Abi's ARC

11/01/2024

A little Warthog was brought to us tonight. He is very weak but hoping our TLC will be enough to pull him through

13/11/2023

13/11/2023

We got an owl in yesterday. Wing is completely snapped 180 degrees in the wrong direction. The owl had some internal bleeding (blood coming from mouth) and one eye stays closed. We bandaged his wing to his body, however through the night he managed to remove the bandage somehow. If there is a vet that would like to assist please let me know. In the meantime we are doing what we can to help him. He is not strong enough to eat, so we are feeding him with our Terratac. It takes him a few minutes to swallow the food. He is already a bit stronger than yesterday.

11/11/2023

Molly has adapted well and last night she started exploring in the evening. Gave us a fright as we could not find her for about an hour. Bat Eared Foxes are predominantly nocturnal animals, however Molly was raised in a domestic setting so her day and night is switched. Exploring at night is a good thing however we would not want her to get in harms way.

08/11/2023

Meet Molly, a 3yo Bat Eared Fox. She has joined our family and will stay with us forever. She will not be able to be released for her own safety. What an honour to have her as part of the family.

09/10/2023

This c**t was handed over to us today. His owner passed away earlier this year and things went south for him from there. We look forward to sharing his journey with you. Day 1 of getting him on condition. Thank you Terratac, your Multitool is coming in handy even when feeding our rescue animals at The Self Sufficient Homestead and Abi's ARC

28/04/2023

Scarf the orphan mongoose❤️

19/04/2023

Earlier this evening Abi found this little one in the pool basically a few breaths from death. We didn't think it would make it but tried anyway. Abi made a warm water bottle, wrapped it in a towel and put the little stiff lifeless dove next to it in it's own towel. This is about 2 hours later and he is all perky. We decided to name it Nemo seeing that it thought it could swim!

30/03/2023

Freedom is looking so much better. No more ribs showing and she is relaxed. Still has human trust issues thus the halter still on, but she allows Abi to brush her on about 60% of her body. No one else is allowed to though. Humans have really let her down so much in the past. Time will heal❤️

11/01/2023

We are humbled by the kindness of a fellow farmer who wishes to stay anonymous. We were searching for bales to buy (we were not asking for donations) as Freedom has to stay in a small camp next to our house for quite sometime. She has an abscess in her front right hoof that we are unable to treat at the moment as she does not allow much handling yet. Abi is working to desensitise her. She also cannot join our herd before some blood tests are done and parasites sorted. Her front hooves are an absolute mess and needs lots of work. Searching for bales with no luck, this farmer called us back and said he would like to donate these bales. We are so thankful ❤️

08/01/2023

Thank you Delani for helping all the way!

08/01/2023

Seeing that she was petrified of the trailer and most humans we had to walk her to where we needed her. Today we did a 25km walk and she is sleeping over at a local farm shop terrain. Tomorrow morning she walks her final 11km's to freedom. Thank you ARC angel Ruth ( Brooks) for helping us try load her.

08/01/2023

This morning we bought this mare in a township to rescue her. We will give you details of this girl later.

09/05/2022

Teddie the Guinea Pig found a lovely home. So thankful.

05/05/2022

Another successful Guinea Pig Adoption. Teddie and Tamara are lucky girls❤️

04/05/2022

Spike the albino hedgehog has been 'n adopted! We can't be happier with his new home and to crown it all, he has a friend now🤗

20/04/2022

SUCCESSFUL Guinea Pig Adoption❤️

Miane visited Abi's ARC today and learned about all the animals and taking care of them. She is also now the proud little human for Teddy the Guinea Pig. So happy Teddy was adopted today❤️