This little one was brought to me yesterday morning - found in a garden in the daytime.
There were clusters of ticks and I removed the larger ones (used to doing it and know how to remove them) from around the head but left the teeny tiny ones for Virginia.
Luckily, two of her hoggies had gone with her volunteers for the final few days/weeks as they just needed to be at release weight, one cage free and then just as I was about to set off, Virginia asked if I could call and collect another one enroute.
Guess where I went - just past The Willowpool (where we do lunch) to the marina where the canal boats are dry moored for repair - they have a slipway where they can refloat the boats into the canal and this little hoggie had decided to wander in to the canal and then got into difficulties, fortunately, a gentleman called Tony saw the hoggie go under the water and managed to net said hoggie and place it safely in a box.
Tony was fab, he had prepared a nice box, put food and water in and bedding for hoggie to cuddle up in - the box was placed in the shade underneath one of the barge boats.
Without his quick thinking the hoggie would have drowned and he very generously donated £ 20 to Virginia to pay for food etc - what a nice man.
Couldn't get any pictures as it wasn't the right thing to do at the time. Virginia checked the hoggie over and confirmed the hoggie was a girl and seemed none the worse for her adventure - she weighed 265 grams and has been named Louise after Tony's daughter. She will remain in care until she reaches release weight.
As for my little one - another girlie, now named Hattie - she was sent to me for a reason. She is slightly smaller and has a possible puncture wound, but in the best place I could wish for her.
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:58 pm
