January 26th

All patients were still alive early this morning, and we have kept “Moritz” sober because of the surgery later today. Outdoors it was –2° Centigrade and what was left-over in the cage of the Hedgehogs, was completely frozen. The Yellow-legged Gull is sometimes trying to stand straight. At 7.52 a.m. “Moritz” received his injection to have his eye removed 9 minutes later; his “crown-jewels” were as well removed. He showed to be such a “tough one” that during stitching a thick stitching-needle broke into pieces !! Most of the bandage around the wing of the Lapwing is removed. However, has still the hanging cast. At 9.43 a.m. a phone-call from the vet-practice of Myrsíni Tourvalí in Mytiléne that she wanted to send with the 11 o’clock-coach a little pigeon. And we had that bird in our possession at 12.08 p.m. after having waited half an hour in the bitter cold. Was a juvenile PIGEON > so see over there.