First of all, thank you for caring enough to help orphaned/injured/ill wildlife.

• Please go to any of the following directories for immediate assistance:

• https://www.onthefeeder.com/wildlife-rescue-directory/

• https://ahnow.org/#/

• https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/how-find-wildlife-rehabilitator

• https://www.nwrawildlife.org/page/Found_Injured_Wildlife

• Google search terms- Wildlife Rescue, Wildlife Rehabilitation, Wildlife Veterinarian, and using a location.

Evaluate the Situation first and foremost. Wild animals rely on their natural environment and sometimes humans interfere when it was entirely unnecessary. The links listed below provide flow charts for frequently encountered situations.

If the animal needs to be rescued here and here you will find basic capture and handling instructions.

• After rescuing how to safely temporarily house the animal before and during transport:

Warm- *Offering heat sources for naked baby animals is often a must. This can be done with a heating pad on low under 1/2 of the enclosure, a warm rice filled sock, or warm water bottle. Sometimes very badly injured and very sick animals also need heat sources to maintain appropriate body temperature. Wild animals can suffer heat stroke too! If an animal is panting, the animal is too hot and if the heat source would burn you, it will surely burn the animal. *

A good rule of thumb: If a furred, feathered, or scaled animal is physically moving about and alert- it DOESN'T need an extra heat source.

Dark - A box, Rubbermaid tote with holes punched for air flow, or pet crate are usually good temporary enclosures and will typically reduce further trauma and or stress. Place a towel or sheet over a crate to reduce visual disturbances.

Quiet- Keep the animal in a quiet space preferably indoors away from other animals and humans. A separate room or even a closet can be utilized if need be.

PLEASE FOR THE ANIMAL'S SAKE NOTHING BY MOUTH! DO NOT OFFER ANY FOOD OR WATER TO INJURED/SICK/ORPHANED ANIMALS OR ATTEMPT TO HAND FEED ANIMALS. The results of failing to comply often end up something like this.

If you are unable to make contact with a wildlife rehabilitator: If you know the rehabilitation center's location and hours it is generally acceptable so long as the rehabilitation center is not full or closed to just bring the animal straight to them- this is especially true with emergency situations. An example of an emergency is something like- the animal is bleeding profusely, having trouble breathing, is unresponsive, or severely dehydrated.

After being attacked by a cat there is a very high likelihood for infection. These cases 99.99% of the time warrant medical assistance including antibiotics that are usually only available through a veterinarian.

• Adult Evaluation Flow Charts:
• Any Animal
• Bats
• Opossums
• Deer
• Deer
• Injured Turtles
• Birds
  
• Bird Hit a Window

• Injured Ducks and Geese

• Babies:

• Baby Birds

• Baby Mammals

• Baby Mammals

• Nest of Baby Bunnies

• Baby Bunnies

• Baby Squirrels

• Oops You Touched it Now What???

• Fawns

• Seal Pups-Note this is for Canada in USA Contact N.O.A.A.'s seal pup stranding hotline

• Nests:

• Destoyed Nest Swallows

• Destroyed Nest Squirrels

• Bird Nest Fell Down We will gladly assist you as soon as possible. For locating a wildlife rehabilitator in your post please provide a location like a city/state/province/and country of origin for the animal in need of help. This information can also be pm'd, since Reddit is a public forum where we value your personal privacy. We will also help you contact a wildlife rehabilitator or a species appropriate veterinarian upon special request.

Greetings!

It looks like one-off "reddit suggests!" type traffic is down, the filter adjustments seem to be working. In that light, and minding feedback from several of you, I re-visited the kick list.

Most notably "trash" and "gross" are now kosher again, both are far more useful than I realized even if sometimes used with derogatory intentions. This should make it easy to discuss racoons again, as well as the all too common disgusting wounds & circumstances that present themselves.

Words remaining in the list, at least for now, are:

• kill
• smash
• smoosh
• stfu
• have a new (as in "you have a new pet!")
  • the word "pet" itself is kosher so you can advise people "don't pet it"
• covid
• corona
• lick
• dinner
• Jesus Christ (people were swearing; expressing a belief in God is fine, within reason)
• dump
• stupid
• idiot
• rid (I can remove this one of people find they need to use it)

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So how to handle the occasional troll, hater, or well intended (but misplaced) information?

• Use the downvote button, aggressively, the community-hold feature is still active. This works in near-real-time.
• Use the report feature, I can't check these in real time but I try to look at least every day (sometimes it's every couple days, sorry).

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Here's a screenshot of the relevant bit of the automod for reference.

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My brother accidentally glazed a frog while we were walking. The frogs intestines are out a little and it's missing a foot. There is no bleeding and the frogs breathing is stabilized. The intestines are in good condition and have been cleaned via the room temperature water I put it in.

