Donna and Jess were out looking at apartments and while out they got a call from BARN to go and pick up an injured ringtail possum from Wollongabba (the Gabba). They just happened to be in that area anyway, so picked him up on the way back home.
The first I knew about it was when I opened the front door and Donna handed be a cardboard box saying, "here take that, it's a ringtail".
He's looking pretty sorry for himself at the moment. It looks like he's been attacked by a cat or a dog. There's a few holes in him and a bit of fur missing, but the vet said there's no broken bones or internal injuries. As they used to say in the movies, "it's just a flesh wound".
Sorry about the quality of the image, but I didn't want to upset him by using the flash. You can see the part of one of his wounds on his back. That extends half way down his left side and he has a few puncture marks in one of his legs as well.
Anyway, he's downstairs in a pet carrier now, rugged up in a blanket with some water and and a few choice gum tree shoots.
Hopefully he'll be right as rain in a couple of days and we'll be able to release him back at the Gabba.
No name for him as we're not expecting him to be here for long.
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