Let’s talk pet rabbits! June and July see the celebration of 15 years of the Rabbit awareness week or RAW. Set-up by the PDSA, RAW aims to improve how we look after our pet rabbits. The PDSA say that 49% of pet rabbits live alone and are often the forgotten pet. So what do pet […]
Along with our family cats, dog and Guinea Pigs, we had our pet rabbit Lucky who’s independent type of living was slightly unusual for rabbit behaviour, as they are usually sociable animals. Lucky recently passed away, unfortunately, a recurring abscess under his eye spread through his body, but he lived to a ripe old age […]
Grace is my mother’s cat, and like my own pets, she came into our family a rescue cat, but at first, she wasn’t all that she appeared to be. Named by my mum after the character in the books by Peter James, Grace was dumped at the reception where I used to work as a veterinary […]
Our Guinea Pigs, Boris and Flash, came to us via a local centre; Pooh Piglet Guinea Pig Rescue. Based in Haywards Heath, Pauline Dutton has been running the centre for many years caring for new and rescued Guinea Pigs and giving them new homes. We were after a pet, ideally, for Jacob my son. We […]
Lucky, our pet rabbit, came to us, like so many pets, ‘rehomed’ as it were. He actually lived with a friend, who sadly, was moving away to a place without a garden, so, therefore, Lucky needed to be rehoused. I was asked if we could have him, as we knew the owners well and we […]
Fluffy is, as you can imagine, a fluffy black cat. At nearly ten years old, our pet cat Fluffy has been through a lot but her journey has also been very personal to me and the family as it may have helped bring Jacob along! Let me explain… Fluffy goes missing Many years ago we […]
Many years before starting working as The Friendly Pet Nurse I volunteered for the Twinkle Trust, an animal aid charity that aims to help the many stray cats that live in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands near Spain. Twinkle Trust helps feral and neglected cats on the island, and I was specifically there to […]