This Week In Wildlife

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...

This week had an extracurricular activity and LOTS of hotline phone calls But first, cute baby photos Of course! That...

The last week has been similar to the week before- a few new opossums coming in, everyone here getting bigger,...

Although I was closed to intakes I still managed to add 20 animals For tips and tricks on how to...

It’s been another opossum-full week here, with happy news about Miss Fox, a bat release, and some interesting phone calls...

As baby season gets into full swing, the incubators are filling up with joeys The story almost always starts sad...

It’s been a fairly busy week between updates on current residents, new baby opossums, and some fun phone calls Miss...

If you’ve seen my intake form, you may wonder why I ask so many questions!  My intake form is comprehensive...

It’s been a strange week here! Raccoons left in plastic tubs, cat-caught bunnies, a random wood duck? Raccoon in a...

2023 baby season has started with a real boing- the rabbits are coming in daily. So far I’ve been able...

Raising baby bunnies is hard work for Mama and even harder for rehabilitators. We just can’t adequately replicate Mama’s nutritious...

The daffodils may be up and the birds returning, but it’s still quiet here at Primarily ‘Possums Which I am...

2022 was a busy year at Primarily ‘Possums! In 2022 I took in 262 animals, and helped just as many...

The sad tale of a fox, kidnapped from her fox family, raised with humans and domestic animals, and then dumped...

Skunk mating season is upon us and the boys are out roaming! A skunk seen in the daytime from now...

Here are the first steps to follow when you find a baby squirrel First steps Determine what kind of animal...