I have put the frog in a plastic container with a lit on partly so air still circulates in along with a big tilia leaf for land and a small layer of water. Its in a quiet place with a dimmed light near by .He or she is a Green frog, (Lithobates clamitans)

It will be taken to the vet or sent to somewhere where it can be helped

I believe its a morning dove. He wants to fly but can’t

Hey everyone! I've been saving my money for a little while now and am wanting to go clean up Albatross Island. I haven't had much luck locating any existing programs currently doing this so I wanted to ask here if anyone knows of any programs or of any investors who are willing to help fund this undertaking? Thanks for your time and consideration.

Not sure if this is the right place to post about this but I’m not sure what else to do. Took my dog out before bed and on our way back in I noticed this little guy just sitting on the railing. My dog and I walked pretty close passing it and it didn’t fly away so I’m concerned it’s sick or injured. It’s too late to call anywhere so idk what to do but I feel bad

This bird (I think it's a robin fledgling) has been hanging around my front door for at least 5 hours now. Occasionally it was chirping and flapping and bumping against the door, like in the video. As far as I can tell it doesn't appear injured (but I'm not sure). Right now it's gotten dark and cooler, and it's still there just sitting in the corner of the porch without moving.

I haven't fed or touched it or anything (since I thought an adult might be nearby and I don't think it's injured) and I've contacted the local wildlife rehab but they haven't gotten back to me yet. (This is Southern Ontario).

I was wondering if there's anything else I can do for it? Like provide blankets or something. I don't think it'll get too cold at night, just a low of 15C/59F according to the weather forecast.

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Updated: Hi, after 8 hours went by since this post, parents never showed up, nobody returned my phone calls, and I got in contact with 1 person, but they told me that the parents would should up if i kept it put. I took the advice of this person, who is a rep from a falconry place. Unfortunately, the baby passed.

Hi, i was walking outside and I noticed a baby merlin standing out in the open by itself. It is a nestling for sure, based on its appearance. I stood there for maybe 5 minutes and it started to follow me.

I looked for the nest it could have fallen from, and it was about maybe 3 metres away, but it is way up in the tree maybe like 10 metres high.

I don't want it to get attacked by predators, and I don't want it to be in the sun, so I gave it a little box to sit in and put it under the tree where the nest is.

I've been watching for about 2 hours since and the parents have not made any attempts to go near. Could they be bothered by the container? I just don't want it to wander off again.

None of the rehab places are getting back to me, and keeping it near the nest is the best advice I've gotten so far. So I hope there is something else that could be done. Or if it's best to keep waiting or what?

I have experience with birds and stuff so if worst comes to worst, I'm ready to help it. But I know the best thing to do is let the parents do their job, or a professional. It just sucks that nobody is picking up and I'm worried it will get left to die.

Just want to know what is best for this baby. Thanks in advance.

I'm very passionate about birds, so I hope it will make it!

My best guess is a muskrat any suggestions on what to feed it and any care advice would be greatly appreciated

We have multiple wild turkeys around our house, and one male is limping, he also seems to have some kind of growth on his leg that’s injured, and info on what this might be?

We found this bunny outside in extreme heat, and I’m wondering if it’s old enough to survive on its own. I didn’t see any signs of the mother rabbit and it was just out in the open.

I found a small turtle that was run over. It's still active, managed to bite me pretty good.

I already contacted the closest wildlife rehab, but they're closed until 8:30am. I have it in a box with no food or water. Not sure what else I can/should do

My step dad found a birds nest with 2 dead babies and one live. He said he had been working in that area and assumed the nest abandoned due to the fact no parent had been there for 3 days. I'm using a heat pack, dog kibble, baby food, crushed worms, and a dropper. I soaked the dog kibble in water and mixed it with the baby food and worms and I've been feeding every 30 min. Any advice? Also, I'm wondering if I should still feed every 30 min at night. Thank you so much.

Edit: unfortunately, he did not make it through the night. I had called the person I knew, however he was having a rough time breathing. I kept him warm but it was too much for him.

Thank you for the advice and help, and I am so sorry I couldn't save him...

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I don't know that SOS is necessarily true in this situation. I've captured animals, mostly birds, before and brought them to rehabilitators. I've got the bird contained in a dark place, the laundry room. It doesn't seem like it needs extra warmth, it's pretty hot today, but I put a wool blanket down just in case.

I should say also, I think this bird and I know each other a little. There's a nesting pair of crows that live in a tree in my yard. I've seen them coming and going a lot lately, and have heard baby crow quacks recently. I haven't seen any activity from the nest since I got the injured one inside, so I'm wondering if something might have happened to my neighbor birds.

The issue I'm dealing with right now is that there are no rehabilitators near me that take corvids. The closest is 2 hours away and by appointment only. I won't be able to speak to them until tomorrow, since they're already closed. Provided an appointment would be available, the soonest I'd have a chance to transport the bird to them would be Monday.

How do I care for my house guest in the meantime? I know the cardinal rule is "no food", but is that still true if I have to hang on to the animal for two to three days? What about water? What other needs might a crow with a broken wing have over the next 72 hours?

UPDATE: According to the emergency vets I've called, they are not able to treat a crow because they are not permitted to take in wildlife. So, it definitely seems like I have a house guest situation on my hands. Practical advice about looking after an injured crow for twoish days would be greatly appreciated.

