Recently a very unusual visitor was brought into the clinic. A native long-necked turtle was found wandering in someones backyard. He was kept at the clinic for a couple of days but we found that he was not eating and very quiet. We rang Healesville sanctuary for advice and they were very helpful. They helped us to identify the turtle as a native and advised that it probably wandered away from a natural waterway. Using Google earth there was nothing close by so we were advise

We recently took in two orphaned baby kittens that required round the clock bottle feeding. It was exhausting for us nurses, but we knew that without us, they wouldn’t survive. About a week and a half later though, another four neonatal kittens were brought into the clinic, but this time with their mother! Not only is this beautiful mumma taking care of her four babies, she straight away started caring for the two orphaned babies when they were introduced to her. It was so be