A reminder that we are back to school tomorrow! We hope you have all had a lovely half term. Set your alarm and we will see you bright and early! ⏰
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A few weeks ago, some of the adults at Mellers found a very poorly hedgehog on the school field. Miss Wright brought it inside wrapped in her school fleece and persuaded Miss Dermody to take it home with her. Miss Dermody’s family named it Houdini after it escaped from the shed twice. Her dad then took it to the rescue centre and it was lovely to hear that Houdini is now recovering well ❤️🦔Every single day we have to make decisions on the wildlife that comes to our door. No injury is ever the same and we have to assess whether the injuries are too extensive to return that animal back to the wild where they belong or persevere with a treatment plan that may or may not work. The decision on this hedgehog 2 weeks ago was one of the most difficult ones, was it cruel to keep him alive and try, were we doing the right thing in trying when he was so poorly, should we of euthanased on admission? All we could do was give him the strongest pain relief we had, give him supportive fluids and pack a huge wound on his head with topical antibiotics and pray. He could hardly breathe and he was mouth breathing and something in our hearts told us to give him a chance even though the outcome may be euthanasia further down the line. After we had administered everything in our medicinal arsenal he did a poo and when we did a faecal analysis he also had the heaviest roundworm AND liver fluke burden we have seen in a long time!!!! Winston Churchill said, when you are going through hell just keep going……..we decided to treat him for the parasites too and see what happened. We could do no more than give him the best care and support now and leave it to his own immunity and strength to see him through.
It’s now been 2 weeks since his admission and for 3 consecutive days and against all the odds his breathing is amazing, he has eaten unaided and he has put on weight. He is on the road to recovery and he has given us hope and confidence that what we have done for him was the right thing to do.
We are extremely lucky to have the access to the medication he needed and the facilities in our little hospital to diagnose and treat him accordingly. He has given us a warm glow this morning.
Thankyou to every single person that donates regularly or donates monthly as without your help we would not be able to run our crazy busy wildlife rescue facility.
Love to you ALL. Our supporters are amazing. ❤️❤️
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Happy Diwali to all of our families at Mellers 🪔
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We have been informed that there is a delay with the Free School meal vouchers. Once we have any further information we will let parents know.
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