Rescue - 12th February, 2024
Rehabilitation - 13th February, 2024
Rescue
Meet "Dusty"! Nicknamed because, well, she was caught in a dustbin... a wheelie bin to be exact! Yes, really! As you can tell, she's pretty embarrassed about the whole ordeal...
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Reported to us after she was spotted wandering aimlessly and displaying unusual behaviour (including willingly walking into a wheelie bin), Dusty, at the time, was our 79th fox rescue of the year, but we can't really claim her as "our rescue", as it was the quick-thinking caller who conjured up this unorthodox capture method, and even transferred Dusty to us... in the bin!
Rehabilitation
On assessment, she is in pretty good nick, but was a little weak on her rear legs, and carrying a few unwelcome passengers. We suspected she could have one of the many (and we mean many) internal parasites or viruses that can affect our beautiful red foxes.
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With additional testing carried out, Dusty was diagnosed with lungworm and as a result, associated pneumonia. She is currently in good spirits though and regularly pops her head out to see what's going on. She has been started on antibiotics and anti-parasitic medication, and we hope to see her back out in the wild soon.