Jodie Marsh reveals her nose is ‘hanging open’ after suffering nasty animal bite on her farm

JODIE Marsh's nose was left "hanging open" after being bitten by a wild animal on her farm.

The former glamour model - who now runs an animal sanctuary - was attacked by a genet as she was treating it for an infection.

The carnivore that's cat-like with a long body clawed at Jodie's face and left her needing stitches.

Posting a video on Instagram, Jodie said: "Normally I say it's not as bad as it looks, but this is worse.

"I got bitten badly on the nose, really badly.

"I was giving the genet an injection of antibiotics because her tail has puss and she bit me."

Despite her injury, Jodie chose not to go to hospital - and instead sent her partner Mark out to buy butterfly stitches.

She said: "I'm not going to A&E, absolutely no way. I'm up to date on my tetanus, so it's fine. I'm too busy to go to A&E.

"Mark's gone to get butterfly stitches because the top of my nose is gaping wide open.

"So that's a really good look for New Year's Eve.

"I'm fine. It hurts, but I'm fine.

"That's the perils of working with animal rescues."

Explaining more about what happened, Jodie added: "We've got a very untame, unfriendly genet who has an infection and needs to be treated daily. Tonight she got the hump.

"The skin is hanging open. It's not pretty."

Jodie then shared more videos from her friend's house where she had her nose stitched back up and bandaged by the nurse.

She then spent time on the phone to the NHS 111 line in the middle of the night, attempting to get antibiotics.

"They were all laughing at me because they said they'd never ever heard anyone call up and say 'I've been bitten by a genet'," Jodie laughed.

Fripps Farm has been going from strength to strength since opening in 2020.

At a previous site in Chelmsford, she had around 350 animals, including meerkats, sheep, emus, birds, rabbits and even a baby deer.

Since then, Fripps has also become a CIC (Community Interest Company), which is similar to having charity status, and means it is officially recognised as being a “service to the community,” and can receive donations and help with funding. 

The sanctuary now has over 600 animals, including “loads and loads of ducks,” more than 20 equines, meerkats, skunks and a lot more exotics - including a noisy parrot that squawks throughout our interview.