We have had a couple of days of nice weather this week, so we quickly got the paint brush out. Bowzser’s house has now had a makeover. Okay it isn’t an extreme makeover, just freshly painted. Bowzser is one of our cats, she loves the outdoors. Her house is a cosy warm box attached to Carolyn and Jim’s house. It is in a great central location with a great view of the monkeys, in a quiet area. Bowzser is such a sweet cat; she loves to have a cuddle before she comes up with me to help feed the monkeys.
We also have a new piglet, in fact she came to us a couple of months back when she was lost. We were able to reunite her with her worried owners. However, she was surrendered to the Upper Hutt animal control last week and past on to us. She was back living with her old room mate, Griz (the bunny). She is very friendly, loves attention and of course very cute, she comes running over to us for a tummy tickle. She has gone into a fantastic new home with another KuneKune we helped rehome.
Sadly Penelope Sweet Pea pasted away last Friday night. We were very upset. Penelope loved tootling around the paddock eating grass and sleeping in the sun. When she came to us she had diarrhoea and a skin infection. The diarrhoea was much better and she was eating very well. It was a real surprise and I really was heart broken when Carolyn told me. Penelope was simply happy and content tootling around, she was very calm and well very sweet. I have buried her in a very nice spot on the way up to the monkey enclosure.
We have another baby goat, her name is Sophie. Sophie is great; she follows me around the sanctuary. Sophie even helped me clean out Jelly and Bean’s (the two giant bunnies) house and run the other day. She also helped plant more flax. Sophie is very much a playful baby goat, she loves to run, jump, frolick and get into things.
We have two more puppies looking for homes. They are gorgeous 16week old huntaway x heading dog. These two are not from Christchurch but just down the road from us. The previous owner refuses to get her dogs desexed, she thinks dogs won’t work as well if they are desexed. This is of course just an old wives tale and not true at all. Having a uterus does not affect the way a dog works. Not to mention they only have a lifestyle block not a large farm. We have offered to help get them desexed, even pay for it, as this is not the first time we have had to help rehome dogs in the past. The pups ending up with us because a member of the community saw a trademe auction saying the pups will be put to sleep unless someone takes them. The previous owner had a two week holiday booked and didn’t want to find care for the pups. The concerned member of the public stepped up, she took the pups told us about the trademe auction and asked for help. There is always ignorance out there, it is about educating people. Don’t worry we are still on the case trying to get the dogs desexed. They have kept a female pup so we will continue to work hard making sure the pup doesn’t have puppies herself.
It snowed at the sanctuary! We had 2 days of thick snow. It was so magical, to see photo’s check out our facebook page. The animals loved it. The horse were rolling in it, running and playing up and down the hills. The dogs were playing, face planting and rolling as well. Piggy Sue was trotting around with a big smile. The only 2 that weren’t coping were Munchkin and Mary Ann our beautiful goats. I set them up in a nice shelter with heaps of straw for warmth. The next day they were very happy, both came out the check out the snow. Munchkin even helped me feed out.
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