Phoebe’s recovery
Little Phoebe came in two days ago with a nasty wound on her back. I’m happy to say that cleaning off all the flystrike and
9 July, 2019
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Little Phoebe came in two days ago with a nasty wound on her back. I’m happy to say that cleaning off all the flystrike and
We’re still getting several hogs and hoglets in every day. Today’s list so far; Two singleton orphan hoglets this morning, both pretty poorly. An adult
This young adult male was brought in earlier this morning. Very dehydrated and blood on his face and mouth, active bleeding from the nose and
Another new entry, from Charlton Marshall, just now. This little hoglet weighs 81 grams and is very cold. It is now in one of the
This little chap came in to us Monday after getting himself trapped in an enclosed courtyard with fake grass surface.
He had fallen about 3 – 4 feet down, and there was no way he could have got out on his own. He could have been there since Friday.
Another one of today’s entries, Violet, a 500g female with her left hind leg missing.
We received a call via the RSPCA about a hog trapped in a trench in Douglas Road, Upton. Luckily he was sat on a very
Basil came to us 17 days ago in a right state, with deep bite wounds on his head and face, very deep infection and bad
This poor old fella came to us Friday afternoon, he was found wandering around in circles.
Upon examination, we found that both his eyes are missing, with small wounds around the area, which suggests that birds have pecked his eyes out .
He does have a respiratory infection, which could explain why he would have been out in daytime and was able to be attacked.
Hogs like this cause us ethical and moral issues – do we keep him alive to live in permanent captivity, all be it in an enclosed garden, or do we have him put to sleep.
We’ll have to sleep on this one, poor bugger.
Daisy is still struggling with her bad leg, which is badly bruised and swollen, she is still unable to weight bear on this leg – we think that she may end up losing the leg.
Other than that, the wound on her face has healed, but we’re not sure if the eye is OK or not still. She is eating and drinking well, and seems fine in all other respects.