Brackenhurst Animal Sciences

The eagerly anticipated Animal Unit Volunteering Program (VolPro) is up and running from this week!
Please sign up in the Animal Unit or via the app

Thank you to whoever left this gorgeous crochet smiley face outside the Animal unit 😄 acts of Knitting and Crochet kindness 🧶🪡

VolPros for next week (student sign up available via the app or in person)

Monday: rabbits & Guinea Pigs

Wednesday:Cats & ferrets

Thursday: enrichment and foraging

Friday: Dogs

VolPros for next week are up 🐩 🐐 🐴 🐰

Monday: Animal husbandry

Wednesday: Dog walking and kennel maintenance

Thursday: Donkeys

Friday: Goats

Welcome to term 2 from Magic! 🐈‍⬛

VolPros available next week through in person sign up and SPOND APP

Wednesday: Goats
Thursday: Cats & Ferrets

VolPro sessions are available for week commencing 23/10/2023! 🐹🐶🐸🐱

Monday 23rd October (14:30-15:30) - Evening husbandry across all species

Tuesday 24th October (11:00-12:30) - Morning husbandry across all species

Wednesday 25th October (13:30-15:00) - Rabbits and Guinea Pigs husbandry and enrichment

Thursday 26th October (11:00-12:30) - Morning husbandry across all species

Friday 27th October (11:00-12:00) - Cattery management and enrichment

Friday 27th October (13:30-15:00) - Exotics husbandry and snake feeding

Here are your VolPro sessions for next week 🐶🐰🐱

Monday 16th October (11:00-12:30) - Animal husbandry (Rodents, Goats, Cats & Ferrets)

Wednesday 18th October (13:30-14:30) - Animal grooming/bathing

Friday 20th October (13:30-15:00) - Goat accommodation maintenance and enrichment

Weekly VolPro update! We are running the following sessions week commencing 09/10/2023 (spaces allocated on both SPOND and sign up sheets in the Animal Unit).

Monday 9th October (11:00-12:30) - Rodent enrichment and enclosure maintenance 🐀

Tuesday 10th October (13:30-15:00) - Goat accommodation maintenance, grooming and clicker training

Wednesday 11th October (11:30-13:00) - Dog walk 🐶

Wednesday 11th October (14:00-15:00) - Cattery clean and enrichment provision 🐈

Thursday 12th October (11:00-12:30) - Exotics husbandry, bathing with possibility of snake feeding 🐍

Friday 13th October (11:30-13:00) - Rabbit and Guinea Pig husbandry and grooming 🐰

2023-2024 VolPro is live!

The Animal Unit Volunteer Programme (VolPro) is a hands-on extra-curricular activity run by the Unit Technicians throughout the working week. Activities can include husbandry and enclosure design/maintenance, grooming, enrichment activities, health checking, training and more. This volunteering opportunity is open to all current NTU Further and Higher Education students across any campus. Sign up sheets can be found in the Animal Unit Corridor, or alternatively you can find online spaces on the SPOND app. Spaces are limited and highly sought after, and are on a first come first serve basis, so be quick!

Next weeks sessions are as follows:

Monday 2nd October (11:00-12:30) - Exotics husbandry and tortoise bathing 🐢

Wednesday 4th October (11:00-12:30): Dog walk 🦮

Thursday 5th October (15:00-16:00): Evening animal husbandry (exotics, goats, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs and birds) 🐇

Friday 6th October (11:00-12:30) - Ferret and aviary enclosure cleaning, ferret enrichment 🦜

We look forward to seeing you, both new starters and returners!

As we draw near to the end of the academic year, VolPro will also be coming to a close until October 2023.

For our last week, we are running the following sessions:

Wednesday 24th May 11:00-12:30 - Dog walk 🐕

Thursday 25th May 13:30-15:00 - Animal grooming and enrichment 🐈

Friday 26th May 11:00-12:30 - Exotics enclosure cleans and handling/health checking 🐢

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers that have contributed to the care and upkeep of the animals during VolPro, with some individuals racking up over 50 hours of experience! We are grateful for your incredible input and hope this has been a rewarding experience for you!

We hope to see you again on the VolPro in the future!

Next week will be the penultimate week of VolPro for this academic year!

The sessions are as follows:

Wednesday 17th May 11:00-12:30 - Exotics (full enclosure cleans and health checking)

Thursday 18th May 15:00-16:00 - Evening Husbandry

Friday 19th May 11:00-12:30 - Ferrets (Enclosure clean and enrichment)