Littlest Wildlife Hotel - North Devon

25/08/2026

We currently have 3 female rabbits in our care who would very much benefit from a home with you.

The girls are all from different homes so are not bonded. Ideally I would like to place them all in different homes so that they can get the individual attention that they deserve.

We have Ebony who is a lion head

Chanel who is a lion head x lop/rex

Crystal who is an enigma

If you are interested and can provide one of these girls with a new home please complete the following form stating which rabbit you are interested in.

https://forms.gle/ZpR5hiUY9RXia7ER8

25/08/2026

ℹ️An informative post regarding hedgehog guest releases from The Littlest Wildlife Hotel. ℹ️

We have been releasing a lot of our hedgehogs recently, but have come across a few issues with finders not wanting to take the hedgehog back to release it in its home environment.

As a human who finds an ill, injured or orphaned hedgehog you take on the responsibility to get it to a rescue to provide it with expert care in the hope that it will be able to be rehabilitated and eventually released.

The hedgehog is not your pet, therefore it is not your right to state that you do not want the hedgehog back because you have dogs/cats/children and the hedgehog would be in the way. YOU are in the way of the hedgehog, let’s remember who was on that land first and it wasn’t your house and garden.

An adult hedgehog MUST be returned to the area it was found in. It does not have to be released in your garden, but it will probably find its way back in there. An adult hedgehog has a mind map of its home territory and its food and water sources that your garden may feature in. It is not your right as a finder to refuse to place the animal back. There are very few circumstances that would lead me to agree to relocate an adult hedgehog.

If you are wanting to have a homeless hedgehog released into your garden/land etc you must have evidence of hedgehogs currently utilising the area already (trail cam footage/faecal evidence/visual sightings) as we will not place hedgehogs into an area that is not inhabited by other hedgehogs for various reasons - no chance of reproduction, territory not able to support hedgehogs due to lack of food/pesticide use/predation.

13/08/2026

We can’t thank you all enough for the donations coming in. You are all so supportive of our work for the animals in North Devon.

Contrary to popular belief we aren’t just focusing on cats. We continue to rescue ALL wildlife and some select domestic animals.

I add a selection of photos of some of the many animals that have come in this week.

I don’t have photos of the hedgehog Mother and 5 tiny babies that I collected this week from Freshwell Camping in Croyde. She had decided that in Dom’s tent, under his groundsheet made the perfect environment for her to make a nest and give birth to 5 beautiful, perfect hoglets. 3 girls and 2 boys. Collecting these babies allowed me to speak to some of the staff who had recently completed an ecology qualification and were keen to know more about some of our native wildlife.

Unfortunately, along with all the new guests in the rescue there has been heartache. Johnny (the larger of the two feral black kittens, sibling to Nancy and Sydney) sadly couldn’t fight against cat flu any longer and passed away peacefully yesterday.

Our feral colony of kittens developed feline panleukopenia - cat parvo, and many have passed away or been euthanised. Last year we also had feral colonies with the virus, it’s horrible and because it’s viral there is no medication that can help the kittens other than them fighting. Just like feline influenza.
We did have 18 feral kittens, we now have 7. The heartbreak that losing the kittens causes us all here is beyond words. They are all barrier nursed and no virus has been transmitted to the other cats and kittens in our care.

Yes, cats make up a large bulk of our work currently, but all those cats are neutered and the constant cycle of reproduction ended. They end up in loving pet homes rather than left to fend for themselves.

Over the next few days I will be adding and resharing some of the domestic animals in our care who need new homes. So please keep an eye out for any that catch your eye and get in touch.

Thank you once again, we appreciate every single one of you who has donated, shared or just read our posts.

Littlestwildlifehotel.org.uk

12/08/2026

Our rescue vehicle has just failed its MOT and requires about £800 worth of work on it to make it road worthy again.

We don’t have this money in the bank or PayPal account. In order for us to continue to collect animals from those who do not have transport to get them to a vets, or animals who are too dangerous or fragile to be picked up by the public we need to raise this money as soon as we possibly can.

If you are able to help donate towards the cost of the repair you can find ways to do so on our website littlestwildlifehotel.org.uk

Thank you ❤︎ ❤️

09/08/2026

If anyone in the Alswear or surrounding villages has a black and white ear tipped, unchipped (possibly feral) female cat, this cat has sadly been killed outside the rescue on the B3137 this evening.

The cat has quite distinctive tail markings.

06/08/2026

We have been chosen as the charity to benefit from this wonderful local crafting group. We are highly honoured that people are giving up a whole 24 hours to work on crafting items to sell to raise money for the rescue.

If you can support their efforts please do or if you’d like to join in with the event and make some new friends with similar interests the information is all in the post and poster.

Please share to get the word out to the community.

