The best Christmas presents for animal lovers?

Choose from one of our engaging days out If you’re looking for an alternative Christmas present for a animal lovers, Good Day Out experience days are the best! Small group days out in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales that also benefit good causes. Mini Donkey Walking Spend a couple of hours with some […]

Can Donkeys Eat Pumpkin?

can donkeys eat pumpkin

What can you do with your pumpkin after Halloween, and is pumpkin OK for wildlife and other animals? Although it’s great fun to pick your own pumpkin and carve a pumpkin lantern for Halloween, you need to be very careful about what you do with the leftover pumpkin skin, fruit and seeds. Pumpkins are not […]

Sycamore seeds can be dangerous to donkeys

check your paddock for toxic sycamore seedlings to protect your donkeys and horses

Are sycamore seeds harmful to donkeys and horses? In a nutshell, yes! It’s relatively recently that the condition known as Atypical Myopathy (sycamore poisoning) has been recognised which is a very serious disease that is caused by donkeys or horses eating sycamore seeds or seedlings. Symptoms of sycamore poisoning in donkeys can come on suddenly […]

Are you in the dark about the shortest day?

mini donkeys in the snow

Why is the earliest sunrise not the same date as the shortest day on the Winter Solstice? It wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I noticed that the mornings weren’t getting any lighter despite it being after 21st December, the Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year. Naturally, worrying that the […]