The Hog Diaries - It's the Laundry .. Isn't it?

I have finally settled on the right space in which to have my Hedgehog 'clinic' area. When I started rehabbing I used the kitchen bench which for obvious reasons was less than ideal to say the least! The next area I tried was on a work table in the office which was sort of ok, but tied up space that could and should be used more efficiently for other activities. So I moved to the laundry bench and rearranged the cupboards underneath to hold all of my bits and pieces, drugs etc  - and there are is a LOT of stuff, believe me ....

The new wall unit. Absolute HEAVEN!

Last month Chris suggested we make a wall unit to bring 'stuff' out of the cupboards and up on to the wall where I could access it more readily and quickly making the daily hog related tasks I had to do once or twice a day faster to complete. The absolute minimum I'll do on any given day is to bring each hog in from their Hogspital Box or hutch to weigh them. I will also do a quick assessment to make sure no new issues are becoming apparent and may also administer medication if it is scheduled. With this new set up everything that I use daily is right at my fingertips instead of either cluttering up the bench top - thereby reducing the work space, or down in the cupboard where it is difficult to access, especially if I am wrangling a wriggly Hog!

The new drawer is small but perfect... 

There is a place for everything - we designed it that way. Over on the left; in the deeper cubby, my folders and record sheet clip boards have their own slot, as do the puppy pads, clippers (used for bunnies) and sharps container, whilst my stethoscope, headlamp and microchip scanner are right there on the wall where I can grab them quickly. The long shelf holds frequently used medications, F10SC spray bottles, Vetericyn spray bottles, gloves etc.

That just left the small fiddly things like the small syringes, needles and small tools - such as the tick lasso, tweezers, claw clippers, scalpel, as well as various larger syringes and microchips that I need quick to access to.

The magic drawer! 

Right on cue, Chris espied the small gap between the top of the drier and the bottom of the bench top. Voila! Perfect for a 'smalls' drawer!

So, we set to work designing and building a very shallow drawer to fit the space. It took us a day to build and was a really fiddly job, but the result is perfect for its intended purpose. It is only deep enough of one layer of each item - except for the little packets of needles, and  nothing gets hidden underneath anything else which means no more 'rifling' around looking for what I need.  

Who knows, one of these days I might even get around to painting the front of the drawer to match the rest of the laundry ... Oh, and on the right hand side of the wall unit (out of picture) there is another deep cubby for my laundry 'stuff' ... I guess we shouldn't forget the washing huh!