Miss Peggy (or Pecky as she was sometimes known!) was able to be released after 3 months of TLC!
Peggy came in with a very sore foot. Her middle joint of her foot had two injuries which were inflamed and meant she couldn’t walk properly.
One of the injuries at the end of her middle toe had some very overgrown inflamed tissue which was pushing up her claw. Our vet managed to trim some of it away but not all as there were too many blood vessels involved and it was very close to the joint.
Peggy improved greatly after this with a course of anti-inflammatories.
Our vet examined Peggy a couple of weeks ago and said that the foot was doing well but that she would always have the deformed tissue under her claw causing a limp.
Peggy was very stressed in captivity so the decision was made to release her despite the limp as she wasn’t in any pain that we could determine and she was better off coping in the wild than being upset by our daily visits to clean her aviary and feed her.
So here she is below, having been returned to where she was found in Falmouth she didn’t waste any time getting away fromus across the beach.
We wish her luck and hope she does well back in the wild.