Squizzle the Red Squirrel was released at Yair Bridge on 25 September after being found injured there on 22 August and taken to Border Vets for treatment. We made sure his leg injury was completely healed before successful release.

So when I got call on Friday from Border Vets that they’d another Red Squirrel in I hoped it wasn’t pox again. Thankfully it wasn’t & instead was suspected broken leg. However X-ray showed no break so Squizzle, as he’s been named, has been taken into care until his injured leg’s better. 2 in 3 days!

I was just talking the other day at an event about the impact Pheasants have on local biodiversity and ecosystems. There are voracious predators and they have impacted many species populations, such as Common Lizard.

She was assessed as dehydrated so was given fluid injections after she was weighed. She ate some cat food & gained 15g overnight. Good news, as hogs often drop weight when first taken into care.
She did poo which was examined under microscope. Round worm was found so she’s being treated for that.

Daisy has settled into care well and that’s probably due to the garden’s owner hand feeding her.
Her future will either involve her release back in Edinburgh if her vision in her one eye improves enough for that or a good life in captivity.

After we picked her up she was taken to Hawick Veterinary Practice and we got ointment for her eyes. Ointment is to treat conjunctivitis, to stop infection in the empty socket and may help restore some sight in blind eye but that is not a certainty.

The owner of the garden she visited fed her along with her mum and siblings and got in touch with us as she was concerned about Daisy’s future. At some point mum fox will chase off her cubs so she can have another litter and when that happens Daisy would struggle.