Flystrike
Below are some pictures of puncture wounds from canine teeth on one of the hedgehogs that came in earlier, with fly strike (fly eggs/maggots) around them.
5 May, 2019
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Below are some pictures of puncture wounds from canine teeth on one of the hedgehogs that came in earlier, with fly strike (fly eggs/maggots) around them.
Three very poorly hogs in one after the other this evening; One with bite wounds which are infected, including one through the right eye, head wound, dehydrated, emaciated and covered in ticks. Currently in one of the ICU/recovery units, in critical condition.
Another new entry, male hedgehog, 938g, found out during the day yesterday, seemed to be struggling to walk. Brought in to us at lunchtime today, query broken rear leg. On examination, there is no rear right leg this appears to be an old wound – there is a large flap of skin where the leg should be.
A new entry this morning – male hedgehog – has lost one eye to apparent old injury and now gone blind in the other eye. He was found blundering around, bumping into things during the daytime.
Robbie is doing so much better now, his breathing is much improved, and he does not have so much nasal discharge. The spines on the back of his head and neck are taking their time to regrow, although the wound is well healed thankfully.
Every year many hedgehogs are seriously injured or killed by cutting machines in the garden.
Please check grass and hedges thoroughly before using mowers, strimmers, or hedge cutters.
This little chap is Robbie. He came to us at the end of February with a strimmer wound to the back of his head (you can see where his spikes have been cut by the strimmer in the photos below) and the worst case of pneumonia we’ve ever seen.
We had a call about two hogs in a garden, one making funny noises and the other seemed to be falling ‘like a drunk’. Tracy
Poor old Robbie is not having an easy recovery. He still has a nasal discharge and noisy breathing despite very strong antibiotics and nebuliser treatment.
Dale, the hog that was attacked by rats, has made a good recovery. As you can see from the photo below, his wound where the