After consultations with Sue my Avian adviser and two Vets about Popeye's infected leg, I will have to keep a close eye and start him on a course of antibiotics tomorrow. If that doesn't do the trick within the next couple of weeks, I may have to get him to a Vets surgery. Taking him away from his family will be traumatic for all of them, so I am trying to avoid that unless absolutely necessary. It's possible that the lesion will heal of it's own accord given enough time, but it could also get worse. It seems prudent to use the antibiotics route meanwhile.
I heard tonight that the Forres cygnets are now down to 3 after starting the season with 7, looks like they have a major predator over there !
Leave things to the R.S.P.B. it's not your place to take any wild bird away from the river.
ReplyDeleteI doubt the RSPB would be interested in the health of an individual Swan. If informed they would tell you to contact Scottish SPCA who would find it much more difficult than me to catch the cob. This would cause a lot more stress and trauma to the swan family. In any case I would not dream of removing a wild bird from the river unless it was injured and needed attention. You obviously know little about me or the RSPB !
ReplyDeleteI find it absolutely amazing how you are allowed to over medicate wild birds with no veterinary qualifications.
ReplyDeleteIt's a wild animal, not a pet, let nature take it's course and stop meddling with the river birds.
Well anon, I take it you are the same person who commented on the 28th ?
ReplyDeleteGlad you find me amazing, so do many others but in the positive sense. I don't find it amazing that some anonymous coward comments about me knowing my place, would that be the same cowardly place and space that you occupy ?...No thanks, I'd rather be me anytime. You obviously only see what you want to see. I have never over medicated anything in my life. Maybe you should tell the Scottish SPCA to let nature take it's course and stop meddling with wild animals, they would treat you with the same disdain as myself. Medication is only given under vets supervision, if it was not needed it wouldn't be prescribed. I can think of no one better locally than myself who is trusted by the birds to administer any such medication.
No it's not the same person who commented on the 28th.
ReplyDeleteWell my comment still stands, I might add why don't you go into a Doctors waiting room and just tell everyone to go home and let nature take it's course....see what the response would be !
ReplyDeleteYour last comment has just confirmed what a sad little man you are!
ReplyDeleteMy Arrow struck home then. Must be awful to have such bile in your system, maybe you should get some medication for it.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is that most folk from Nairn don't enjoy your meddling, you delude yourself into thinking that they do.
ReplyDeleteYou comment about the doctors surgery doesn't stand.
If you said tell all the people waiting on a drug dealer, then maybe there are some parallels.
A doctor is qualified to administer drugs, you are not!
To think that you are the best option for drugging up the birds locally is very debatable with a couple of fairly good vets in the locality.
I noticed the swans have taken a dislike to your Ikea ducks, a very good example of where your interference with nature causes animals undue stress.
Only a fool would introduce a new species into an already unnatural environment.
Again you are being selective and ignoring the facts.These white ducks are a natural consequence of the ducks already on the river. The Swans went for the white ducks the first time they set eyes on them, just as they did with the white Muscovy duck that turned up earlier this year.They did not take a dislike to them, it is already built into them ! I always consult with local vets and the Scottish SPCA over sick or injured birds, and they are content with my local expertise. However nobody is stopping you or anyone else from keeping and eye out for the health of the wildlife, and visiting and paying local vets to attend to their needs when required. To my mind the parallels are true.
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