Thank you everyone

🐾🎨 The countdown is on... and we can finally share all the details! 🎨🐾

We're incredibly excited to announce that our 24-Hour Charity Craftathon will be raising money for The Littlest Wildlife Hotel – a fantastic local charity that works tirelessly to rescue and care for our wildlife and other small animals. They desperately need our support, and together we can make a real difference.

📅 Friday 11th September – Saturday 12th September
⏰ 5.00pm to 5.00pm (24 hours!)
📍 The Creative Hub - Barnstaple, Pottington Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1JH
💚 Entry is just £20 per person.

Once you've registered, you're welcome to come and go throughout the 24 hours. Need a power nap? Got to walk the dog? No problem at all! Join us for as much or as little of the event as you can.

We'll have something for everyone, including:
🧵 A community patchwork quilt, created over the full 24 hours and then auctioned to raise funds.
✂️ Card making
🎁 Decopatch
🪡 Small sewing projects
🎨 And plenty more crafts!

👧🧒 We're also inviting young crafters to get involved!
On Saturday 12th September, we'll be running a special children's crafting session for ages 8+ from 10.00am to 12.00 noon.
The participation fee is £10 per child, giving them the opportunity to help create crafts that will be sold to support this wonderful local charity while enjoying a fun and creative morning.

We'll provide all the materials, refreshments and light snacks throughout the event. The only thing we ask is that anything you make is left with us to sell or auction, with every penny going to The Littlest Wildlife Hotel.

Can't make it? You can still be part of the fun! We'll be live streaming throughout the event and sharing regular updates on social media, so you can cheer us on from home.

If you'd like to support the fundraiser or pay your participant fee, you can do so via our TotalGiving page. If you're paying your entry fee through the page, please send Tara a message afterwards to let her know.

💚 Donate or register here:
http://givi.ng/h5lk

Together, let's craft for 24 hours, raise as much as we can, and help give our local wildlife the care they deserve. 🦔🦉🐿️

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Tara on 07866 152 469.

Please help us spread the word by liking, commenting and sharing this post – the more people who see it, the bigger difference we can make! 💚

04/08/2026

Today has been a day both amazing, informative and equally very sad.

I missed a call this morning due to being in Torbridge Vets collecting a hedgehog, fortunately a message was left for me.

A cat had been in labour for over 24 hours and was still being very vocal. She had given birth to one kitten who had sadly passed away. I picked up this message as soon as I left the vets, decided that it was an emergency situation and went to pick her up to get her to the vets and receive the veterinary care she was obviously in desperate need of.

On arrival she was seen very quickly and an emergency Caesarian section was needed, she was also going to be spayed whilst open.

I was able to be in the room whilst she was operated on, I am attaching photos of the operation but not within the first few photos so you don’t have to be faced with them.

A single very small kitten was delivered. The nurses tried valiantly for an hour to get her to breathe properly. Sadly she had so much fluid on her lungs that she was unable to and after an hour we all agreed that she wasn’t viable so she was put to sleep as she would have suffered from irreversible brain damage if she’d rallied.

The decision for surgery was not taken lightly, it’s not a cheap option. However, it saved the life of the cat, and if the kitten has been viable it too would have been saved. She now been spayed and will never be pregnant again.

If you are able to donate to help towards the cost of the Caesarian and any of the future neutering that will take place very shortly with the kittens that we have in from feral colonies we would very much appreciate it.

We run solely from donations we do not get any grants for running the rescue and everyone here is a volunteer giving their time to help the wildlife and cats. We couldn’t function without either. We do still have bills that need to be paid for animal food, sanitary products, veterinary care and the biggest one electricity.

You can find the ways to support us on our website littlestwildlifehotel.org.uk

Thank you for reading this. Without you we couldn’t run the rescue.

*on this occasion the owner was not at fault, at the time of visiting a vet regarding neutering the cat there was a veterinary reason behind her not being neutered.

31/07/2026

This is how Johnny feels about this Friday

31/07/2026

This is the beautiful Cybil who will be ready for rehoming when her newborn kittens are weaned and she has been spayed.

Cybil has given birth to six surviving babies, sadly she had one other who didn’t survive birth.

She gave us cause for concern the other day when we were worried that she was still in labour due to contracting and panting. After a rushed visit to see the wonderful Louis at Moorland Vets, the bloody discharge, panting and straining were not due to any residual kittens, but worms!!

Suffice to say that both Cybil and her kittens now dislike me intensely after 3 days of worming has taken place. Luckily the kittens can’t see or hear me and Cybil is a very forgiving type of cat and willingly accepts chin scratches as an apology.

The kittens will be available for rehoming once they are weaned, however, you are welcome to express an interest in them now using the following form: https://forms.gle/AiNMT5NscbciEPox9