Today, after collecting his new meds in town, I drove out to Moholoholo to visit our porcupine. He is now wearing a shiny yellow bandage around his middle and was not to happy with me for waking him up. Because he is nocturnal, he was having a really good sleep. Staff at the rehabilitation center say that he really seems to be feeling better as he is getting a little crosser with them now when they have to give him his injections and shows the will to fight. He apparently also has a wonderful appetite and is eating them out of house and home. I will be back with him on Friday when they will be removing his bandages.
A special thank you to all our kind donors who have contributed towards his medicine and care.
Pick n Pay has kindly donated money and are running a “name the porcupine”competition on their facebook page. Why don’t you pop on over and try naming our porcupine.
OMG, that picture is so sad and precious at the same time. I’m really happy he’s doing better. And so cool that Pick-n-Pay stepped in to help!
He does look so sad but I think its more likely because he was having such a good snooze when I bothered him. I am so glad that he is eating well.
It’s good to see the little critter is doing so well. You have a great bunch of folks over there Jackie!!
Thanks for the update Jackie. I was just about to send you a message asking how things were going:) I’m so glad that the porcupine looks as if he’s going to recover well, and so many thanks to PicknPay as well.
Are you planning to re-release him onto your farm?
Do you ever patrol the fences looking for snares etc?
Hi Sue – yes I plan to release him onto my farm if I can. WE do have a company come in twice a year to search for snares on the farm and we have someone who works for us on the farm who collects snares all the time.
I know I’ ve been away from the blogosphere for a week, so it’s my own fault, but what happened to the poor guy? Bless his heart.
Hugs,
Katy
Hi Kathy
He was caught in a snare and was very badly injured. It’s been touch and go whether he would be euthanized but we managed to get some decent donations to help keep him alive.