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CHIPPY 2006

Chippy Rescue 2006
location : Parliament RoadSituation : Two army boys and a rather mixed up dog were found playing football it would appear with a thoroughly tarumatized baby Chipmonk (really - why dont they pick on someone their own size?)Rescue : by SWK who blasted them in a bit of neat Sinhala which I wont repeat here (-the boys, since she figured the dog was not really to be blamed-) and wrapped the baby in a car cloth and brought it homeFirst Aid :The chipmonk had lost half its tail but was not too badly damaged since it had been rescued quickly - it was kept quiet in a cardboard box , with a hot water bottle for company (small animal trauma cases often die suddenly of heat loss- apart from shock and exhaustion -) and later fed milk through a Pen and Cloth device (which I shall presently demonstrate in photos-)Chipmonks dont make good pets since they are rather silly and go and try to fraternise with the household cat- so if your only choices are to incarcerate them which is very sad (worse than death in my books) or to let them back into the wild which is best as soon as possible after the initial trauma has worn off.Finally :Chippy was kept 2 days and fed on bits of apple , grapes and milk and then returned to the same tree she came from- she apparently said something very clear and chirpy in Chippy dialect before dissappearing up the foliage, tailesss but very much alive and kicking.

posted by aljuhara @ 10:50 PM