Many areas are blighted by discarded rubber bands ..the culprit your postman. There is a petition here which also has a few interesting links. If you see these rubber bands discarded in your neighbourhood have a word with your postman and remind him of the dangers to our wildlife, their bosses have ...

I love the idea that you are competing for tenants for your hedgehog houses. I don't think there is much you can do other than provide a nice interior with dried leaves and straw, also put food down near it so it will know it's there. The problem with hedgehogs is that they are not territorial, and ...

ClareM wrote:I like the idea of using the ash for the chooks to dustbathe in.....do you need to sieve it / prepare it in any way or just cool & add to their dustbathing area?

Just cool and add.

Tomorrow is the big day ...lets hope enough MP's who care about animal welfare turn up.
If anyone wants to watch it's on Sky 504 from 11.15 am. Details of the motion HERE

Meanqueen wrote:I have sent the letter to Andrew Percy, my MP. He keeps sending me emails, so I thought I would send him one back.
Ilona

Nice one Ilona.

Yes a lot of Laners use woodburners. We have a corner of our friends barn that we use to season our logs and he delivered 3 tons to us yesterday ..now all stacked in the store ready for the cold weather. We always have a kettle on top of the woodburner and cook on it too ..great for stews and currie...

So sorry to read your sad news Manda. He was a gorgeous boy.

Sorry if I came across as being bias towards the hedgehogs plight, I also keep chickens in my garden so know they do happily coexist.

Primrose could be suffering from shock ..have you checked her for injuries and treated her for shock?

Thanks Gwen

Vet Marc Abraham, founder of Pup Aid, is on BBC news this morning 9.55 talking about the debate.

Hi cathycarp .. I would hazard a guess that the hedgehog was looking for a hibernation site. It has been so cool and wet after a good summer that he could well have been fooled into thinking it's Autumn so time to stake his claim to a nice dry area where he can build his hibernation quarters.Could y...

Thank you all so much for your support. signed. I wonder if there might also be an effort to clamp down on the imported puppy trade at the same time. Pup Aid has been very careful in choosing to go for a ban on puppies being sold without their mothers present rather than a ban on all the trading pra...

Three months ago we adopted Bella, a beautiful miniature schnauzer, from Many Tears Animal Rescue . Bella was rescued from a puppy farm where she had been kept in horrific conditions and used to churn out litters of pups untill she suffered a hernia and was left to die. On Sept 4th a debate is being...

I would definitely keep them contained in cat box or small cage to prevent any escapes between houses. Haven't transported cats so can only give my experience of bringing Bella our rescue dog home. We took her cage and bedding to her fosterer a few days before so her bedding had familiar smells. On ...

Twist the stems off then boil in their skins .. they take a while boiling but you can cut the cooking time by cooking in the microwave .. add a little water to a heatproof dish and cover, cook for 8-10 mins...remove skins after cooking.

signed.