Burnt Possum

With the start of the dry season in the top end comes fires. There are fires everywhere. While on the whole the fires we have here are much much less severe than the ones they have down south wildlife will still get caught up in them and be injured. This is a little possum joey who lost him mum and burnt his feet trying to escape from the fire. Burns are nasty and can take a while to heal but his are fairly shallow so should heal. His fur is a little singed and he smells of burnt hair.

lawn Mower Frog

For those of you in Darwin might be have already heard about this one (it was in the NT news). We had a female green tree frog that got run over with a lawn mower.
The Lawn mower took the top layer of skin off and a fair amount of bruising. We anaethetised
her and stitched her up. She has recovered well and now looks great
and is ready for release.
Here is some photos of before during and immediately after the
surgery. And one photo of how she looks now.She has now been released back into the wild to hopefully live a long life.

Pygmy Goose

With the end of the wet the flood waters are disappearing rapidly. As a result many of the animals that depend on the water end up becoming more vulnerable to dogs cars and other threats. This is a green pygmy goose that was attacked by a dog. He has a large gash on his neck that we have stitched. While they are stressy birds we hope this one will make a full recovery. They tend to do better in groups so he has gone to a carers who has several others in care.