{"id":8936,"date":"2021-06-16T21:37:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T02:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2021-06-16T21:37:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T02:37:11","slug":"disoriented-virginia-opossum-slowly-recovers-head-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/disoriented-virginia-opossum-slowly-recovers-head-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Disoriented Virginia Opossum Slowly Recovers From Head Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following story was shared with us by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.appalachianwild.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Appalachian Wildlife Refuge<\/a> in North Carolina.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8938\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-with-food-bowl-202106-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"virginia opossum with head injury\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-with-food-bowl-202106-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-with-food-bowl-202106-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-with-food-bowl-202106-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-with-food-bowl-202106.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A Virginia opossum was found wandering around Asheville, North Carolina very disoriented. His weight upon exam was 2.35 kilograms (about 5.2 pounds). We also discovered that he had numerous puncture wounds on top of his head. He also seemed to have significant head trauma, he was very unsteady when trying to navigate his enclosure.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to use EmerAid to hand-feed him, because he struggled so much to stay steady.<\/p>\n<p>For the first month he was here we fed him a mixture of the <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">Carnivore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">Omnivore<\/a> IC diets. His body condition as well as instability improved, and he eventually was able to graduate to solid food.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8942\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-sleeping-in-cage-202106-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia opossom sleeping in cage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-sleeping-in-cage-202106-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-sleeping-in-cage-202106-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-sleeping-in-cage-202106-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/virginia-opossum-sleeping-in-cage-202106.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>His most current weight is 4.8 kilograms (about 10.5 pounds). He has continued to improve, but head trauma is a slow recovery. We are hopeful with his progress and will continue to fulfill his needs to give him the best outcome possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Appalachian Wildlife Refuge helps a Virginia opossum recover after it suffers head trauma that caused considerable unsteadiness for the opossum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8938,"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-8936","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 v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Disoriented Virginia Opossum Slowly Recovers From Head Trauma - 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