Rescue, Rehab, Release
Just two entries yesterday, including this adult female who was found out during the daytime, covered in ticks and apparently blind in her left eye. She also has a nasty cough, so once she produces a poo I’ll check a sample to see what is going on there.
She will remain with us for the winter, and we’ll see what happens come the Spring.
This video by Robert Brittle, filmed last year, shows a hedgehog collecting nesting material. We will be seeing a lot
We had this little hoglet (81g) brought over to us this evening. Very flat, cold, dehydrated and covered in flystrike.
Bilbo Baggins had to pay a visit to the Vets today. She had one of her rear legs amputated by the emergency vets recently, due to having had it trapped somehow and in getting herself free had ripped part of the leg off.
The resulting wound was infected, despite a course of antibiotics, which has caused problems with the healing of the amputation wound.
Upton vets took her in today to clean up the wound and re-stitch it for us. The wound was flushed, debrided and lasered, then stitched up. Hopefully it will heal properly now, and Bilbo can get on with rehabilitation.
Thank you to Upton & Wareham Vets for taking care of Bilbo for us
