This 178g male hoglet came in to us today from Blandford. He was very dehydrated, covered in flystrike, including maggots, and his underside was matted with dried pus. The skin on his belly is all thickened and oozing pus.
He was given a hibiscrub bath, and as much of the dried pus and infected skin as possible was sloughed off. The flystrike was removed, and the skin cleaned.
He has been given s/c fluids and antibiotics, and is now in one of the ICU’s.
We hope you are all enjoying your Bank Holiday weekend!
Ours has been spent mostly picking off flystrike from the many hogs who have come in over the weekend, hence not so many updates recently.
Please remember if you are doing any gardening or DIY in your gardens, look out for hedgehogs and in particular nests of babies. They may be under a shrub, a shed, decking, behind plant pots and even under the tarpaulin covers of garden furniture or bar-b-ques.
If you happen to disturb a nest, please cover it over again and give us a call for advice. We are here 24/7 on 07587 925476
Still as busy as could be… Today’s entries (the first one at 03.35 this morning) so far; 1 x adult
We have the tiny amputee hog back from the Vets now, and he has already eaten one full bowl of
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