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LAST AMENDED: 14th April 2010 - View our Adoption Procedures.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: At present we are unable to take in any dogs for rehoming and suggest you contact either Battersea Dogs Home www.battersea.org.uk or the Dogs Trust (previously known as the NCDL), who have a homing centre at Harefield near Uxbridge www.dogstrust.org.uk. We do however hear about dogs which are looking for homes so if making a general enquiry you can always contact us. Any subsequent updates to our homing lists will appear here.

LAST AMENDED: 14th April 2010 - View our Adoption Procedures.

Stick Insects

STICK INSECTS

We have taken in a large amount of Indian stick insects, could you offer some a home?

Indian stick insects (Carausius morosus) have a unique appearance and are relatively easy to care for. They reach a length of up to 4 inches (10cm), and their expected life span is approximately one year.

Please do your homework first, before you decide to get some of these very interesting little critters! For a guide please click here.

To adopt please click here.


COCKATIELS

Angel (F) Woolly (M) & Spirit (M)
These cockatiels were in a very poor condition when they came into our care.
They have now been treated & will soon be looking for a new home.
The girl has a deformed beak which needs to be closely monitored, I have found since she has been here as long as she has lots of cuttlefish and branches to chew on she is managing ok.
These birds could not fly & could only just walk when they arrived they are slowly becoming more agile but it will take time.
These Birds are between the ages of 3 to 6 years old.
As with all our Birds we will only re-home them to an Aviary.
If you feel you could offer these Birds a new loving home please get in touch for a chat. Click here to see a YouTube video of them.





GIANT AFRICAN LAND SNAILS

We still have some Giant African Land Snails in our care, below is a very brief outline of their care. If you think you would like one please do your homework and find out as much as you can before you consider taking one on.

The giant African snail typically lives for five to eight years sometimes more. The African snail is a hermaphrodite. Each individual has both male and female sex organs, but reproduction requires cross fertilisation. Young snails become sexually mature at about 3–5 months

Feeding:
Snails will eat almost any vegetable or fruit, just make sure that you rinse the food well to ensure that any pesticides are washed off. The darker green leaf vegetable is best for them, but they will eat most things. They will need a shallow bowl of fresh water, but can drown if it is deeper than a few millimeters. Snails need calcium, and to get this the best source is cattle fish bone (same as you use for budgies). Without this calcium the snails shell will not be very strong and maybe slow to grow.

Housing:
Snails are one of the easiest of the exotic pets to keep. All you need is a reasonable sized tank (plastic or glass) with a secure lid, air holes, some general-purpose compost, a small water dish and a heat pad. Please go for the biggest size tank you can, the more room the better.
Snails should have fresh substrate every week and this should be at least 1-2 inches deep to allow the snail to bury itself as it would in the wild. Snails must be kept warm enough, a temperature of 21-26°C is usually best (depending on species). You may need to use a heat mat to achieve this, especially in winter. You can get these from reptile centres or online shops like eBay. These should be attached to the side of the tank, with a sheet of polystyrene at least 5mm thick on the back to stop heat escaping. The heat mat should be big enough to cover one third to one half of the side of the tank.

If you think you can give one or two of our Snails a new home please get in touch. (viaJH120708)

WILDLIFE APPEAL...

We are always in need of equipment to enable us to continue helping wildlife that requires our assistance.

We need large and small bird cages, large and small rodent cages and rabbit pens of any size.

If you can offer us any equipment, new or unused, it will enable us to continue our work. Please email us at feedback@haws-animals.org.uk if you think you can help.

Thank you.

Do you have space in your aviaries for any of our unwanted birds?  We periodically have a number of budgies & cockatiels, and a few canaries, finches etc.  All the birds have been rescued and treated for any illnesses. Help and support is offered to ensure all goes well. No breeders, sellers or cage bird owners please. Please Contact us on 020 8560 5443 for all other enquiries, including rodents and other animals.

If you would like to foster any of our animals, even temporarily, then please click here for more information.