{"id":13211,"date":"2025-02-10T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=13211"},"modified":"2025-02-10T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:08:08","slug":"virginia-opossum-injured-by-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/virginia-opossum-injured-by-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Opossum Injured By Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13213\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/opossum-nwr-202502-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"injured Virginia opossum eats EmerAid from syringe\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/opossum-nwr-202502-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/opossum-nwr-202502-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/opossum-nwr-202502-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/opossum-nwr-202502.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a Virginia opossum was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.napawildliferescue.org\/\">Napa Wildlife Rescue<\/a> in California.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This Virginia opossum had an awful run-in with a dog. He sustained deep wounds to his head and neck, lost a couple of fingers, and was battered and bruised all over.<\/p>\n<p>We honestly weren&#8217;t sure if he could make it, but our veterinarian did surgery to close the wounds. Then began his long recovery.<\/p>\n<p>To get him going, we started with <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a>, which he licked out of a syringe. He progressed to feeding himself out of a dish, then slowly transitioned to solid foods.<\/p>\n<p>After several months in care, he was finally releasable! His fur grew back over his head wounds, and he regained weight.<\/p>\n<p>He was released near to home in a safer location.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Napa Wildlife Rescue Virginia Opossum\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1047645779?h=3f9153be21&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Virginia opossum recovers from severe injuries after a dog attack with help from staff at Napa Wildlife Rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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