Rescues
Our first rescue!
10th November 2023
We had a message about an injured badger, on arrival she was very cold and lethargic. The member of the public stayed with the badger until we arrived. We checked her over. There were very little signs of an obvious injury. We brought her back to our base and after a lot of warmth and quiet she had slowly shown signs of improvement.
14th November 2023
Having made slight improvements over the weekend, we judged that she was strong enough to tolerate a visit to the Vets. Following x-rays, we found that she had sustained a severe brake to her front left leg in several places. This followed a discussion with the vet. Unfortunately, the decision had to be made to put her to sleep as she would not be able to return to the wild. It was both a hard and sad decision to make.
Our thanks go out to the Pet Vet Lincoln for their veterinary help.
The Second Badger
4th March
Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue collected this male badger from Mablethorpe after being captured by the team at Feathers Paws and Claws.
The badger had a minor territorial laceration to its hind area and tics around its ears. He was transported to nearby veterinarians on behalf of Cleethorpes Wildlife, where he was sedated to allow for further examination and treatment. The tics were removed, and thankfully, the laceration didn’t need any sutures but was cleaned to prevent infection.
Once the badger had come around from its sedative, it was transported over to us Lincolnshire Badger Group to recover. For now, a few days of rest, and this badger should be back to its normal self. Over the next few days, the wound was cleaned and quickly showed signs of improvement. With a good diet he quickly became alert.
21st March
The badger was released back to the area where he was found.
Then there were three!
11th March
Cleethorpes Wildlife Rescue second badger call within a week!
This rescue took Cleethorpes to Marsh chapel on Saturday after a call to say that a badger was in a garden and didn't look to be in the best of health.
When attended, they were shocked to find an incredibly small female badger, with infected and oozing wounds to her hind area, a laceration on her jaw, and a skin condition covering over half of her body.
As the badger had dug a small area in the soil to hide (not connected to or near an existing sett or den), we involved Lincolnshire Police, who were incredibly helpful and gave permission to continue with the rescue based on welfare concerns for the badger.
This little badger was then transported over to an out-of-hours emergency vet appointment for initial treatment and then onto their vets the following day for more in-depth assessment and care.
2nd April
After 2 weeks of antibiotics, she is doing well and has been transferred into an outside pen. She was still being monitored closely and her wound is healing up nicely. Very alert to noise, loving her food, she has an excellent appetite.
We hoped to be looking at releasing her in the next few weeks.
12th April
We put a trail cam in her enclosure to see what she is doing at night! This is also to check her limbs are okay, how well her wound is healing which is great! We think her fur loss is due to her malnutrition before she came into us. She only weighed 4.65kg
21st April
After over 6 weeks in our care, she almost doubled in weight from first admission. The wound had healed very nicely. She was not very photogenic and took to being very destructive and chewed our trail cam. We deemed her ready for release and as you can see, she didn't hang around!
