300 patients! Plus at least 3 times that many phone calls, texts and emails about wildlife in need. What a year! Barred Owl Before I break down the statistics for 2023, here’s patient #300, a female Barred owl who was hit by a car. I treated her with anti-inflammatories, nutritious mice, and rest, and transferred…
It’s been another opossum-full week here, with happy news about Miss Fox, a bat release, and some interesting phone calls I know you want to hear about the joeys but let me share some phone calls I received Oh no, Ospreys A caller from a Flowery Branch athletic department had an interesting problem that I…
It’s been a fairly busy week between updates on current residents, new baby opossums, and some fun phone calls Miss Fox Miss Fox is with Lori Morgan, an experienced rabies vector species (fox, skunk, raccoon, bobcat) rehabilitator in Gray , Georgia. My foxy friend and I made the two hour trek to middle Georgia last…
If you’ve seen my intake form, you may wonder why I ask so many questions! My intake form is comprehensive and covers all the different species and different situations I receive animals from. Here’s a little tour for inquiring minds! Rescuer Information I like to highlight the area called “Rescuer Information” because that’s the part…
It’s been a strange week here! Raccoons left in plastic tubs, cat-caught bunnies, a random wood duck? Raccoon in a tub I got a call about a raccoon who was found sitting with his head down by the side of the road in a suburban neighborhood. That posture usually means the animal has been hit…
2023 baby season has started with a real boing- the rabbits are coming in daily. So far I’ve been able to keep people from kidnapping them, but in the case of dog- or cat-caught babies, they always need to come into care, even if they have a Mom nearby. Eastern Cottontail rabbits Cottontail rabbits are…
The daffodils may be up and the birds returning, but it’s still quiet here at Primarily ‘Possums Which I am totally ok with! This is my biggest incubator, still empty but ready for the bunnies and opossums who will soon start coming in. My incubators are from Baby Warm, one of the groups I partner…
The sad tale of a fox, kidnapped from her fox family, raised with humans and domestic animals, and then dumped when she became inconvenient. Wild animals should be left wild, that is their joy, and our appreciation should stop at observation, not needless intervention or possession. As wildlife rehabilitators we exist to bring wild animals…
