September is passing quickly but also slowly as every day is just another day of feeding, cleaning, watering, health checks and enrichment. The numbers are finally dwindling! The new vestibule entrance (finally!) This allows me to enter, lock the door behind me, then unlock and enter the main part of the enclosure. This is standard…
After a lovely rainy spring, the flowers and the opossums are all out in full bloom. Some have been released, some are waiting, and some need a little more time. Someone’s idea of staying cool looks rather uncomfortable. Marzipan has an ice bottle and finds that back sleeping exposes the belly to cooler air. Sarah…
The legal forms with the state and federal agencies that grant my permits were filed back in January, but it’s taken me a while to compile data you all might be interested in. Here’s an in depth look some of what we accomplished. In 2024, Primarily ‘Possums took in 20 birds, ranging from Carolina wrens…
Some of our readers know that cold in the South can be a truly unpleasant and even dangerous time. But this blog is supposed to be happy updates and news, so it will have to suffice to say Winter is not a great time to be inside or outside. My volunteers and I tarped and…
Baby bird growing up! Emergency snake surgery! Cute opossums! Little girl getting physical therapy Such a sweet, hopeful face A true fighting spirit This little girl has seen some hard times and challenges and met them head on. After an accident involving a running wheel in her cage, she was paralyzed from the waist down. …
On Monday, December 12, I had the opportunity to attend a field trip to a culvert with bat biologists to view hibernating bats. On the 13th I attended the Georgia Working Bat Group annual meeting and learned so much about the Tri-colored Bat, a species of concern in Georgia which may be listed as endangered…
For National Opossum Day I wanted to share this poem that resonates with me. Pinkie PossumsI found pinkie possums…Poor babies were cold.I ever so gently warmed…They were not very old. Then I gave a sub Q…Hydration I increased.Wrinkles in their skin…Would soon decrease. I eased in a feeding tube…To fill their bellies well.Soon will be formula…After waiting…
2025 Sabbatical Hi All, I am taking a sabbatical from rehabbing in 2025 and will not be taking in animals. Please use the links below for more information or immediate help through our wildlife partners! Thank you!