Stapeley Orphan Update

The two Feral Pigeon orphans we had some weeks back have moved on from their incubator to larger housing where they can perch and flap their wings to build up important flight muscles. They no longer need tube feeding and eagerly peck at seeds- its not long before it has all vanished!

                                           

Once they are bit bigger and the weather is good they will upgrade to a spacious outdoor aviary before release.

The Wood Mice are now in a big tub and very quick, we have to be careful when cleaning out as we do not want to release them in the hospital !!    Occasionally we see them peering out of their little house, tucking into some food or using their long back legs to jump around. The mice need to wait a little longer before being released so they are a little older (and wiser!!) and when more food resources are available.

                                                









The little female fox cub is much bigger and looking a lot more fox like now. She is being weaned onto solid food and we only syringe feed her three times a day now. Unusually we have not had any other fox cub admissions so she just has cuddly toys in her pen for company for now. It is important she is around other cubs of similar age to learn fox behaviour so we are in the process of networking with other wildlife centres to see whether we can help each other and ultimately find our girl some company, so they can be housed outside together and eventually released back to the wild together, later in the year.

                        

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