I used our new suction machine to clean out a massively infected wound on a hog, it cleaned all the pus and blood out really well – I’m very impressed, and I’m sure the poor hog appreciates all that gunk being removed from it’s body too.
Meet Marian, she came to us last week after being seen out in daytime, wandering around aimlessly. She has a sunken left eye and her right eye looks milky, so is possibly blind.
As you can see from the photos, she also has significant spine loss, probably from a mite or ringworm infection that, judging from the condition of her skin, appears to have cleared up.
Duncan is back from the vets now, having had his left hind leg amputated.
He will have a course of antibiotics to fight off any infection, and pain relief.
The notes from the vet state that he has been eating well, and has been to loo, which is important after an operation.
No sooner finished one hog with fly strike, and another comes in.
This one was brought to us from Blandford, having been found trapped in plastic. The finder cut the hog free and brought it straight to us.
This poor hogs ears were packed solid with flies eggs, and it has a garrote type wound about its neck that was also covered in eggs.
We’ve had quite a busy weekend, with several injured hogs coming in, including this poor male. He was covered in flystrike and has a horribly infected wound.
The wound has been flushed out by the vet, and he is on strong antibiotics to (hopefully) clear up the infection.
This venerable old lady is back from the vets now, she has had a full dental job including scale and polish.
Her lips are still swollen, as you can see in the photos, and her mouth and gums will be sore for a day or two. She had very bad Gingivitis and plaque, which the vet has sorted for her now.
We need to monitor her food intake for a few days, and take her back to the vet if she is not eating properly in the next couple of days.
She has lost a lot of weight because her mouth has been too sore for her to eat, and needs some feeding up.
This juvenile female hog (now called Chrissy) was collected by a volunteer from Wildlife in Need on our behalf last night. She had been found at the side of a road during daytime, and seen to be struggling to walk and climb up the kerb.
We took in a baby female hedgehog (now called Sweetpea) from Upton Vets this afternoon, that had been handed in after being found out in daytime.
She was dehydrated, so we have given her subcut fluids, and luckily she had done a poo in her box on the way home, so I checked it under the microscope.
Little Bilbo is doing well after his amputation, he is eating well, and has done the all important post op poo and wee.
We are keeping him in the incubator for another night, just to be safe, and then he will be moved into one of our hospital cages.
We have had another hog brought in this evening, as it was noticed hobbling about during the day, and the finders also recognised that it was dehydrated.
We gave it a check over, and noticed that it’s back right leg had been cut almost through, and that broken bones were visible.
