MR DONUT

MR DONUT ARRIVED AT THE SANCTUARY IN NOVEMBER 2008, HE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO A VET IN SHIPLEY WEST YORKSHIRE, WHICH SENT HIM TO THE SANCTUARY.

WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE SANCTUARY HE WAS IN A SAD STATE, HE HAD A MASSIVE OPEN WOUND ALONG HIS BACK, IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT IT HAD BEEN MADE BY A SPADE�

 

MR DONUT WAS MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS AND BUSILY COLLECTING LEAVES FOR HIS WINTER BEDDING, WHEN SOMEONE UN-THINKINGLY DECIDED TO TIDY THEIR GARDEN, USING A SPADE TO PICK UP LEAVES, WITH OUT FIRST CHECKING TO SEE IF ANY WIDLIFE WAS UNDER THE LEAVES.

PLEASE EVERYONE REMEMBER THAT LOTS OF WILD LIFE USE LEAVES FOR NEST MATERIALS, ANIMALS CAN FREEZE TO DEATH IN WINTER IF THEY CANT FIND ENOUGH TO MAKE A SUITABLE NEST. 

DONUT IS IMPROVING EVERY DAY, ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE HE CAN GO BACK TO THE WILD, WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP HIM AT THE SANCTUARY UNTIL ALL HIS SPINES REGROW, AS HE WILL BE UNABLE TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM PREDATORS.

HE IS ON AMOXIPEN ANTIBIOTICS, AND HE HAS A WARM BATH EVERYDAY WHICH KEEPS HIS WOUND CLEAN AND HELPS IT TO HEAL, HE IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED LITTLE MAN, HE KNOWS HE ALWAYS GETS A TREAT AFTER HIS BATH WHICH IS USUALLY CAKE OR A WARM SCRAMBLED EGG.