New Look First Aid Kit

I always thought first aid kits were supposed to contain band-aids, gauze bandages, and disinfectant.  But how about this?

A tortoise was brought to me yesterday, he had been run over and his shell was broken.  The lady who brought him to me was very concerned, and put a bandage on the broken part.  However, when I took him to his new carer, the carer said, “Oh that should be right, I’ll use DUCT TAPE to hold that together.”  I’d never thought of using that, but apparently that is the latest treatment.

A small parrot was brought to me that had sustained a nasty injury to his beak, cracking it.  I rang the vet, and he said, use SUPER GLUE, but make sure both you and the bird are in the fresh air when you apply it.  Perhaps he was concerned that the bird wouldn’t be the only one flying……

Another patient was a pelican, and he was tangled in fishing line and hooks had pierced him in several places.  One had left a nasty gash in the soft underpart of his bill….that marvellous part that can hold more than his belly”.  Off he went to the vet, in a large box, with his head poking out the top, and a sock over his beak and head to stop him being frightened (and also poking the driver in the eye with the beak).  I was surprised when the vet again used SUPER GLUE (even though in this case it was the medical equivalent), but I suppose that was the quickest and easiest way to fix it.

A joey came in with an injured tail.  It had a bump in it, but had movement in it, so I made it a splint out the cardboard centre of TOILET ROLLS and sticking plaster.

PS  All the patients survived….