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Minton Farm Newsletter: July 2014
Our aim is to assist the conservation of the natural diversity of life on Earth.
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Our aim is to assist the conservation of the natural diversity of life on Earth.
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Thanks from Bev!
Howdy!
Thanks again to Our Amazing Supporters!
We've kept ourselves busy during the cold, wet winter, cementing pathways through to the birds of prey enclosures and the poultry runs, as well as completing the fundraising shed with a concrete floor and lovely new shelving for books, clothes and bric a brac! We are in the process of displaying goods ready for a garage sale which we will hold in warmer weather.
We welcome any items in good order that you would like to donate to raise funds for the animal rescue centre.
Thanks again to Our Amazing Supporters!
We've kept ourselves busy during the cold, wet winter, cementing pathways through to the birds of prey enclosures and the poultry runs, as well as completing the fundraising shed with a concrete floor and lovely new shelving for books, clothes and bric a brac! We are in the process of displaying goods ready for a garage sale which we will hold in warmer weather.
We welcome any items in good order that you would like to donate to raise funds for the animal rescue centre.
FUND RAISING FOR MINTON FARM IN 2014
Our major fund raising activity currently is:
This year we will are selling the Channel 9 Telethon Distinctive Home and Land lottery tickets again!
At Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre we assist all species of wildlife needing to be rescued, rehabilitated and released. Recently we have had a large volume of koalas coming into care. Consequently, this year we are fundraising to improve our facilities for koalas. We hope you are able to assist us with this much needed, worthwhile cause.
Buy your tickets online by clicking here!
Thank you for your support! Bev x
Our major fund raising activity currently is:
This year we will are selling the Channel 9 Telethon Distinctive Home and Land lottery tickets again!
- First prize is a furnished home at Playford Alive, valued at over $450,000 or $250,000 cash. Donated by Distinctive Homes, Playford Alive, Taste Furniture and Supreme Kitchens.
- Second Prize is $20,000 cash.
- Book Buyers Prize; $10,000 cash.
At Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre we assist all species of wildlife needing to be rescued, rehabilitated and released. Recently we have had a large volume of koalas coming into care. Consequently, this year we are fundraising to improve our facilities for koalas. We hope you are able to assist us with this much needed, worthwhile cause.
Buy your tickets online by clicking here!
Thank you for your support! Bev x
- We will hold the Annual Garage Sale around October so if you want to donate any goods for that throughout the year, we can store them in our fund raising shed.
Possum Magic!
We had a Mum ringtail possum with two tiny, pink pouch young. She came in from Blackwood Vet with a split bottom lip and was taken back to her territory and released after a week of R & R here. She was happy to scamper off into the bushes in her own territory again to raise her twins.
Another adult ringtail possum was brought here in a very debilitated state, with pale gums and blood in his mouth. He absolutely blossomed whilst here, putting on weight, growing beautiful fur, eating well and being very active. He looked a picture of health in no time and was returned home during lovely mild weather to fulfil his role in our environmental biodiversity. Good luck to him. A set of ringtail twins were also returned to their territory, as well as a juvenile brush tail possum this week, after they met with misadventure!. Please check pouches
We received a tiny kangaroo that was found in its’ dead mothers pouch recently. He had his mother’s blood dried over his face, and was very cold, indicating that he was there for quite some time. He fed well, but had bruising on his hip and was breathing heavily, indicating internal damage and pain. The bruising came out overnight, and unfortunately he passed away. Please check the pouches of roos you may hit or see lying on the roads. Early intervention will prevent pneumonia and lower stress levels in the joey.
Happy Tortoises Tortsie shell repair
Best invention ever! Equi-thane super fast hoof repairer that I had mailed in from Perth! A tortoise was brought here after being run over by a car. It had holes drilled through the shell and wire twitched through it by a Vet. After pain killers and antibiotic treatment, I removed the wire and replaced it with material which seals the wounds and strengthens the shell immediately. She went home again to a lovely dam in Oakbank and the old shell will be shed when its ready.
We received another tortoise with a fish hook in its mouth from Frank Smith dam. We removed the hook and gave it antibiotics for a couple of days then took it back and released it into the most idyllic home a tortoise could have! My husband and I followed it up by sharing chips with the seagulls watching the sunset at Seacliff, then watched the moon eclipse on the way home! Yellow Tail Black CockatooWe took a beautiful young Yellow Tail Black Cockatoo home to Hahndorf after a week of feeding up. She couldn't wait to fly off from my hands, not stopping to even perch on the tree branch! She flew off strongly to the sounds of her family calling her in the nearby trees, even though we couldn't see them. Just marvelous!
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The Brawny Tawny!
I had a tawny frogmouth come in that I took to the vet for an X-ray because of a swelling in one wing. It wasn't hanging down but the bird couldn't fly. The wingbone was broken and had calcified together while I had it strapped.
