I got home on Sunday and found a baby bird fluttering around the paving outside my house. Luckily for the bird I spotted it BEFORE I let the dogs out, otherwise I'm pretty sure it would have made a tiny, crunchy mouthful for killer dog Rolli. So I carefully catch and hold the baby bird, find a shoe box and pop it in, then get organised for another trip to Kanyana.
The carer at Kanyana thought it was a baby brown honeyeater, and definately too small to be out on it's own. While I was there I asked about the bobtail I had taken in the Sunday before (I hadn't rung up because I expected bad news). I was pleasantly surprised to hear that X-rays had revealed one broken rib, no skull fractures, he has put on some weight and his prognosis is good. So Yay for the bobtail!
Bobtail is the common name for Tiliqua rugosa, also know as the shingleback. For information and photographs click here.
Kanyana is a wonderful facility, and I'm hoping to not have to go there for quite a while.
Kanyana is a great place, we've taken lots of birds there and they've always let us know how they're going. Nice people, nice place.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that - I never knew the proper name for bobtails. Growing up opposite the beach we had them wandering over from the dunes on many an occasion!
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