People at the last Weird Weekend will have noticed a bric-a-brac stall incongrously situated between a bookstall and a specialisr publisher. Behind the stall you would have seen a pretty young lady called Beth, and on the sunday she was joined by two newborn kittens which were - I think - a bigger draw to Weird Weekenders of all ages than anyone except possibly Ronan.
Her name is Beth Tyler-King and for years she has been involved in Wildlife Rescue, first in Bristol, and now in Hartland. She has become a good friend of the CFZ, and like all our friends she has been persuaded to write for the bloggo...
She writes regularly to us giving us information about the animals she has, and we help when we can. With her permission I am excerpting a few slices fropm recent letters to give you a brief insight into her extraordinary, but rewarding, life..
Had a mad day yesterday! Picked up four animals, two at two vets each. A duck, a hedgehog, a baby crow and a jackdaw. The baby crow has rickets, but its so sweet and funny! He has a tantrum when you tried to feed him and spits the food everywhere and then hangs upside down off your fingers!!!! Anyway he is doing well and tolerating meal times much better!
The baby hogs are doing well, I have a baby housemartin snuggled up with them, its so sweet and also picked up another jackdaw today too with a bad eye but it doesnt need treatment.
My barn owl that will go to Kaye's is going from strength to strength. The feathers are looking glossy and now and its putting on weight. Another couple of weeks and it should be ready to be released.
The next day she wrote:
I am afraid I lost the little crow. He went downhill vomiting everything up. When I asked my friend Rose who runs animal sanctuary at Holsworthy she said that as he had probably been the last to get any good food from the mum (that explains the rickets) then his body wasnt used to good food, so to go back to basics and put him on a liquid diet, which I did and he was able to swallow liquid better. He was under a heat lamp by this time but next morning I found him dead. such a shame. In this business you are damned if you do and damned if you dont, all you can is your best.
I am at Broad Parkham farm today (Open farm day in devon) and doing a little talk between 12-1pm. taking baby hogs and baby sparrow with me that is very vocal!!!! Also got a little questionnaire for kids that will win a prize for best one, that ll make sure they might listen to me then!!!
Had a mad day yesterday! Picked up four animals, two at two vets each. A duck, a hedgehog, a baby crow and a jackdaw. The baby crow has rickets, but its so sweet and funny! He has a tantrum when you tried to feed him and spits the food everywhere and then hangs upside down off your fingers!!!! Anyway he is doing well and tolerating meal times much better!
The baby hogs are doing well, I have a baby housemartin snuggled up with them, its so sweet and also picked up another jackdaw today too with a bad eye but it doesnt need treatment.
My barn owl that will go to Kaye's is going from strength to strength. The feathers are looking glossy and now and its putting on weight. Another couple of weeks and it should be ready to be released.
The next day she wrote:
I am afraid I lost the little crow. He went downhill vomiting everything up. When I asked my friend Rose who runs animal sanctuary at Holsworthy she said that as he had probably been the last to get any good food from the mum (that explains the rickets) then his body wasnt used to good food, so to go back to basics and put him on a liquid diet, which I did and he was able to swallow liquid better. He was under a heat lamp by this time but next morning I found him dead. such a shame. In this business you are damned if you do and damned if you dont, all you can is your best.
I am at Broad Parkham farm today (Open farm day in devon) and doing a little talk between 12-1pm. taking baby hogs and baby sparrow with me that is very vocal!!!! Also got a little questionnaire for kids that will win a prize for best one, that ll make sure they might listen to me then!!!
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