Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Skunk mouth


 Well here is a new one. I de-scented 4 skunks for wildlife rehabilitation as their injured mother had babies and they wanted to adopt them out. Not an easy operation as the anal glands, which are huge by the way, are very close to the rectum and difficult to dissect. Thank goodness I have no sense of smell and I could do the procedure while everyone else ran away. One of the babies stopped breathing under the aesthetic gas and I had no recourse but to give it mouth to mouth resuscitation. It came around and is ok but what a taste left in my mouth. Anyone for a kiss?...