r/WildlifeRehab

Found this little one in back yard, we kept an eye on it even played baby raccoon noises to try to lure mom. No mom and it's been raining on and off. I will start looking for wildlife rescue. It's really young just crawls. I tried to see if it'd want a can of cat food but no interest so I'm assuming to young for that. We are running to Walmart now for milk pretty sure they only have kitten milk.

Anything else I need to know? I'll be taking baby back outside when I usually notice raccoon activity at night to see if Mom comes but I'm thinking it's abandoned. He's been put a tote with a towel, no lid on it obviously and staying in our bathroom since we have cats.

Found this baby starling(?) on the ground yesterday evening.

The baby isnt eating much, we’ve been trying to feed it boiled egg (room temp) or soaked cat kibble but its not too keen. It’ll take one bite and stop.

There’s no wildlife rehabilitators nearby..can’t see its nest or mother either.

Any advice? It can’t fly but yesterday it was hopping around and eating somewhat. No visible injuries.

Now it’s just curled up in my lap and quietly chirping away, not sure what to do :(

Just wanted to share this sweet photo
I live in New England and ever summer cottontails
Build a nest in my yard

We noticed one last week and have been avoiding it

Today I got home from a walk and laid in my hammock about 3 feet from the nest. When I looked over the mom came back with me there and took out her kits and nursed them. They were all very calm. When she was done they all sat there for a minute then she covered them back up, hopped a few feet away and groomed herself

I even sat up to see how she would react and there was zero reaction from
Her

I’ve never actually seen the babies come out despite a nest every year. It was really sweet to see

This sweet squirrel came to my balcony, when I saw his tail I was concerned. The first inch or two is his regular bushy black fur, then it thins out completely where you see the lighter fur. What could cause this?

Tried to get the best photos I could. I’ve never seen a squirrel with this fur pattern before, it looks like the end portion of his tail was given a complete haircut. Is this normal, is the squirrel likely ok?

Located in southern Alberta, Canada. Thank you to anyone with insight

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Skunks/s/WP4hwO95YJ

We were able to find some animal traps and caught all 3. They’ve been eating and seem to be doing okay. They are on their way to the rehab center! ❤️

Hi everyone, so about five days ago our dog uncovered a bunny burrow in our yard and got one of the bunnies out of the nest and in his mouth. The bunny seemed okay and was moving so we gently moved it back to the nest and covered them with the fur we found around our yard. Unfortunately it must’ve had some internal injuries because when we checked them this morning one was dead (pretty sure it must’ve been the one our dog got). We’ve removed the dead bunny because we figured it probably wasn’t healthy for the other bunnies if it stayed.

Anyway, one thing I wanted to ask about is that the mother bunny never covers her babies back up. We have seen her once (pics included) but every time she leaves they’re still exposed. We had taken to re covering them with the fur and grass but the fur is pretty much gone now and when we try to cover them with grass now they’re more alert they get scared and try to hop up. One thing we’ve been doing is stacking some stones and putting our fire pit grate over top of them to give them some cover during the day (and to keep our dog away from them) and then we take it off in the evening after our dog goes out for the last time and leave it off for a few hours in the morning so that mama has time to feed them.

I’m wondering if you think it would be okay to just leave the set up all of the time so that they’re protected overnight? Right now we stack it two stones high but we could do it three stones high so mama has more room to get in there. I just worry that the change would deter her from attending to them.

Any thoughts?

(Located southwestern Ontario Canada)

Location: Ithaca, NY
Hi my cat brought me this baby bunny who was still alive and alert. I saw no puncture marks but I didn’t look extensively to avoid over handling. It’s eyes are not open yet but it has soft brown fur and was able to wobble around on its own after recovering from its ordeal. I made my cat drop it and put the cat inside, and then left the bunny for about ten minutes while I got gloves and a lined basket to put it in. By then it was crawling around again. Its hot here, so I placed the basket in the shade and after a bit of pawing around looking to burrow, the bunny got comfortable and took a nap. I dropped it off at a local wild life rehabber.
I let my cat out again and he took me right to the den. There was another baby dead outside of the hole :( I guess he got to first. In case there are more babies in the den, I’ll be keeping my cat indoors until they leave the den, but my question is when that might be?

This deer has been bedding under my house for a few months and has recently calved two fawns. This morning she showed up limping with a swollen, bloody leg. Oregon laws prohibit state or county wildlife orgs from doing anything but euthanasia. Is there anything I can do or any resources I can reach out to for help for this poor baby? I’ve become so attached to her and her babies after seeing them every morning and evening and I’m devastated to the point of sobbing. Please help or guide. I’m in South Eugene.

