please consider re-homing a few, you'll have your very own eggs and they're very easy to care for 😇

21/08/2024

MIRIAM DID IT 🥳😭🩷🫏
Still emotional even looking at these pics 😭😅

I am SO unbelievably proud of her 🥰 How has she been at Meadow Lakes almost a year?!

This is the first time she has gone inside the trailer since her arrival in Oct 2023. Even when it was her only shelter during her initial isolation period, she still refused and would rather stand in the rain 😢

I know most of you have never even met her, but this is SO HUGE for her.
She is sadly incredibly traumatised by her previous life, but is improving all the time ☺️
For Miriam to put her trust in me yesterday and just keep focused on her target (the cone) is just brilliant. 🥳 The power of the clicker ! 💥

Now to reinforce it 👏

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KP enjoying some Devils Claw and Dandelion 😋 Miriam doing some clicker training with Holly 🥰 Donkeys hoof care all done tonight 🤗✅️

Come and make K.P's herb buffet with me! 🌿 Today he had 2 scoops each of: Dried dandelion 💛 great anti oxidant & aids digestion Chickweed 💚 helps support hooves, hair, skin and internal tissues Respiratory support mix 💛 from @horseherbs Peppermint 💚 great for the respiratory system, also has a cooling effect Joint support plus 💛 from @horseherbs With a few herbal treats on top, for maximum yum factor while I trimmed his hooves 🫏

Look, I was going to cover this with music but oh my goodness.... those little bare hooves on the tarmac! 😍 Blackberry and Alfie went for a walk today 🫶🌞🙌

Night night boysies ✨️😴🌨 All tucked up with plenty of hay to keep nice and toasty 👌 Sorry for my out of focus camera!! 🙈

Miss Blackberry spent the day on the track with Alfie and Rufus today! 🖤 🥰 It's really important to take things slow and gradual when introducing new herd members, to avoid injury and stress for everyone 😎 Stay tuned for her to meet the donkeys too 🫏 For tonight she's back in her own area so everyone can get enough rest and forage (food) 😴🌾

Miriam had a hoof trim by me today, using the clicker to reward 🙌 First time trimming her myself (no sedation) she was really very good considering I couldn't touch her legs at all when she arrived 🥹 🤎 She has a long road ahead and it will take likely another 12months for her to grow out her damaged hoof but she'll get there 💪 KP also had a trim, from lovely Sophie our trimmer who comes every so often. KP has had a few issues recently but is now thankfully on the mend and feeling much better 🫏🤗

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