Littlest Wildlife Hotel - North Devon

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If you need any help rescuing an animal please call 07481801447

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All donation information can be found on our website: https://littlestwildlifehotel.org.uk/support-us/

In happier news our little farm cats Alan and Gary are coming round to humans nicely. Gary actively loves a good chin sc...
18/06/2026

In happier news our little farm cats Alan and Gary are coming round to humans nicely.

Gary actively loves a good chin scritch, Alan is less convinced that humans are worth his time and I’ve not helped the situation by worming then this morning. It looks could kill I certainly would have been killed a number of times. Luckily Gary is still my friend.

A few more weeks being tamed and they will be ready to go.

Sadly our beautiful Griselda was laid to rest this morning. She ran out of energy to fight against the starvation she su...
18/06/2026

Sadly our beautiful Griselda was laid to rest this morning.

She ran out of energy to fight against the starvation she suffered.

I’m so sorry that this happened to her and she came to us perhaps just days too late to save her.

She took a turn overnight and was taken to the vets first thing this morning, where we all agreed that it would be cruel to try and find a vein (which had all collapsed) and inflict pain and suffering on an already frail suffering animal in a probable futile attempt to save her life.

I was with her when she succumbed to her final sleep, and she was stroked and loved until her last breath.

If anyone has animals or knows of animals who are in a state of malnutrition or distress, please reach out to charities such as Cats Protection or ourselves. We WILL help, the animals are our priority.

Thank you to the people who found her and brought her straight to us. Because of your swift actions this beautiful cat was able to have a few days of care and love before she passed peacefully without fear.

Please in future, keep in mind that a picture is a snapshot, an image captured in less than a second. It will never show the reality of what goes on before or after the photo was taken.

Thank you to Moorland Vets for their guidance, expertise, help and kindness as ever.

This cat came in to us on Monday after being found on the side of a road. She is emaciated. She’s very very depressed. I...
17/06/2026

This cat came in to us on Monday after being found on the side of a road.

She is emaciated. She’s very very depressed. I have kept her going over the past two days with subcutaneous fluids and small meals often. She is a young cat and there is currently no veterinary reason for her to be in the state that she’s in.

There is NO excuse for this cat to look like this. None whatsoever. This is the second cat I’ve seen in a state like this, the first cat slipped into a coma and couldn’t be saved. This cat is significantly younger and she is a fighter.

Not only is she emaciated, but she was covered in ticks and fleas, her fur was matted, filthy and very sparse in patches. I have had to shave all her fur off since she arrived in an attempt to help her feel more cat like and clean. She is not ready for a bath yet.

She’s been to the vets today and although she is well in herself - which is testament to her determination and will to survive, she is less than 1kg in weight. A cat of her size should be at least 3-4kg in weight. She will be returning to the vets tomorrow as I’m unhappy with how she’s eating or not eating as the case may be and I’d like her checked for any potential mouth issues.

Touching her feels awful as you’re literally just touching a skeleton with skin over it, and I’m constantly worried about hurting her. It’s going to be a long journey with her before she’s even slightly considered as a well cat.

I never EVER want to see another cat in this state, and whoever owned her and didn’t have her microchipped so we could reunite them or potentially report them is very irresponsible. I’d love to know more about her like her age (we think she’s around 1 year old) and why and how she’s ended up like this.

To help donate towards her veterinary cat care and food costs you can either donate on the website www.littlestwildlifehotel.org.uk or you’re welcome to contact Moorland Vets and add some credit to our account

Thank you for reading and caring about animals

Had a bit of a worry with our newest Mummy, she only gave birth to one kitten in the early hours of yesterday morning. B...
15/06/2026

Had a bit of a worry with our newest Mummy, she only gave birth to one kitten in the early hours of yesterday morning.

By this morning no further kittens meant that we needed to make an emergency appointment with the vets to get her checked out to make sure that there were no kittens stuck inside her. Everyone was prepared for a possible emergency c-section to take place.

After an ultrasound and an X-ray it was determined that there were no further kittens inside her and she was suffering with mastitis which means she’s not able to feed her son.

We are helping by feeding the kitten and then giving him back to her to care for, this way he will hopefully survive and as her antibiotics kick in she can start to feed him herself, unfortunately due to her need to feed the kitten she can’t have any pain relief.

We do have two living animals which is the best outcome we could hope for.

Here is the as yet unnamed baby boy having his first ever feed.

What a week!! Lots of successful rescues, a few with sad outcomes, but at least the animal was safe and cared for at the...
14/06/2026

What a week!!

