They were put in a cardboard box and were kept at Karen’s house in a makeshift otter hotel, with towels and food advised by the UK Otter Trust.
Karen said: “They were so tired, just sleeping – we knew they’d been about the village for at least 14 hours so it was no surprise they seemed shattered.”
The community in Skelmorlie had by then contacted the SSPCA, who came to collect the two tiny cubs.
It’s thought that they’re female otters, both about nine or 10 weeks old, and have been named Valentine and Juliet.
Karen is really proud of how everyone worked together to help the small creatures.
“We are a big community here and everyone here loves nature, so we all worked as a team to help them… I was just lucky enough to get the nice job of babysitting!”