Station Road, Beckford, Nr Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7AN Tel: 01386 882288 Email: info@valewildlife.org.uk Registered Charity No: 702888
Vale Wildlife Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre
Brooder Room
We rear between 20 - 30 fox cubs every year at Vale. It is very important that hand-reared animals do not become imprinted on humans as they cannot be released if this happens. They need company of their own kind and minimum human contact to avoid imprinting.
Our Brooder Room is extremely busy and full throughout the summer months.
As well as being used for very sick animals, it is the main area within the Hospital used for baby
birds and mammals, everything from nests full of tiny baby blue tits, blackbirds and robins to fox
and badger cubs, baby hedgehogs and many other species.
Feeding in this room starts at 7am (or earlier) every morning and continues throughout the day up
until at least 10pm. We often need 3 or 4 people working constantly in this room to keep up with
all the feeds.
The room is kept very warm at all times but it also contains several heated, thermostatically
controlled brooders and incubators to provide the extra warmth often needed for very young or
sick animals. Overhead, infra-red heat lights are also available for keeping birds such as ducklings, pheasants and partridges warm.
The heated, intensive care brooders that we use in here cost between £300 and £600 each. We always need more. If you would like to know how your donation can help us, click here to see our Getting Involved page.
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