Spotted Eagle Owl

Spotted Eagle Owl

A Spotted Eagle Owl chick was found on the ground under a tree that had fallen from the nest on Shikanda Game Reserve in Malelane. The people on the reserve put the baby owl back in its nest with his siblings. The next day they went to check on the owl and found it under the tree again this time […]

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White Faced Owl

White Faced owl

A couple from Vivo Waterpoort brought in a White Faced Owl which they named Bibi that they had been looking after for about a month. The owl was unable to stand upright on its own and we thought that maybe it had fluid in its stomach. We, fortunately, discovered that he had worms which was treated immediately and is now […]

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White Faced Owl (Juv)

White Faced Owl (Juv)

A White Faced Owl was brought into Provet our local vet in Hoedspruit. They had a look at the owl there were no injuries, under observation the owl was found to be young and very thin. Stephen our receptionist’s partner kindly brought it to us on his way home from work. It is doing well so far.

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Cut Throat Finches

Cut Throat Finches

A pair of Cut Throat Finches made a nest near one of our serval cages. One morning one of the staff found two of the chicks on the ground and the other one dead, they observed the nest for some time but no mother came in sight. So we took them into our clinic to check on them, there were […]

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Porcupine

Porcupine

One of our neighbours who provides us with fresh cow’s milk for our babies, had a sub adult porcupine constantly eating his vegetables. We set up one of our friendly traps, once he was caught our neighbour brought him to us so we could release him elsewhere. The following evening the porcupine decided to release himself and dug under the […]

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