Failed Rescue - Little red flying-fox

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Little red flying fox


She had a broken left wing and was missing a lot of membrane on her right wing. Timm the vet at Western Plains Zoo had to euthanase her.

Comments

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

Awww, poor thing :(

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

She was tangled in a fence and her struggles did the damage.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[walkertxkitty.livejournal.com]

Awww, poor critter. I'm glad she was compassionately put out of her misery though. None of that looked as though it would heal easily. Do they know what happened?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

She was tangled in a fence and her struggles to get free did all the damage.

[zhenzhi.livejournal.com]

one of my big aim projects at our farm is to get rid of all the evil barbed wire. it's going to take years, there must be about ten km of the stuff.

[zhenzhi.livejournal.com]

:-(

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Aww:(.
That is a shame!

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

ya know...if someone could make an eco-friendly animal-friendly replacement for barbed wire, they make a million!

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Sad. =(

[siouxsyn.livejournal.com]

Can wing membrane heal? Obviously not that much damage, but can it reknit?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The wings are living tissue, like our skin. They're full of capillaries and nerves. A tear is painful, but will heal naturally over time and leave a scar. Too much damage and the scar will pull the wing out of shape.

[siouxsyn.livejournal.com]

That's good. Because the skin is under pressure I wasn't sure if it could pull itself together to heal. I suppose that the edges heal first.

Thanks.