Tail in the air

03/07/2024

03/05/2024

Happy 20th birthday Porkchop! We love you!

03/05/2024

01/23/2024

If you find a "dead" hedgehog during the cold months, do not bury it, do not throw it in the trash...

No one wants to see a dead animal in their garden or road, but it could be a hedgehog hibernating from November to March.

They usually dig holes to stay safe, but we have less green areas, bushes or wooded areas these days and it’s becoming harder to find a safe place to spend the winter sleeping.

Some may come into your gardens seeking safety and warmth to hibernate, some are so exhausted from looking that they end up sleeping in various strange places like roadside streets or even on pavements.

When they are in hibernation, their heart rate and general body functioning slow down considerably, as a way of saving energy that can confuse a person that the hedgehog is dead.

Just in case you see a stationary hedgehog, make sure it is in a safe and warm place and that it can last five months.

If you find a hedgehog in your garden or somewhere on the street, make a hole in a cardboard box and in a dry, safe and quiet place so it can spend the cold months there.

Hedgehogs are an endangered species, they are completely harmless and very important in our ecosystem. They eat beetles, snails, frogs, lizards, snakes, including poisonous.

They also destroy mice nests.

They are not afraid of bees or wasps. The hedgehog can easily destroy a hornet's nest and eat its inhabitants by ignoring their bites.

Scientists have long noticed the immunity of hedgehogs to strong poisons, including bites from insects. This antidote phenomenon is not yet known to scientists.

Be aware when you see a hedgehog in the cold months. It costs nothing to help such a fragile wee thing.

Let's be kind to animals!

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12/11/2023

11/22/2023

Don't forget these plants can be deadly for our babies!

10/11/2023

10/08/2023

10/06/2023

2 week old foster furbabies

10/04/2023

nothing like a tuxedo boy.

Sometimes I wonder what's going on his Junior's head, and wish I could get a peek in there.
Then I realize that I really, REALLY, don't want to know.

10/04/2023

Homer the Blind Wonder Cat himself, circa 2005. Look at those ears! 💕😻💕😻💕

09/29/2023

Our foster mamma Martina gave birth to 5 babies.

09/04/2023

Stubborn little boy.

09/01/2023

Mamma and baby

08/27/2023

He was an inspiration to us all.

BREAKING: Legendary TV personality Bob Barker, who hosted the famed game show "The Price Is Right," has died, his publicist says. He was 99. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bob-barker-dies/story?id=95070162

08/27/2023

We reopened our foster/kitten room this is our semi feral mamma can and her 3 babies. Kathy will have the all friendly I a week or so.

08/25/2023

This is Matina. Just a baby herself. Doc said she's pregnant. What a sweety.

04/02/2023

🐇 to this 1954 comic from our Conservation Bulletin. The message here still rings true: keep your hands off wildlife! Do not disturb any rabbit nest you find, and show the same respect to all wildlife babies.

09/17/2022

06/24/2022

Bodie and 2 of his girl friends

06/14/2022

feral no more

05/08/2022

04/25/2022

Levi, the happiest kitty in the world. Our feral ,she will just start purring if you walk by her. Purrs all the time. She would wake you up at night and she would be sitting next to your head staring at you and purring.

04/24/2022

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