I am grateful for Wade and Joan Sheldon, Guy Spencer, Claire Elrod, and Amber Stokes Torrent and Family for providing wonderful release spots for some of the first round babies. Thank you Tanya and Olivia for assisting! A nice hole under a log to peek out from. Doing some fancy balancing. Oops, that didn’t work…
A Tribute to Sarah Sarah arrived in March of 2025, blind, walking in circles, and with a pouch full of babies. She had a safe place here to raise them, warm beds, good meals catered to her ability to eat, and the best life I could give her. She never liked me. That’s ok, I’m…
I have been busy doing my job- taking care of animals. Feeding, cleaning, moving around, weighing, releasing, playing with, and everything else. Updating the database daily (but not the blog). Logging weights and making changes to formulas and diet. It’s been overwheming. I think I have 70 animals but I haven’t run today’s report. My…
Not a great two weeks. Amazing whiskers and an adventurous eater, that’s my Littler! Biggler’s big round head and handsome fangs would have made any lady opossum swoon! Littler and his brother Biggler came to me on April 22, 2025 and I spent nearly every day doing something special to make their lives interesting and…
A LOT happened in the last 2 weeks, which is why it’s been 2 weeks since the last post. Here are some of the highlights, starting with the release of Nat the bat. Ashley created a wonderland of enrichment and comfort for Nat. He loved his little bat finger puppet friend. Big Browns can be…
What a very active February and just 2 weeks into March it’s stayed busy. I attended the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association symposium in Baton Rouge and learned so much, met new friends, and reconnected with old ones. It was an honor to attend, especially as a scholarship recipient, and to spend time steeped in the…
It’s been quiet in that I only have a handful of animals and am not receiving a lot of calls yet, but juggling three very different species- armadillo, bats and opossums, is time- and brain-consuming. The nights warmed up enough Mister Evening bat could go back home. Thank you, Kayley Martin, for rescuing him! I’m…
It’s cold, we are all inside, and everyone is fine. But such wonderfully interesting and happy news! My first armadillo in years!!! I wasn’t able to accept any in 2025 and in 2024 I was so overwhelmed I had to send them all to another rehabber. Finally! The Tale of Daisy In mid-December my dear…
Very little has happened in the last 18 days. Almost no photos were taken. This post is to let you know we are still alive, although hibernating. Both boys are very active at night, from 11 pm to 3 am, running on their wheel and all over the enclosure. I appreciate my security cameras which…
2025 did not happen like I thought it would, but it’s hard to direct Life into a certain trajectory or vision. I knew in 2024 that I was burned out, and I had to stop. Overwintering opossums in 2024 meant even though I was burned out I had to keep going until they were released….