Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.
Downy woodpecker in our garden (male) female the same but no red on head BETTY CANADA
Flicker in our garden just passing through (only stays a couple of days in the spring) BETTY CANADA
Chippie with his mouth pouches partly full BETTY CANADA
Chipmunk hand-fed on our patio BETTY CANADA
Looks like rain but was flowing away from camera and then toward it, insects? Betty Canada
The Swan is looking no worse or better than it did yesterday. The swelling may have gone done a little although the whole of the neck seems to be slightly thicker. That may be my imagination trying to find what is not there. The medication that it is having are both oral and the Swan protests even before we try to give it. I keep saying it. I believe that it is a Cob and that the other two are Pens. I hope that I am correct as I put my name to another Cob before the Swan swallowed the hook.
The antibiotic that he get once daily is a product called Baytril, probably the best that you could get, so if any thing is going to stop any infection this will. The other medication is Antepsin Suspension. This is a healing product for the damage that the hook did to the oesophagus it is given three times a day. In humans one of its uses is to treat ulcers.
We have taken advice from a sanctuary about feeding the Swan. We are giving bread, corn and fresh grass cuttings in water. He seems to be eating it. We will try in a day or two to let it graze on one of the Lawns around the Cottages. Unfortunately there is nothing m,ore we can do other than wait and see.