Ozzy update

Ozzy the skunk is still with us & she is doing really well. She's put on loads of weight & loves being picked up & fussed. She'd spend all day being carried round if we let her - trouble is we don't get much work done when she's out, she's very distracting, & unbelievably cute!!

About 70 hedgehogs in at the moment, mainly youngsters & about three quarters of them are now on antibiotics as they have infections. Hedgehogs seem to pick up all sorts of infections, especially intestinal, really easily, so this situation is not at all unusual.

We have been able to do a lot of releases lately too (in between rainy days!) Many of the birds that we took in several weeks ago as tiny, bald babies are now reaching the age where they need to go off & find their own territories & can cope without our help. This time of year is probably the most satisfying with everyone's hard work finally paying off with animals being released on a daily basis. Our 23 fox cubs will soon be off to their temporary release pens too & will be back in the wild where they belong in a few weeks.