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Luciani Parazzi, a Director of the
Colobus Trust, found an infant bushbaby (a galago, a prosimian) near to
her house on the ground by a tree. After trying to find the mother
without success, the infant was brought to the Trust in a basket. Suffering from dehydration, the bushbaby was given fluids every half hour orally, night and day, by
volunteers Cerian Thomas and Barry Brogan. As would be expected,
the bushbaby, being nocturnal, became more active at night.
But after 24 hours, the bushbaby
was no better. Through
consultation with visiting South African wildlife veterinarians, we
continued with rehydration subcutaneously. Though the vets saw
that the organs were failing, we continued to fight but lost the battle
at 3 am on the second night.
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Diligently
giving night time feeds |
Carefully
feeding the infant |
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