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To civilians who may have been puzzled by the wildlife crowd’s tossed-off references to peefas, modos or mice cubes, here is a beginner’s guide to Rehabberspeak. On top of all her other chores, Donna had to swing by the vet (yet again) to pick up medicine for him. Birds abbreviations slang wildliferehabilitators'
Wildliferehabilitators are not known for our bling. People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes? Michele rushed him to the vet, where x-rays revealed the anklet had passed through his crop, through his proventriculus, and into his ventriculus. Now my vet always removes her rings before the exam.”.
Even the most touchy-feely, circle-of-lifey, we’re-all-one-with-nature wildliferehabilitators hate them. Flat flies and vulture vomit: either one can send an otherwise cheerful vet technician running from the room. Birds flat flies hawks hippoboscids wildliferehabilitator' I hate them.
This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance WildlifeRehabilitation in Price, Utah. Ipsen of Payson Family Pet Hospital in Payson, Utah, is our wildlifevet and very skilled at orthopedic surgeries. Our veterinarian, Dr. Jay D.
“He came from a pine tree above two of my vets’ driveway in a fairly heavily wooded area. Birds identifying birds nestling birds wildliferehabilitators' Is there a tiny hook on the tip of the bill? If not, that rules out a vireo.” ” “Flycatcher? Eastern Peewee ? Where did he come from?”.
Not having a smart phone, I called a friend in New York and had him Google up some wildliferehabilitators’ numbers, but they were all out of service. Leaving it there did not seem like a good option. A different Hoary Bat, on a better day. It turns out, helping a bat is hard. Animal Control was on the way.
This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildliferehabilitator in Accord, NY. Lisa brings her to all kinds of gatherings to spread the word of wildlife (see Xena’s Facebook page ). We took her to the vet and put her on medication, and somehow she pulled through. This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens.
Cat and dog rescuers share with wildliferehabilitators the unfortunate burden of healing the hurt caused by other humans. The vet confirmed pain, injury and infection from her life on the streets, common afflictions for stray cats. All of these afflictions are human-caused and largely preventable. And, I would have understood.
This blog was written by Sherry Turner Teas, a rehabber in Chattanooga, Tennessee: It started out as a normal day for a wildliferehabilitator here in Tennessee – giving medicine, cleaning cages, and feeding baby birds. Had I not witnessed her eating the spider, I wouldn’t have been able to properly diagnose her symptoms.
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That did not stop a New Jersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS. THIS YEAR THE HAWKS REALLY SEEM TO BE OUT IN FORCE OFF THE EAST COAST.
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Hmm, better call a wildliferehabilitator. Here’s an idea: find out if there’s a wildlife center or nature sanctuary near you. Google the name of your town, followed by “wildliferehabilitator.” Call your vet and ask who takes care of injured local wildlife. He’s not feeling well.
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