We admitted this young barn owl last week, he was grounded and easily caught. On examination we found an injury to the left wing on a joint, this is often fatal for such a bird of prey that needs to be able to fly perfectly to hunt. We did fear the worst, however X-rays confirmed…
We have another swan in our care. This chap was found on a back lawn, it appears he crash landed hitting the house on his way. He’s been checked over and apart from a few minor injuries, the main concern is an eye injury which we are treating him for.
This beautiful sparrow hawk flew into a mirror causing concussion and a broken toe, they have overcome the concussion and the toe healed. After a week in our hospital they were moved to an aviary and now released.
We admit all kinds of birds for treatment and rehabilitation into our hospital, we don’t discriminate, even pigeons which we love. Pigeons are very underestimated, they are so resilient, born survivors. This chap had been attacked by a bird of prey, he has several injuries to his body as well as a ruptured crop, so…
Another day and another bird of prey, we now have 7 Tawny owls with us. This chap got himself caught in netting at a school, thankfully workmen on site built a scaffold to get access to him so he could be freed and brought to us. We carefully removed the remains of the net that…
We admitted this cygnet in the week, they were quite weak and found grounded in a housing estate. Its believed they’d crash-landed. Thankfully an examination hasn’t revelled any injuries and they are eating and drinking as well as hissing at us!! We are confident they’ll be released in the coming days.
Rescuing animals can often be stressful and emotional and all too often with wild animals, rescuing means making the decision to end suffering by ending a life, yesterday we had to make such a decision. We took a call regarding an injured fox who had been dragging his rear legs, we loaded our rescue kit…
This handsome barn owl came to us a few weeks ago after being involved in a car collision. When we saw that one of the legs was broken we feared the worst as he had no feeling in the leg, but, after we had X-rays carried out and after much discussion with our amazing vet…
