Donating Items and Food
As a charity, we rely on donations in order to care for our animals. There are more ways to donate than monetary if that is not an option for you, please see below for other ways to help.
Substrates/Enclosure Floor Coverings
For the majority of the animals in our care; especially those in quarantine, we use Newspaper as a standard floor covering for the enclosure. Although it is not naturally what the animals would have in the wild, it is necessary for us in a Rescue capacity. We currently use the following:
Newspapers
Toilet Roll or Kitchen Roll inserts (Great as hides for snakes)
Aspen Bedding
Beech Chips
Moss (For creating humidity)
Heating and Lighting
Heating and lighting is an essential part of ensuring a reptiles well being. We currently use the following types of heating equipment:
Spot/Reflector bulbs Bayonet fitting in wattages of 40w, 60w, 100w, 150w. We use Red, white and green bulbs.
Spot/Reflector bulbs Screw fitting in wattages of 40w, 60w, 75w, 100w, 150w. We use Red, white and green bulbs.
Arcadia D3 UV Basking Lamp - 80w, 100w, 160w
Arcadia Deep Heat Projectors - wattages 50w and 80w
Ceramic heaters - wattages of 50w, 100w and 150w
Food
We have many animals here with a variety of nutritional requirements. Below is a list of just some of the food we use on a daily basis:
For our Turtles:
Fish such as Seafood sticks, White bait, Salmon, Prawns
Meats such as Chicken, Turkey
Complete Turtle & Terrapin Foods such as Natures Grub
Salads and Vegetables such as Rocket, Watercress, Carrot, Apple,
For our Lizards:
Insects such as Hoppers (all sizes), Brown Crickets, Mealworms, Wax Worms, Pachnoda Grubs, Dubia Roaches
Salads and Vegetables (For our Herbivores & Omnivores) such as Rocket, Watercress, Baby leaf, Chinese Leaf, Pak Choi, Carrot, Apple, Pears, Mushrooms, Courgette.
Frozen Rats from Rat Pups to Jumbo Rat size
Frozen Mice from Pinkie Mice to Jumbo Mice size
Frozen Quail