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23/06/2025

I’ve been quiet here, but there’s a lot going on behind the scenes for an exciting announcement within the next few months ☺️ but here’s one of the newest team members, he’ll be helping educate about British birds of prey 🦉

Whilst most of the birds are staying under their shelters, the kookaburras are fully embracing the rain 😄☔️ These 4 are ...
31/12/2024

Whilst most of the birds are staying under their shelters, the kookaburras are fully embracing the rain 😄☔️ These 4 are doing well in their initial flight training ready for next year!

Most of the birds are staying fed up and having a break with the ever changing British weather. This gives me chance to ...
18/12/2024

Most of the birds are staying fed up and having a break with the ever changing British weather. This gives me chance to start work with one of my newer birds, a male common buzzard. Being a U.K. native he’s more than capable of tackling these cold damp days!

Long term he’ll be flying for demos, but had a great first visit to Marske Hall earlier this week, where he mostly sat settled and content on the glove 🦅

I enjoyed a day at Five sisters earlier this week, assisting to facilitate a group in building climbing structures and f...
12/09/2024

I enjoyed a day at Five sisters earlier this week, assisting to facilitate a group in building climbing structures and feeders for Zazu the fossa. Although I didn’t have time to look round the full zoo, here’s a few animals I met enroute to the fossa enclosure … a lovely little zoo well worth the trip, I’ll definitely be back for a full day visit! Easily accessible by train from Durham/newcastle 🚝

Amazing day out at Marske Hall - Valorum Care great group! First day out ever for baby skunk 🦨🥰
03/09/2024

Amazing day out at Marske Hall - Valorum Care great group! First day out ever for baby skunk 🦨🥰

With Spot being a firm favourite (yet still quite nervous of larger/louder groups), a second stinker has joined the team...
31/08/2024

With Spot being a firm favourite (yet still quite nervous of larger/louder groups), a second stinker has joined the team 🦨 She’ll be doing lots of training and socialising in the coming months 😊 Spot will continue her training and visits, it just means the workload can be shared out! Skunks have negative connotation, but I’ve yet to meet anyone who still feels this way after meeting one!

In the wild, skunks are great at pest control due to feeding on large numbers of insects and rodents. They’re omnivores so also eat plant matter including fruits and berries; this aids in seed dispersal. They also promote soil quality and pollination as they dig in the soil and investigate flowers whilst hunting bugs! 🐛🪲🦨

Owl awareness day 🦉Most important thing… STOP using rat poisons. Rats don’t die instantly and can still be hunted, ultim...
05/08/2024

Owl awareness day 🦉

Most important thing… STOP using rat poisons. Rats don’t die instantly and can still be hunted, ultimately it’s predators who suffer from secondary poisoning 💔🦉

‼️Important ‼️Ferrets are induced ovulators which means they remain in season until they are mated. This can cause oestr...
20/07/2024

‼️Important ‼️

Ferrets are induced ovulators which means they remain in season until they are mated. This can cause oestrogen-associated anaemia which may lead to death!

Previously vets could administer hormonal injections however these have been discontinued and are not available at present.

Therefore if you have intact female ferrets, they must either:

Be spayed
Be implanted (lasts 18-24 months)
Or visit a vacestomised male who can bring them out of season without impregnation.

Please research these 3 option and discuss with your vets to see which is best for you!

Ava, lily and Lucy visited a male earlier this week, here they are playing pile on in their travel box!

18/07/2024

Patience - the most important skill in animal training ✨

Progress with the rescue harris hawk as I’ve opted to work him year round through his moult (this is why he’s got tail feathers missing)

Here we can see he’s landed on the floor.. calling him to the glove is a big no as this would reinforce him landing on the ground!

After pondering for a minute or 2 he returns to the perch, turns and recalls to the glove instantly. He’s starting to understand the relationship between landing on the perch and the glove being presented 😊

Hermit crabs dig underground to molt their old skin and grow, sometimes they can stay under for over 6 months! So I adde...
10/05/2024

Hermit crabs dig underground to molt their old skin and grow, sometimes they can stay under for over 6 months! So I added some new crabs today to increase the chances of always having crabs available.. these are Ecuadorian hermits, related to my purple pinchers but are much more active!

Crabs are available for viewing on educational bookings only as they need high humidity so can’t be out of a humid travel tank for long! Possibility to handle in small groups for invertebrate sessions 🦀

The perfect day for tortoises to spend some time outside! Here’s one of my critically endangered radiated tortoises with...
09/05/2024

The perfect day for tortoises to spend some time outside! Here’s one of my critically endangered radiated tortoises with 2 redfoot tortoises. These 3 will be heading out to teach about skeletons next week! (Skeleton image credit: PCPeters on Flickr) 🐢

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