This Week In Wildlife

My volunteers and myself have gotten everyone warm and snug with plenty of room for fun. The 5 Fatties are...

Sometimes no news is good news. This is fine! There’s only been one new intake, #278, a crow with a...

We’ve had sunny days and cold nights here, and the heat panels and extra snuggy beds are in the outdoor...

It’s getting cold at night and soon the radiant heat panels and heated cat houses will be going into the...

I spoke too soon about Tina and Berry starting their jobs at Chattahoochee Nature Center, but they are still hired....

Everyone is growing, but the opossums are still quite petite. The lack of proper nutrition has stunted their growth in...

Nothing but good news this week! Dolly, Lolly, Chip and Chup All four squirrels are gaining weight quickly and getting...

The Pitiful Possum Pentad are improving incrementally. They have a lot of catching up they need to do. All the...

All opossums are released! I repeat, all opossums are released! Except the tiny 5 that came in yesterday, who will...

I thought we were in the “quiet season”, but Mother Nature had other ideas. This baby Flying squirrel joined us...

Fall is coming soon, but the animals keep coming. That’s ok, this is what I do! Bunnies grow in leaps...

Pistachio fell out of her Mom’s pouch into some leaves and was nearly blown away with them! Her rescuer noticed...

I’m down to 28 opossums, so it’s time for a spotlight and update on the litters and the individuals. A...

Capping intakes at 30 (well…31) has made this second round easier to manage. It does mean I have to turn...

Almost everyone is released back to the wild- including Molly and her babies. Well, some of her babies. These releases...

The last 6 weeks have been a blur. Here’s some photos! Some of the babies had a special time at...

I haven’t been posting blog updates- or even Facebookand Instagram updates which take less than a minute- because there have...

Babies in things! How about some babies on things! Or even babies doing things! All adorable, all the time. Mama...

Truly, just a selection of opossum photos. That’s about all I could muster, folks. There’s 68 opossums here and one...

It’s opossum season! All day, every day, nothing but opossums. All the bunnies have been released or are near ready...

What’s gray, brown, pink, white and black? Baby season at Primarily Possums! Buns Bun. More buns. This week’s blog will...

It’s every-day-a-bunny season and this past week did not disappoint! Plus Pixie, Victoria and Blossom got released. Bunnies From eyes...

9 tiny opossums, 1 newborn armadillo, a small bunny, and 4 recovering adult opossums. I know more are on their...

Baby season has started. I’ve fielded calls about orphaned or displaced squirrels, injured rabbit kits, and the first opossum joeys...

Winter is the quiet season for wildlife rehabilitators and this February has been like most others. A few injured adults,...

The name may be Primarily ‘Possums but some months it’s “…and everything else” This Tufted Titmouse was caught by a...

The frigid nighttime temperatures are getting exhausting- it’s not usually this cold (in the teens and 20s) for this extended...

300 patients! Plus at least 3 times that many phone calls, texts and emails about wildlife in need. What a...

Goodbye MailerLite, hello MailPoet! I’ve switched blog subscription services, so hopefully we won’t see the same interruptions. Lt. Dan and...

Meet the overwintering opossums! All of them were too small to release when the weather was pleasant and the food...

This week’s update will be a smattering of news bits, with photos, of course! David Crowie David Crowie healed and...

Photobiomodulation is a healing tool used to stimulate cell regeneration, reduce inflammation, and treat pain. I use it to encourage...

Normally I would describe this as the quiet season, but it’s been anything but the last week. Birds and bats...

The nighttime tempaertures plunged here so the 4 juvenile opossums got to spend several night back inside with nothing to...

We’ve had a gentle turning into fall here, which helps to soothe any worries I have about the released opossums....

Simba and Sister go free, a turtle leaves and another one arrives. Plus, two surprise birds! A soft release Simba...

Baby season is over, almost everyone has been released, and we’re ready for fall treats and eats. Persimmons are on...

It was a good week here at Primarily ‘Possums There was time for a nice little Autumnal photo shoot And...

The goal of wildlife rehabilitation is to raise or give medical care to a wild animal so that it can...

After an incredibly busy summer with well over 250 animals coming in, it’s time to get back to regular updates....

I received 8 Striped skunks from various sources in early June, and just released the last of them August 18....

Rehab To Release A wildlife rehabilitator’s goal is to raise animals to the point they can be released: rehab to...

It’s been an overwhelming two weeks- and I skipped last week’s post because of it. So many animals and so...

It’s been a week of cleaning and releasing! The rehab room got a good deep clean and the pre-release enclosures...

So much happened this week! I feel much more confident with my 8 skunks, and their personalities and playful behaviors...

Skunks and more skunks! Bats! Birds! and opossums…always opossums…and a snake surgery! What a darling face! The year of the...

This will be the briefest blog post ever! I’ll be making another one this week and will get it out...

Baby bird growing up! Emergency snake surgery! Cute opossums! Little girl getting physical therapy Such a sweet, hopeful face A...

Right now I have more animals at once than I’ve ever had, and the time it takes to care for...

What a week! I’m up to 62 patients now. Here are some of them. Cottontail Little bunny came in one...