The Naturally Vegan

Woodland Gardeners, vegan organic growers and Vegan Events Organisers.

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@CarlBovisNature Absolutely stunning bird and incredible photography. Yes seeing (and enjoying) your posts when I'm online 🍃🐦💚

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@HarryWolst @ChrisGPackham So calling me ridiculous is being respectful? You think I'm ridiculous & I think you are pathetic. No I don't 'own pets', animals aren't commodities, property or possessions to be bought, sold, owned or exploited, the only body we own is our own, ownership is use, use is 'ab'use.

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@CarlBovisNature Lovely, incredible shot too, stark contrast to the wire fencing

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@HarryWolst @ChrisGPackham Mr pathetic calling me ridiculously, and yes I've worked on farms, rare breed centres and animal sanctuaries for years, and everything that happens to hens is because we breed them into existence and put them there to provide a banquet for wildlife, the suffering is because of us

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[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

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[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

So, today at Hampstead Heath was exactly the same... apparently they've been told to get out by police, but as soon as they leave they all get straight back in again... 😒 Pure entitlement... 🤬

(This video was posted today by 'swansofhampsteadheath' on Instagr*m)

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@HarryWolst @ChrisGPackham Humans aren't cute or magnificent and their population needs to be maintained, if it wasn't for humans there would be natural balance instead humans have unbalanced everything with disgusting ignorant disregard for nature ...
https://t.co/qp2BIECC5c

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

So, today at Hampstead Heath was exactly the same... apparently they've been told to get out by police, but as soon as they leave they all get straight back in again... 😒 Pure entitlement... 🤬

(This video was posted today by 'swansofhampsteadheath' on Instagr*m)

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@HarryWolst @ChrisGPackham No one can deny that humans are an absolute menace to nature, wildlife, the environment & ecosystems with their selfish destructive behaviour including their breeding & keeping of domestic animals & over breeding, especially not allowing natural predators & wars against nature.

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@ChrisGPackham Beautiful and perfect, as nature intended 💜

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@ChrisGPackham Absolutely gorgeous 🥰

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

This is what entitlement looks like! 🤬
There are nesting waterbirds on this pond on Hampstead Heath... there are also big 'No Swimming' signs, all being totally ignored! 🤬
Pure selfishness... 😒🤬🤬

(Shared from Instagr*m with permission from 'swansofhampsteadheath')

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

So, today at Hampstead Heath was exactly the same... apparently they've been told to get out by police, but as soon as they leave they all get straight back in again... 😒 Pure entitlement... 🤬

(This video was posted today by 'swansofhampsteadheath' on Instagr*m)

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@CarlBovisNature Metropolitan Police Wildlife Crime Unit
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@grayphil27 @CarlBovisNature Perhaps illnesses from bacteria too, & maybe Weil's disease!

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@CarlBovisNature Absolutely heartbreaking 😭

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@CarlBovisNature @exitthelemming @ChrisGPackham @DeborahMeaden @MeganMcCubbin @Lucy_Lapwing @DrAmirKhanGP @CityCorpHeath @BBCLondonNews @sophiepavs @WildlifeTrusts @Protect_Wldlife
@ProtectTheWild_
@ChrisGPackham
@WildJustice_org

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@CarlBovisNature @exitthelemming @ChrisGPackham @DeborahMeaden @MeganMcCubbin @Lucy_Lapwing @DrAmirKhanGP @CityCorpHeath @BBCLondonNews @sophiepavs @WildlifeTrusts Absolutely disgusting disrespect & disregard for life, they should all be arrested for wildlife crimes/crimes against nature.

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

This post is mainly to help other rescues, but I know a lot of you will be interested as well.
This sweet boy is Merlin.
Merlin self admitted, but aside from his scabby nose from a bit of ringworm, he appeared fine.
But I knew by his behaviour that he was sick.
Healthy hedgehogs don't self admit to a hospital pen. Especially boys at this time of year - they are out chasing girls.🥰
I tested his poo in the lodge, where he booked himself into an open pen, and it was clear.
I admitted him into hospital where he stayed overnight and left me 6 lovely poo samples.
Every single one was clear.
And yet his behaviour, his aggitation, the way he dug the corners of the pen, even his smell, told me through years of experience that he was sick.
So I started treatment anyway.
And as his condition improved, as he became hydrated and nourished, and the first antiparasitic administered, just like magic the confirmation appeared!
A diagnosis needs to be made on observed behaviour and history (either your own or of the finders); the poo sample is *confirmation of the diagnosis*.
So a hedgehog making unhealthy breathing sounds but producing clear poo samples is still unhealthy.
You can't always rely on a sick hedgehog to produce parasite larvae or eggs in their poo sample, for several reasons, but the main reason is:
Parasites, like all living organisms, have to preserve energy in order to stay alive and thrive.
So when they find themselves in a hostile environment - a host who has become starving and dehydrated - they reduce their energy expenditure by temporarily shutting down systems that are not neccessary for life, like reproduction.
They stop laying eggs and go into a sort of stasis, until conditions become welcoming again.
Also of course, parasites don't constantly churn out eggs. They have a reproduction cycle. So not every sample will contain eggs.
It's so frustrating when people contact me saying they have been sent home with a hedgehog who is clearly in audible respiratory distress, because the poo sample the rescue took was clear.

As for sweet Merlin - at first it was a trickle; his poo showed just a few parasites, so microscope samples had to be very carefully scrutinised.
But very quickly it became apparent that this poor boy was in fact full of deadly fluke, lungworm, and roundworm.
He's only on day 3 of his treatment, so is still very sick, but clever Merlin got himself the help he needed just in time.

[The Naturally Vegan @vegan_plot]

@HedgehogCabin @helen_collis Perfect 👍🥰

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@themediawitch @CarlBovisNature Life long gardener her too 🍃 The amount of wildlife killed because of mowing in May is devastating especially if using a rotary with macerates and vacuums up everything 😕