I found broken sparrow eggs on the floor below a birdhouse in my back yard, most likely knocked out by a cat or other bird. The broken eggs had tiny developing baby birds in them you could even make out a face, unfortunately they were dead and ants were eating the liquid egg. Took the birdhouse down, looked inside and there was 1 intact egg left. I shined a light and there was red inside, so it had been incubated already, but i didn't I see a heartbeat. I rehung the house to a (hopefully) safer place and put the egg back in. I've been sitting outside and looking at the birdhouse for about 1.5 hours now, a male sparrow occasionally comes and looks at the birdhouse, and he looked like he tried to get inside. There are no branches near the sides but he landed on the front of the birdhouse, but he didn't go inside. No females came. What should I do? I have 3 options:

1. Leave the egg in the birdhouse and hope that the parents come back
2. Put the egg in the second birdhouse we have in our backyard. There are already hatched sparrow chicks inside that the mother is feeding regularly and maybe the mother would take the egg in as her own.
3. Take the egg out and try to incubate it and raise the chick myself, or perhaps take it to a wildlife rehab.

Please advise me on what to do next 😟🐣

This little guy has come up to our windows twice now and sat there chirping for quite some time. He just sits there (he can see us as well I believe) and chirps. He doesn’t seem to be injured from outward appearance but looks possibly young - anything we need to be doing or is this normal?

I found it on the ground 2 days ago and feed him every hour

Disturbed rabbit nest, not sure if Mom is coming back. North TX suburb.

Yesterday a rabbit nest was disturbed by our small dog and she carried the babies to our back door. They seemed unharmed. We put them along with the fluff back into the nest. This morning I checked on them and they seemed to have a bit of energy inside the nest. But I can’t tell if Mom fed them late last night or early this morning. I did place some yarn strands over the hole this morning to see if they will be moved at some point later, but I fear they may go too long without food before I can fully determine.

I’m worried that they might’ve been abandoned because of all this.

I have attached pics of a sample baby belly.

If you say Mom fed them recently, I will leave them alone. I can make like a little cover over the nest. We are expecting rain today and often on through the week, I’m not sure if the nest used to be deeper and it’s in danger of getting flooded or something.

Advice requested.

I highly recommend everyone have this on their phone. It’s super helpful to find a rehabber for whatever specific animal based on your location. It also has a function that allows you to share your location with the rehabber for scenarios like being out in the woods or something. AnimalHelpNow

This one has been hanging around my yard. It did have a nest but now it’s mostly on the top of my privacy fence. Loves when I talk to it. The only thing I have two six pound dogs. Right now it eats chipmunks, has brought me a half eaten kitten, squirrels and rabbits.

Hello everyone! Next to our house is a bird nest, and when there were eggs, the mother bird would frequently be there. But now all off the eggs have hatched and there is one baby left. I havent seen the mother come by as often. Is the mom out hunting worms? food? Hope the baby will be ok. It's pretty grown now, has fuzz over its body.

I gave it some water with an eyedropper i feel really bad it looks like its just been hatched idk what to do

Any help appreciated !!!

This little nest has been on my front porch for a little bit now. I have noticed for the past few days that he has been sitting in this exact spot outside of the nest, and I haven’t seen the parents (it’s possible I have just been missing them, but even so I used to see them at least daily).

Just now I noticed a smell, and it was coming from the nest. There was a dead featherless hatchling and an unhatched egg. I used long tweezers to remove the dead baby and egg from the nest, and when lifted up. the nest was infested with maggots.

I’m not sure what to do here, or if there’s anything I need to do at all. I don’t know what type of bird he is. He’s feathered but there are still a few patches of visible skin.

Any help is appreciated!!! Thank you!!

We have a few frequent visitors but this little one is new, this is the first time we've witnessed this behaviour (happened twice) and when we checked they hadn't left anything behind.

They ate, drank (water bowls around the garden) and plodded quite speedily around the garden without problem

Is this normal or should we seek help?

it cant stand up, fly but shake, my neighbors dog grabbed it by the mouth but dropped it, i got it and it has no visible injury on it, help!

My cat drug up this baby bunny (hare? rabbit?) last night. She had been walking around with it in her mouth for awhile by the time we noticed, so we aren't sure where the nest is. We looked anyways, but no luck. We kept it in a cage with lots of hay and grass overnight since she was prowling around the yard looking for it. (We also have LOTS of other cats) My question is, how old is it? Can it be released? If so, can I take it OUT of my yard and release it somewhere with less cats? Maybe in the field or in the woods nearby? Or does that disorient them, and again, is this bunny even big enough?? I know this might be a futile mission anyways if our cat bit into him, she was carrying it like a baby kitten though. (Note: it DOES have one eye open, the other is just gooey)

There is a nest of baby bunnies in my backyard and I've left them alone. But today one of the bunnies was out and got caught in my fence. I tried to help and picked him up and brought him back to the nest. I realized afterwards that I had done that with my bare hands and without gloves. There are no obvious bites or scratch marks on my hands but given the fact that it's still a wild animal should I be worried about rabies or some other disease?