Donkey Care and Advice

Information Guide

This information guide is intended for anyone who has newly acquired, or is intending to acquire a donkey. The guide and associated documents are available online as PDF documents.

• Guide to Caring for your Donkey (2007)

Fact Sheets

• Dealing with Death/Euthanasia
• Care of the Geriatric Donkey
• Hyperlipaemia fact sheet
• Nomogram
• Body Condition Score Chart
• What to feed your Donkey
• Poisonous Plants Guide
• Ragwort Fact Sheet
• Mules and Hinnies Fact Sheet
• Cost of Owning and Keeping a Donkey
• Treatment of Wounds
• Respiratory Disease in the Donkey
• Transport Notes for Donkey Owners
• Understanding Donkey Behaviour
• Colic in Donkeys Fact Sheet
• Foot Care Fact Sheet
• Sarcoid Fact Sheet
• Notes for Farriers
• Buying a Donkey Fact Sheet
• Foaling Guide Fact Sheet
• Feeding the Elderly Donkey

If you would like us to send you a printed copy of the guide and associated documents please email the welfare department with your details.

A Donkey Sanctuary Training Course is available for people who are planning to own, or foster, a pair of donkeys. See our Training Centre pages for details.

To read PDF documents, please download Adobe Acrobat