Health Update - Charlie and Scooby

17 April 2022

We are pleased to say that Charlie is making progress at Liphook. He is starting to eat again, and all of his digestive systems seem to be working normally. Although he is doing well, we do not want to get too far ahead of ourselves, and it is still a 'keep our fingers crossed' situation.

Of real concern to us at the moment is Scooby. We have moved Scooby to Liphook, where she has replaced Sooty. Scooby needs advanced care for a number of issues.

It is well known that she is battling a longstanding eye condition, in which she gets regular bouts of ulcers, which we manage with a lot of care and attention. However, she has now gone lame with what appears to be several deep-seated abscesses, and unfortunately, she appears to have several other medical issues as well. We are struggling to tame her unusually high heart rate and we have discovered several blood deficiencies which require attention.

Our vets and our team have spent a lot of time with Scooby and each time we have a plan for her, something else seems to crop up. She is a lovely donkey, who is an ideal patient, and we are trying everything we know to achieve a positive outcome for her.

We will keep you all updated when we can.

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by abigail.fox • 7 November 2024

In late 2022, we started fundraising to establish an equine clinic at the sanctuary. Thanks to your generosity, we raised £125,000 from the initial campaign. This is ringfenced to spend on the Equine Treatment Centre. In the summer of 2023, we paused fundraising and undertook a separate feasibility study, using the generous free support of a civil engineer. We used this opportunity to make sure our build plans were making the very best use of your donations and the funds we had raised. We’ve tweaked the initial plan and have planning permission to undertake a project that will greatly support our high standards of equine welfare. We plan to: Repurpose an existing structure to house the Equine Treatment Centre thus reducing construction costs. Construct an equine rehabilitation barn on the site originally intended for the clinic. Create an isolation barn at the site’s perimeter. This will mean we can provide the very best care for equines needing isolation for medical treatment or observation. We will focus first on building the new barns, then move on to repurposing existing structures into our Equine Treatment Centre. The work cannot start until spring at the earliest, when we hope the ground will have dried out and the machinery will be able to move around the site. We need to make sure our precious paddocks are well looked after while the building work takes place.