Lots of successful rescues, a few with sad outcomes, but at least the animal was safe and cared for at the end of its life and any pain they were in was ended.

I can’t fit all the rescues in as the limit is 10 photos!

The hoglets are called Rock, Pebble and Stone as when they were found the finder described them as pebble sized. They have grown so much since they arrived and are happily feeding themselves and will be released when they reach the appropriate size.

Sadly one of the puffins found in Ilfracombe didn’t survive, and the fox, despite all best efforts by Moorland Vets who carried out extensive blood test which all came back normal, so he hadn’t been poisoned which was the first concern. He was collapsed and hypothermic on the patio of the finders home appeared to have neurological issues and was put to sleep the day after it was captured as it was in his best interests as he was clearly suffering.

The second puffin found at Staunton Sands is doing really well and ate yesterday with help, and today is feeding itself. Hopefully it will continue to improve daily and will be able to be released back to Lundy and in the process it might possibly teach our resident puffin how to puffin so it too can be released!!

We are drastically short on the following items kitten wet food, adult cat wet food, cat litter, Critical Care Formula and disinfectant. All can be found on our Amazon wishlist which is a link on this profile, or can be found on our website www.littlestwildlifehotel.org.uk

We are also short on finances, if anyone is able to donate even £1 we would massively appreciate it. The large variety of animals we have in is rather expensive to feed, clean and generally care for. Lots needing critical care in incubators. Again donation links are on our website.

Thank you for reading this and caring about our wildlife.

On Friday night Will Jay hosted his last ever charity quiz night, and we were the very lucky recipients of the raised mo...
10/06/2026

On Friday night Will Jay hosted his last ever charity quiz night, and we were the very lucky recipients of the raised monies.

The quiz was really well attended and all tables were full of teams participating in the quiz.

The Ebberley Arms kindly hosted the event.

A total of £519 was raised towards the rescue which we are very grateful for, as are all the animals which the monies will go towards feeding and providing enrichment and any veterinary expenses.

Our team ‘Overworked and Underpaid’ came a respectable 4th out of 11 teams.

Thank you to everyone who donated raffle prizes for the event and to everyone who attended and supported Will and us for his final event.

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This Friday everyone! We still have some spaces open on our team if anyone is interested in joining us?
02/06/2026

This Friday everyone! We still have some spaces open on our team if anyone is interested in joining us?

Unfortunately after an unsuccessful reunion I had to remove the babies from their Mum after 24 hours. Even though she ha...
29/05/2026

Unfortunately after an unsuccessful reunion I had to remove the babies from their Mum after 24 hours.

Even though she hadn’t injured any of the babies she had failed to feed them or keep them warm. As such the babies were starving and cold and one very swiftly succumbed to the combined effect of both minutes after I removed them from their Mum.

We are down to 3, very small babies. Since removing them they have fed well taking roughly 2mls between the trio every 2-4 hours.

Only one of the babies had any milk inside its tummy. Such a shame that it didn’t work out for them to remain with Mum.

Meanwhile the rescue was rather busy today, we admitted a number of new animals including a hedgehog giving all the classic symptoms of lungworm. Only it was found running out from under the car in the daylight. Upon checking I found she was a female who was heavy weighing 988g. She has signs of birth or imminent birth and so I took her back to the find site and released her.

We admitted another hedgehog who was covered with ticks AND had fleas who also was struggling to breathe. Sadly she is female which means that she could be pregnant, and if so possibly very close to giving birth. Since being in our care her breathing has calmed down and I haven’t seen any babies as yet.

We also admitted 4 baby voles, 1 baby tit, 1 baby jackdaw, 2 baby pigeons and finally a baby crow that I drove by whilst going out to another rescue, it was just sat in the middle of the road beside another squashed crow. When I got out of the car to see what was going on it tried its hardest to get away from me, but ended up on its back unable to right itself, which made for an easy capture.

Everyone has eaten or been fed since their arrival at the rescue and now it’s most animals bedtime.

Attached are some photos to enjoy!

28/05/2026

Second video of the hedgehog and hoglets that arrived today 28/5, this is 4 hours after arrival.

I will be checking on them again in about 10 minutes. Hopefully all 5 willl be happy and well fed.

Address

Kempstown Farm
South Molton
EX364JJ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 6:30pm
Thursday 9am - 6:30pm
Friday 9am - 6:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 3pm
Sunday 10:30am - 3pm

Telephone

+447481801447

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