Daedra Edwards

Daedra had just finished her normal shift at the local vet's office. She had gotten many calls today about some wildlife acting oddly and the fact that they all seemed to have the same symptoms unnerved her a bit. Though, she would have to go out on her own and check things out since at the practice they didn't go out in the public to pick up animals or anything, they only saw them if they were brought in usually. So, she was glad to hear about a guy who had some captive wildlife and was seeing some of the same symptoms. This would give her a chance to easily observe the animals and see what might be going on. She had arranged to go check out the animals just after work, so she pulled out of the vet's office and drove to the private residence. Once there she approached the front door and knocked, waiting for the man who she had spoken with to answer the door. He should be expecting her.

Nadeem & Others

As usual, Abhay cantered along the fence that surrounded a field to the far side of the house, watching Dae as she stepped from her vehicle and approached the door. The small horse was always curious of new arrivals, and always looking for attention if he could get it. Unfortunately for the equine, Daedra was here on business, and likely wouldn't have time to walk clear across the yard to pat his muzzle, no matter how much he nickered and softly tapped a front hoof against the ground. It took less than a minute before Nadeem was at the door, and immediately, he flourished a welcoming smile at Daedra, and offered a hand to shake, "You must be Ms. Edwards? I'm Nadeem, and I'm grateful you could make it out here."

Daedra Edwards

Daedra noticed the equine as she walked up to the door, though at the moment she didn't have time or permission to go over and say hello. She was here on a business call to check out the wildlife here, and the equine didn't seem to be sick from what she could see. It wasn't long after she had knocked that she heard someone approaching the door and it was opened. She saw the man who had opened the door holding out a hand for her to shake. She shook his hand firmly with a friendly smile of her own on her lips.

You can just call me Daedra... I'm not much on formalities. I was glad you called, we have gotten many calls about people observing sick wildlife with many of the same symptoms you have described so I am glad to have the opportunity to try and figure out what is going on.

She was an animal lover, hence why she had decided to become a vet in the first place. So she definitely wanted to be able to help even the wild animals of this land. She waited for the man to fill her in more about the wildlife and what he had seen, or where she might find their enclosures.

Nadeem & Others

"Daedra, then." Nadeem corrected promptly, and then moved right on to the business at hand. "Most of the wildlife I've recovered are at the E.A.R.T.H. facility, but there are two individuals I've brought back home with me that I'd like for you to take a look at. Please, follow me." The biologist stepped out of the house, leaving behind a living room that was stacked with folders and a chaotic amount of papers, mostly scrawled in Devanagari script, and nearly indecipherable thanks to his poor penmanship. One Daedra had stepped back outside with him, Nadeem led her around to the back of the house, where a number of small enclosures were located.

He stopped in front of the first one. Inside the small enclosure was wooden box with a hole in the front, and stuffed with hay and alfalfa. "This one I caught two days ago in one of my study areas. I have to warn you, he's a bit feisty." Nadeem opened the enclosure, and once inside, lifted the top off of the wooden box. Inside, nested in the hay and alfalfa, was a cottontail buck with a curious tuft of darker fur on top of his head. It wasn't that tuft of hair that was of importance though, it was the patches of missing fur on the rabbit's side and shoulders that had caught Nadeem's attention.

Daedra Edwards

Daedra smiled as the man promptly corrected himself to use her first name. Then she listened as he spoke of most of the animals being at another facility that she was not yet familiar with. She was still pretty new to the area, having only been here a month or so thus far. She nodded as he spoke of the two that he had brought home with him and was eager to see the two animals. So, she did not hesitate to follow the man to the smaller enclosures.

Once inside the enclosure she peered inside the box as the lid was lifted from it. Inside she saw the rabbit nestled in the bed that had been provided for him. She noted the missing patches of fur and wondered if the animal might have some sort of mange or something of the like. That would be the first thing she would rule out.

I am going to need to take a skin scrape to rule out mange or different types of common skin diseases or infections. Is there any other symptoms aside from the hair loss?

She took the necessary things from her bag to take the skin scrape and to transport it back to the office. It was generally much easier to do such procedures in the office but she did not want to further stress the wild animal by taking it into the office where there was likely to be barking dogs and tons of new smells. She would need for Nadeem to hold the animal while she took the scraping, but she was waiting until she heard about any other symptoms to ask him to do so.

Nadeem & Others

Thlayli's sides rose and fell rapidly with each panicked breath. He sat stone-still in the enclosure, without so much as a twitch from his small nose. 'They see me, I'm done for...' Without ever moving his head, Thlayli could see the two humans looming above him, thanks to his kind's wide range of vision. 'If they think they can take me easy, they've got another thing coming! I'll show them.... but maybe they haven't seen me yet.' Fierce defiance and terror ran side by side in the rabbit's mind, while the humans jabbered in their strange, incomprehensible language above him.

"I've only noticed the hair loss." Nadeem was saying meanwhile, "I've noticed it on several individuals, of several different species. He's been doing a lot of scratching at those bald spots." He glanced at the tools she was taking out, and went on, "I found a few rabbits in worse condition; almost no fur left on their bodies, raw skin. Most that I found had died already. I've seen a number of deer and wolves with the condition."