She started flying up onto perches and across the aviary once the strapping was removed, so it looked like the bones had calcified and strengthened the break. Amazing!!! In another week she was strong enough to go home to her family! 
Tawny Frog Mouth owl rescued
Knocked Out FrogmouthA Tawny Frogmouth came in with severe concussion after being hit on a road at Edithburgh where he was probably chasing mice from the plague in a cars’ headlights! He fully recovered after a week of R&R and he was returned to his home, away from the road.
The Floating Echidna!
Animals sure do some strange things!
A little echidna climbed into our kangaroo enclosure, over a 6’ fence with an outrigger for fox proofing! It then climbed up into a water trough and fell into the water and was found lying on its back floating in it! At least it had a snorkel to breathe! It was ‘dried out’ and released in the bottom of our property a couple of days later. Wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't’t seen it. 
Rested Kookaburra
A male kookaburra had been hit by a car and was then being attacked by a magpie, as they do. A neighbour caught it and brought it up for some R&R. After some pain killers and a night in the warm, he progressed to a flight aviary where he flew beautifully. I took him home and as the body language shows he was quite indignant and abusive for our troubles, then flew like a rocket up into the gums!!!
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Koala Corner
Mandy the koala being hand fed by Bev
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Where’s My Mum?A tiny and frozen cold koala came in weighing 850 grams, so I’m just warming it up before we treat it. She was found on the ground with no mum and very unhappy with her ears down low, which means she was miserable. What a night it was to be out in the cold alone!
I’d never had such a starving baby koala before! Matilda bit, tore and ripped at the teat to get the formula as she was soooo hungry and took 20mls without stopping. I gave her another feed about 11pm. She slowly felt better after a feed, toileting and feeling warm and safe snuggling on her teddy. I reckoned it would take a while to get her confidence and calm her down to feel safe again. I hate to think what hell this little one had been through! She was a different creature within 2 days, happily munching leaves and eagerly drinking her bottle and she hasn't looked back! |
Mandy’s GrowingWell koalas are full of surprises!!! Mandy who came in at 400 grams and now weighs 2kgs, had a tummy ache and was quite unwell just out the blue, and the koala in our hospital was running around his cage after demolishing his gum as if nothing was wrong with him after severe concussion from a car impact!!! You just never know!!!???
I was able to analyse her urine under our microscope and take a photo of it to send off to the Zoo Vets. They confirmed there was blood in it which indicated a urinary infection. Four days of treating Mandy seemed like a month of struggle, but after one day on antibiotics she gained weight, and was almost keen to see her bottle and keen to take critical care and gum paste. I was exhausted...an emotional roller coaster ride but we were winning the battle! She decided she didn’t want her formula in a bottle with a teat anymore for some reason and now happily drinks it straight from a syringe. Go figure? Whatever makes them happy. |
Brave Little KoalaI had a little boy koala come in last night that was hit by a car. The jaw was very swollen and the mouth blood filled, so I had it x-rayed at Blackwood Vet. Luckily he had no broken bones or skull damage so we kept him on anti inflammatory injections until he felt better, then got him eating and on the road to recovery with confidence. He was a very lucky little boy to go home unscathed after a remarkable recovery. The swelling was gone, he was eating well and his attitude had returned!
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Koala in Water Again!We received this koala a couple of days ago after it fell into a swimming pool, was retrieved, then fell in again! It was sodden to the bone and very angry! She pulled up well and was super keen to be home again in the sunshine today. We put her in some beautiful gums a street away from the pool in the hope that she has learnt her lesson!
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Male Koala’s and cars!
We took the old boy koala home that came from the Stirling exit after being hit by a car. He had some head injury and was here for a week or so on pain killers. He was pretty angry about it all and blamed me when he fell from the branches with a dizzy head for a while!
Eventually he accepted that I was a friend and allowed me to enter his space and assist him to hold the leaves I gave him. Eventually he was able to climb and demolish all that I gave him, so we took him to a quiet cul-de-sac surrounded by beautiful gums and allowed him to quietly climb a gum in his own time. He did so with ease and immediately reached out and pulled the fresh gum leaves toward his mouth. Just marvellous!
Eventually he accepted that I was a friend and allowed me to enter his space and assist him to hold the leaves I gave him. Eventually he was able to climb and demolish all that I gave him, so we took him to a quiet cul-de-sac surrounded by beautiful gums and allowed him to quietly climb a gum in his own time. He did so with ease and immediately reached out and pulled the fresh gum leaves toward his mouth. Just marvellous!
Help Save an Injured Animal Today
Injured Animals need your help to survive! Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre is a not for profit animal welfare organisation that relies on donations, sponsorship and volunteers to provide rescued and injured animals with food, medical treatment and shelter. Without help from caring and kind people like you, it's extremely difficult to provide the level fo care and support that many of these injured animals need to survive.
You can help Save an Injured Animal today by Donating generously or Sponsoring a Native Animal here.
