On Monday May 18, Clark gets a call as soon as she walks in the door about a baby opossum near Ocean Club who is in need of help. When she gets out there, she sees the baby opossum laying on its side in the cold, wet leaves. No one can be cer
tain how long the baby had been there but she was ice cold and not moving but still breathing! Clark rushed her back to the nature center hoping against all odds, the baby is not TOO cold yet. She rubs the baby vigorously and makes some nice warm milk. After feeding the poor baby, Clark sticks her on top of a heating pad in a warm carrier. From then on all she could do was wait. After checking on her many times throughout the day, Clark took her home for the night. The baby was exhausted and didn't want
to eat. On Tue, Clark took her to the vet and the diagnosis was the baby was lucky to be alive- from numerous fleas stealing her energy, water in the lungs leading to pneumonia and a small heart murmur, Vet said she's a fighter. So we named her Zena. After being on meds for 24 hours Clark can already see a fantastic improvment in Zena. Even though her appitite hasn't returned yet, Zena is up walking around her cage and exploring. Only time will tell if this little one will completely get over her near death experience.
tain how long the baby had been there but she was ice cold and not moving but still breathing! Clark rushed her back to the nature center hoping against all odds, the baby is not TOO cold yet. She rubs the baby vigorously and makes some nice warm milk. After feeding the poor baby, Clark sticks her on top of a heating pad in a warm carrier. From then on all she could do was wait. After checking on her many times throughout the day, Clark took her home for the night. The baby was exhausted and didn't want 
to eat. On Tue, Clark took her to the vet and the diagnosis was the baby was lucky to be alive- from numerous fleas stealing her energy, water in the lungs leading to pneumonia and a small heart murmur, Vet said she's a fighter. So we named her Zena. After being on meds for 24 hours Clark can already see a fantastic improvment in Zena. Even though her appitite hasn't returned yet, Zena is up walking around her cage and exploring. Only time will tell if this little one will completely get over her near death experience.
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