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Share the Moon Animal Sanctuary

Share the Moon’s mission is to rescue and provide love and lifelong care to animals in need

All Earthlings - regardless of location, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or species - share the same moon

01/14/2025

Charlie and I enjoyed the full moon (and Mars!) together for a few minutes last night 🌕

01/11/2025

Caption this 😄

01/09/2025

The look on Hazel’s face when we told her there was a winter storm coming 😒

We think we are as ready as we can be, and we’re hoping we don’t lose power for an extended amount of time. It has been below freezing for several days, but now we’re expecting several inches of snow, followed by gusty winds.

Here’s hoping we all make it through ok!

01/08/2025

Canvas tarp for the win 🥇…at least until Indie figures out how to tear it down 😂

We took down the “heavy duty” tarp that sort of covered the pig house door and blew all over the place in our winter winds, exposing the girls to the cold temps at night. This one is heavy enough to stay put with a couple of tie downs. We can tie it open for sun (if we have any) during the day, and tie it closed at night while still allowed them to come and go freely. It is so much more cozy inside now!

01/06/2025

Timmy says mom’s zip up logo hoodie keeps him cozy and warm while watching for enemies and birds out the window!

Available in our bonfire store 😻

01/01/2025

Check out Oliver’s feature on GeoBeats Animals!

12/31/2024

Timmy’s waiting patiently for a noodle offering from my lunch, and making his best sad cat face 😽

12/28/2024

Sorry we’ve been a little absent…Poor Weezy hasn’t been feeling too great 😞. Several days ago, she looked extra tired and pale, and I realized I hadn’t seen her eat much in days (not that I can monitor individual food intake that easily when I’m not with them all the time). So I brought her inside and gave her a wet mash of her food with oatmeal and she thought it was the best treat ever and practically licked the bowl! But the next morning her crop (the first part of the chicken digestive tract) hadn’t emptied, so I knew something was wrong. I have been keeping her inside ever since, with the exception of a couple trials in the chicken yard with her friends, but she immediately wanted to eat all the grass, and that can cause/worsen crop issues. Of course our vet is on vacation but I’ve been in contact with her and a friend who is well-versed in chickens. We’re taking it day by day, and she looks better but isn’t improved enough to move back with her friends. I’m working on a separate outside enclosure for her to get some fresh air and take dust baths while I sit with her. I just want her back to her normal bossy self! She’s still bossy and opinionated, but not as much as normal.

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Our Christmas wish is for ALL beings to live in peace and love. We hope everyone had a compassionate day 🌲✨

12/23/2024

Hiiiiii 👋

12/21/2024

Sylvie and I had to have a talk about staying inside the fence 😬

Just because she was dubbed the “woodland fairy pig” doesn’t mean she needs to prove herself worthy of that title! Yesterday, I had left the electric fence off for a bit - the fence is constantly getting grounded by debris falling/blowing onto it, and the charge gets drained so sometimes I turn it off to let it build back up. Welllll, in the afternoon our neighbor yelled down to me and I could see Sylvie up the hill on the road 🙄. She wouldn’t come back down the way she left, so I had to lure her down the road to where the barn is, and then up our driveway to her gate.

So many things could’ve gone wrong…but everything went RIGHT, from the neighbor being home (and their dogs alerting that something was wrong!), to them having a couple pumpkins left, the fact that I was home and outside to act quickly, and of course Sylvie was a good girl to follow me!! That was an adventure I don’t want to repeat any time soon (or EVER 🫠)

12/13/2024

Good moooorning 🐮🌅

Another beautiful picture of the sunrise over Charlie and Reed, captured by our neighbor Dee! The boys absolutely love this cool weather.

12/12/2024

Oliver hopes everyone is staying warm this morning!

Also, have you ever seen longer whiskers? 🥰

12/08/2024

It’s a beautiful day to be a sanctuary pig 🐷 ☀️

12/07/2024

Hazel and I watched the sunset tonight after the other girls went to bed. She’s so soulful. She takes it all in. She reminds me to just sit and be in the moment.

So that’s what we did for a few minutes before I tucked her in.

Have a good night, friends 🌙

12/02/2024

Poor Weezy has been going through a molt; not great timing with the below freezing temperatures we’ve been having. They generally molt near the end of summer so they have their new, beautiful feathers grown in by fall. Weezy is definitely not feeling like herself, but the new feathers are starting to poke through so hopefully she won’t have a naked neck for long 🤍

11/30/2024

Toby does NOT care that the windchill is in the teens…the sun is out and there WILL be a morning walk!

The chickens slept in the basement last night because, even with a heater and some insulation, their coop will not stay above freezing in this weather. But with the morning sun, and some window covers, areas of their run seem decently comfy and they are enjoying their breakfast and hunting for some seeds I tossed for them.

The big pigs and cows are out, and the little pigs snuggled back in their straw beds after breakfast.

Houses were stuffed with extra straw. The cows got extra shavings and hay. Hoses were all unhooked last night, they’ll be hooked up today for drinks, then unhooked again…this kind of weather requires extra work and thought, but we’re happy to do it for our residents.

11/28/2024

🍁Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁

We certainly don’t need a special day to recognize what and who we’re thankful for. We here at Share the Moon are thankful every day for our friends and family…for the ability to care for the few special beings who call this place home…for those who support us financially, emotionally, and/or through social media comments…for others in the sanctuary community who we lean on for moral support and guidance…the list goes on 🧡 There isn’t a day that goes by when we don’t give thanks for something or someone in our lives.

We are especially thankful for YOU- for believing in us and having compassion in your heart for the residents we care for and seeing them as SOMEONE worthy of love and respect.

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Videos

Hazel says breakfast isn’t fun unless it’s a little messy 🥣

It’s day 7 of carrying buckets of water to the pigs and we’re all over it.

Oliver wants to know what you think of his snow angel! Didn’t he do a good job?

❄️Snow day!❄️ Everyone has their own way of getting through weather like this, and we try to keep an eye on each individual and provide them with support as they need it. Extra food, warm snacks, warm water, extra bedding…this is a lot of extra work for the humans on top of regular chores, but we’re happy to do it. Looking forward to above freezing temps tomorrow, finally!

Snack time in the snow ❄️

Charlie likes that no actual animals were harmed in the eating of these animal crackers. Everyone here, except for Oliver and Timmy, LOVES animal crackers!

A moment in the life of a pig mama… I gave them fresh bedding to play in/work on while I turned off the electric fence to check the fence line for plants touching it. Of course, they abandoned their bed to come play with mom! Since Sylvie’s escape a couple weeks ago, we’re afraid to leave the line off for long, especially when the girls are near it, so I tried to hurry back down to the charger to turn it back on…and they followed me 🤷‍♀️😒

After a week spent in the house with special feedings and one-on-one care, Weezy was finally able to start reintegrating with her family. It took a few days and a couple small disagreements, but she has returned to her #2 spot in the flock. We’re still watching her closely but she seems to be on the mend!

Stay cozy y’all, it’s COLD!! ❄️

Simone would like to know if she’ll be the luckiest of all if she keeps all the collard greens for herself 🍀