Health Update - Charlie and Scooby Return

2 May 2022

Our latest 2 Liphook patients, Charlie and Scooby, returned home to Wroxall on the 29th April.

Charlie has made an astounding recovery from an operation to remove a serious intestinal blockage. The operation was risky for an old donkey, but Charlie responded very well. He is bright and looks well after all he has been through. However, we are still cautious about his long term recovery and Charlie is being monitored very carefully.

For Scooby, the picture remains uncertain. She went to Liphook for a full investigation into a high heart rate and a serious flare up in her laminitis. The heart rate is under control but she is still lame from the laminitis, which is very acute. She has seen our Farrier on Friday, and he has ‘built’ her some shoes. She seems to be more comfortable than she has been for a long time. We must stress that this condition is extremely serious and we are doing all we can to support and manage Scooby, who deserves all of our effort, because she has had such a rough time medically.

Thank you to our staff, our vets, and the medical team at Liphook for their care and expertise for these 2 fabulous donkeys!

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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.