Found this little guy on my balcony and it’s been here for around 20 minutes just sitting, it’s hot as hell outside, I’m not sure what to do???? Any advice??

Edit: I also wanted to mention that I live in Tennessee, not sure if that can help on anything

Mom nowhere in sight, it was following us, I'm reluctantly helping. I gave it some pedialite mixed with water. Letting it stay the night in my garage but it can't stay long. Rural property. Eastern Ontario. It's eyes are more open in person, about just over half way.

its independence day so there’s no places open/available. i’ve talked to a couple people on the phone but they all said to just leave it outside. i didnt feel comfortable doing that for too long because of how hot it is outside. i’m planning on keeping him for a couple days until someone can pick him up, what can i do in the meantime? i’m located in north carolina

Fledgling or nestling cardinal? Parents are hovering nearby and feeding. Don’t see nest. In DC where it will get to 101 today.

Hello, I have a friend that asked me to come check out this Red tail that is on the ground and unable to fly away. They cannot see any visible injuries, but it is allowing people to walk up to it and grab it and move it.

I am nearby, but have something going on at the moment and cannot go to the park it is at right now, but am looking for some raptor rehabbers that can come to Queen Creek (AZ) I have contacted AZ raptor society and will be calling Liberty but am not sure how far they service.

ED9T: BIRD HAS BEEN DOUND AND BEING HELPED. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP.

I saw this story about a robin fledgling that fell into a gibbon enclosure at the Albuquerque zoo. The gibbon didn't appear to harm the bird and it was reunited with its parents by zookeepers.

All's well that ends well! Fun happy story? Except I see the robin in the keeper's droplet covered hand, and it appears to be aspirating. It looks like they forced water down its beak. I'm honestly really shocked that zookeepers wouldn't know not to put water down a bird's beak.

Maybe I'm not seeing this right? But I can't see any other explanation for a glove with water next to where the bird's gasping beak is being held. I've been told by rehabbers that birds should never be given water directly in their beaks.

i think this is a baby american robbin but i’m not sure. are they ok or do they need help? i went to check them out and some big robbin’s started chirping so i figured maybe it’s someone’s baby, but it’s covered in some weird slime or something? it’s trying to fly out and can’t but i think that’s normal if they’re young. please help fast i don’t know what to do! i know most the time ot leave them alone at this age but they’re stuck in a bucket right underneath a tree and im scared they make have fallen out of a nest and gotten injured. i dont want to do anything that might harm them, but i dont want to leave them if they need help. Please lmk!!!!

A momma skunk has been coming and going for a while. We tried to deter (humanely) for a little while but now there are babies. However for the past 2-3 nights mom has not come back (video camera is out. It may have been low battery one night but it has been working the past two nights, has picked up on baby movement, but has not caught the mom coming at all). Called a local wildlife rehabilitation and they recommended waiting one more day if they don’t seem stressed. The rehab is about an hour away so we would have to trap and drive them there. Game and fish just referred to the wildlife rehab.

Any advice? Some water has been left out for them. Should we try any food? Wait longer? We are trying to find some traps but if so is there a safe way to trap and drive them without getting sprayed?

We had a bad storm last night in New Jersey and two barn swallow nests fell (not at my house - near the beach I go to). Before I got there, someone put all 4 of the babies together on the ground with the two nests next to them. Both nests’ parents were still nearby (1 baby didn’t make it). I put both nests up (same ledge but separate from each other) and the babies back in one nest because I didn’t know which babies belonged to which nest and the other nest was falling apart.

The baby who died was significantly smaller than the others, but I couldn’t tell a size different with the others. The third one I put up (a little separate from the others in the picture) may be slightly younger because it couldn’t move as much when I picked it up. It’s a little separate because I didn’t want the other two to get scared and fall when I put the third one up.

I waited for 10 minutes and parents seemed to be chasing each other away from the nest. Any guidance on what I should do?

When I go back later I can try to move the one over to the other nest, but I’m not positive it’s not the same mom as the other ones.

Yeah, so basically I now have this little bird sleeping on my windowsill and have no clue what to do. I don't really know what type of bird it is, google lens said that it's a Eurasian blue tit fledgling and that they eat insects. Other than that I don't really know anything else about it. Again I have no clue what to do (Other than take it to the vet in the morning), could someone please help me out.

Like, am I supposed to feed it and if so what?