Animal Rescues

[den]

Today I rescued a white-winged chough with a broken wing, and had to euthanaze it. And a baby blackbird with a broken leg which I had to euthanaze. And a kingfisher with a broken back, which had to be euthanazed. And a tortoise with a broken shell.

I'm not sure about the tortoise.She's been run over but the severity of the damage can only be determined by x-ray. I hope I don't have to euthanaze her.

I think I need a Dr Death animal rescue icon. *sigh*

Comments

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor Den.

I've seen some shows where they've had good luck with fixing tortoises by making them new shells out of some kind of lightweight plaster that last until the turtle grows a new one. So hopefully there's still luck on that front!

[pipibluestockin]

Have not seen the lightweight plaster being used - but have seen fibreglass (of all things) being used successfully.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

fiberglass generates too much heat as it hardens, and it doesn't let go later and can distort the shell as the animal grows.

[pipibluestockin]

Ouch. Well, somewhere in England there is a very thoughtless vet.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I'v seen bone cement used too. And a friend uses steel mesh and small blobs of superglue.