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Our students had a lovely time meeting the horses in Myerscough's equine centre. 

Our students have enjoyed meeting the ferrets and taking them out for thier first walk around foundation learning. 

In the afternoon Oracle students used the materials gathered in the morning to enrich the animal's environments.

In the morning at Myerscough College the pupils foraged around the college's wild spaces for enrichment materials for the animals.

Pupils collected bramble cuttings for the stick insects, leaves for the chickens and willow cuttings for the chickens and guinea pigs.

On their last morning at Myerscough College doing small animal care, the pupils were introduced to the tutors' pet chihuahuas, Teddy, Missy and Bear.

Pupils learnt of the importance of bathing Tommy Shelby the Horsefield Tortoise. As well as keeping himm clean and healthy it also allows for visual health checks.

Pupils learnt of the importance of bathing Spyro the bearded dragon, as well as keeping him clean and healthy it also allows for a visual health check.

Students bathed Spyro the bearded dragon and learned about looking after a bearded dragon.

They also leaned an interesting fact about why bearded dragons are so named, when stressed they enlarge their throat and the skin turns black looking more beard-like.

Pupils were introduced to Shelby the horsefield tortoise today for the first time. Just like a pet dog Shelby loved having his back scratched.

Pupils have been caring for the. Myerscough rabbits this morning, cleaning out their hutches, changing their water and feeding them.

During the afternoon session the pupils prepared and fed the animals of the small animal unit.

They prepared fruit, vegetables and crickets to feed to hedgehogs, rabbits, rats, chickens, bearded dragon, frog, giant African land snails, guinea pigs, tortoise, leopard gecko and hermit crabs.

In their morning session the pupils looked after the welfare of mice, rats and gerbils by feeding, watering and cleaning out their cages.