We have produced a Donkey Care Handbook and a number of fact sheets to answer every question in all areas of donkey care, as well as providing training courses for people who are planning to own or to rehome a pair of donkeys.
To provide the best welfare for your fit, healthy donkeys you need to provide the following:
- Companionship, high fibre diet, 24 hour access to shelter, restricted grazing, training and daily handling, mental stimulation, environmental enrichment, daily grooming and health checks, regular veterinary care, regular feet care, regular dental care, illness prevention measures, daily stable management, pasture management and individual care
- Young and elderly donkeys, or those with veterinary conditions, may have additional needs and differing management practices.
Information for donkey owners
We have a wide range of information to help donkey owners keep their animals fit and well.
Care of your donkey
- Care of donkeys in extreme heat
- Care of donkeys through winter
- Care of the older donkey
- Care of the orphan foal
- Clipping your donkey
- Colic in donkeys
- Donkey care calendar
- Donkey dental care
- Donkey foaling
- Donkey hoof care
- Donkey weight estimator
- Endocrine disorders in donkeys
- Equine Influenza in donkeys
- Gastric ulcers in donkeys
- Hyperlipaemia in donkeys
- Laminitis in donkeys
- Lice control in donkeys
- Monitoring your donkey's weight
- Protecting donkeys from insects
- Respiratory disease in donkeys
- Sarcoids in donkeys
- Tetanus in donkeys
- Treating your donkey's wounds
- Vaccinating your donkey
- White line disease (seedy toe)
- Worming your donkey
Feeding
Management of the environment
- Keeping donkeys on small pastures
- Keeping donkeys with other animals
- Poisonous plants and trees
- Ragwort
- Safe trees and shrubs for donkeys
- Stable measurement guide
- Sycamore-related atypical myopathy
Advice
- Buying a donkey
- Costs of owning and keeping donkeys
- Donkey stallions, mares and geldings
- Transporting donkeys
Behaviour
Quality of life and welfare
Webinars
If you would like to find out more about looking after your donkeys and mules, visit our webinars page for all the latest recordings.