Click and help save an Injured Native Animal today!
You can help Save an Injured Animal today by Donating generously or Sponsoring a Native Animal here.
Click and help save an Injured Native Animal today!
Garage Sale
Once again in 2014 we will be opening our container and double shed for you to rummage through the drawers for a bargain!! Mark your diaries for a Saturday in October 2014, 9am to 4pm. Come and join the fun and help a great cause at the same time. Donations of goods welcomed prior to and on the day. (No televisions please).
Once again in 2014 we will be opening our container and double shed for you to rummage through the drawers for a bargain!! Mark your diaries for a Saturday in October 2014, 9am to 4pm. Come and join the fun and help a great cause at the same time. Donations of goods welcomed prior to and on the day. (No televisions please).
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Energy Efficient Freezer Needed
We currently use inefficient and expensive to run freezers to store food for our animals. We’re calling out for a donation of an energy efficient tucker box sized freezer to replace our clunkers. Collection can be arranged, Call us on 0422 938 439 if you can help. 
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Volunteers NeededWe are needing:
- Women for our Thursday program, and - Men for our Tuesday program. Please contact me, or visit our Volunteer page for more information. Come and have a go! You'll be rewarded with love from lots of native animals and our volunteer team! We work in a team of 10 on both days from 10am to 2pm. There is much laughter, and coffee drinking in amongst a very productive, satisfying day. Just give Bev a call on 0422 938 439 to book in, also visit our Volunteer page for more information. |
Feed an Animal at Minton FarmYou can help feed the animals at Minton Farm by Donating Food for the Animals.
Foods we always accept include: - nectar mix (Wombaroo, Harvest etc), - dry dog food, - muesli, - budgie seed, - sunflower seed, - breakfast cereals, inc. weetbix & rolled oats, - apples, - carrots, - celery, - corn, - grapes, - meal worms. These items are essential for our rescued Birds, Bettongs, Kangaroos, Possums, Gliders, Parrots, Lorikeets, Honey Eaters and Wombats and can be dropped off at Minton Farm during daylight hours. Thanks in advance! |
Koala Care Corner
Needed Every Day:
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Bedding, Baskets and Bears Needed for Koala Care!We always need large Toy Teddies and Toy Bunnies for the Koala Joeys to cling to, in various sizes from approx. 20cms up to approx. 50cms.
Cotton bunny Rugs and baby Sleeping Bags are excellent for Koala joeys to sleep in. If you don’t need yours any more, donate to us, they will be put to good use! Koala Joeys are kept in Cane Baskets with a handle over the top so that it can be hung in a tree with their teddy for security, whilst they learn to navigate branches and munch on leaves. We look forward to receiving donations from you, as they are extremely useful and really help us keep running costs down. If you have any thing that you would like to donate for Koala Rehabilitation, we would be deeply grateful. 
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Donations and Sponsorship Gratefully AcceptedDonations of a energy efficient freezer, animal foods, gum tree branchs, teddy bears, large stuffed toys, cane baskets, and bedding materials
are gratefully accepted at: Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre 455 Cherry Gardens Road Cherry Gardens SA 5157 If the front gate is closed when you deliver them, you can put your donations into the cages on the road in front of Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre. Donations Always Welcome!If you don't have any gum trees, teddy bears, bedding or baskets,
but Still Want to Donate, you can make a Cash Donations or Sponsor a Native Animal. Click here to find out how You Can Help Today! Sponsor an Animal for as little as $35 annually! |
Thank you so very much for your interest and support for the 8,600 creatures rescued at the Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre.
Cheers, Bev. XX
Cheers, Bev. XX
Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre...
... is a not for profit, native animal rescue centre in Cherry Gardens, South Australia. The Aim of the centre is to rescue, rehabilitate and release injured and orphaned native animals and birds, as a free community service. It is operated by the involvement of volunteers who assist with the maintenance of the Centre and Animal Rescue Hospital, and with caring for the animals. There is no formal funding for the work, which has rescued over 9,000 creatures in the on-site Intensive Care Unit, with equally as many off-site through rescue advice throughout Australasia and beyond via our website, email and phone.
There are 300 animals housed within 6 acres of fox and cat proofed fencing, in species specific enclosures. Species assisted include kangaroos, possums, wombats, koalas, emu, eagles, kookaburras, tawny frogmouths, wombats and a myriad of parrots and lorikeets. In addition to this, there are the farm animals ranging from ducks, geese and peacocks through to donkey, ponies, pigs and deer.
There are 300 animals housed within 6 acres of fox and cat proofed fencing, in species specific enclosures. Species assisted include kangaroos, possums, wombats, koalas, emu, eagles, kookaburras, tawny frogmouths, wombats and a myriad of parrots and lorikeets. In addition to this, there are the farm animals ranging from ducks, geese and peacocks through to donkey, ponies, pigs and deer.
