Practical Wildlife Care, 2nd Edition

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 Prime Directives.

2 First Response.

3 Fluid Therapy / Part I: Building Blocks.

4 Fluid Therapy / Part II: Administration.

5 Wound Management / Part I: The Biology of Wounds.

6 Wound Management / Part II: The Treatment of Wounds.

7 Biology and First Aid of Fractures.

8 Fracture Management.

9 Avian Wildlife Disease.

10 Mammalian Wildlife Disease.

11 Garden Birds.

12 Pigeons.

13 Game Birds.

14 Corvids.

15 Water Birds – Ducks.

16 Water Birds – Swans.

17 Geese and Other Water Birds.

18 Birds of Prey.

19 Seabirds.

20 Hand-rearing Orphaned Birds.

21 Small Mammals.

22 Hedgehogs.

23 Rabbits and Hares.

24 Red Fox.

25 Badgers.

26 Other Mustelids.

27 Deer.

28 Bats.

29 Other Mammal Species.

30 Rearing Orphaned Wild Mammals.

31 Reptiles and Amphibians.

Appendix 1 JNCC Guidelines on Handling Bats.

Appendix 2 British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) Guidelines for Response to Cetacean Strandings.

Appendix 3 Birds on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as of May 1998).

Appendix 4 The Law relating to the use and possession of airguns.

Appendix 5 Suggested Record Sheet to Accompany Bat Samples to the Central Veterinary Laboratory.

Appendix 6 Selected Rehabilitation Supplies and Suppliers.

Appendix 7 Useful Addresses in Wildlife Rehabilitation.

References and Further Reading.

Index.