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I rescued an injured possum. I picked it up from the road. This one was very docile which gives you an idea how serious it's injuries were. The local vet said it would more than likely die overnight, which it did.
In your case, the fact it is eating is a good sign. If it was me I'd leave it well alone. By all means, keep feeding it but let it recover by itself.
Hi again folks and I had a long working night and I kept an eye on the two possums until I hit the sack at about 2 am and they were having a good sleep when I last check-up on them.
So I hope the injured one will be all right but only time will tell.
I will keep you all informed on what happens from now.
Thanks for all the help, it is very much appreciated.
One more point, as this is NOT an electrical thread, so no arguing is allowed. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Cheers, Tim.
and the other thing with possums you cant takeaway and release in other places..because they are extremely territorial....
Thanks for the update Tim.
Are you going to name them?
No but the misses has been away and will be back this afternoon and I imagine she will take your suggestion to heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
G'day mate,
If your around the Brisbane/Logan area try the Daisy Hill Koala center.
Looks like a moist dermatitis which seems to afflict stressed possums. Treatment is antibiotics. However, this is usually secondary to some other problem, acute (such as physical injury, hit by car, etc) or chronic.
Not sure if the same applied to possums, but generally cats which are hit by a car have their claws ripped up. Your possum's claws looks ok from the photo.
i think the OP should go find out to make sure :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by Firefish
We took 8 king parrots and Rosellas to the local wires office down here after taking them first to the local vet who checked them out, none had broken wings or bones, BTW they were hit by a truck, they were eating seed in the middle of the road, a few were killed but the ones we took to the Vet were only stunned.Quote:
Originally Posted by dullbird
The Vet suggested we take them to the local Wires, he said they would be right to release in a day or so and he didn't have the facilities to care for them.
So we took them to Wires and told them what the vet advised, they accepted the birds who were all up and about.
We rang them the next day to ask when they would be released and they told us that they had put them all down just after we left.
So I went and paid a visit to Wires and the excuse was they are territorial and they would not survive, this is after we told Wires that they were injured only 150 metres away when we bought them in, Bastards. Recently we had a female King Parrot mauled by next doors (now deceased) cat and I couldn't catch it(the bird that is), too old and slow, called the local council rangers who transferred me to wires, told them the problem and gave my address and phone number, said they would call back, they didn't called again and I spoke to 3 different people from Wires who assured me they would be out ASAP, that was 6 months ago, still no Wires, the cat got his way and killed the bird (one of many) happy to say it was his last supper.
Wires has equivalent in most states if the mugs down here are an example then the local Vet. is my only port of call, Regards Frank.
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Originally Posted by disco man
There is a lady at Daisy Hill that is a reg wild life carer that specialises in possums