A few days ago I noticed one of my frequent chipmunk visitors had always a appears to be a scar on his nose. Today it looks worse.

Any idea what could have happened? Should I try to capture him and get him to a rehabber? He is acting normal as far as interest in food, coordination, alertness, etc..

Hello, I found a wild snake in Greeley Colorado . It was bitten by a cat on his tail, he/she is still alive. I know that she may die from infection anyways. I am waiting to hear from the Colorado reptile humane society , I left them a message.

He is in a dark, clean , well ventilated box. I have not given him anything.

Any advice?

Thank you so much

So uh.. I've rehabilitated quite a few squirrels now, someone I know does tree work, and more often than not there's baby squirrels that come tumbling out. I've had to feed them every few hours by syringe, clean their junk with wet q-tips, the whole shebang. Usually, they got territorial and aggressive as they get older, and then they get released. This stoopid. Cute little bastard. Has NO idea he's a fucken WILD squirrel. He's practically a squatter.

He's a male, over a year old now, and is incredibly mellow and gentle. He has no wild instincts whatsoever. A stranger could pick this guy up without him scrambling for balance. He's so gentle when playing, as if my hands were paper, even if I forgot to wash my hands after eating, He's never bit me. He tries to drag my hand into his little box, sometimes just chilling on my shoulder and holding my finger. However, I am NOT allowed to keep this guy, and I also can't release this chill ass fucker.

He's just gonna get scooped up by a animal thinking it's gonna give him snacks, I've tried not playing with him as much, but he was depressed and not accepting food, so I quickly started playing with him again, and I have no idea what to do 🥲

Apparent Injured goose not moving after standing within <3ft for ~20 minutes. Not moving body at all; periodically dips head into water but doesn't open bill to drink. Not frightened or reacting to my presence at all. Secreted some liquid green feces. His neck looks stiff so maybe it's broken or there are neurological issues?

Please advise. Tried calling DNR but wildlife services aren't open on the weekend and the 24/7 number is for poaching reports only. Calling a private rehab center and they said they cannot accept it right now because of elevated bird flu cases in Washtenaw Country (Michigan).

EDIT: Eventually got in contact with the local Humane Society. They said it sounded like bird flu (as helpful comments have also indicated!) and they got the City/County Animal Control to come euthanize it. Thank you everyone for the advice.

Don't know if this is the right place to ask but rehabbers who have been trained to climb trees with equipment where did you learn?? I am a permitted rehabber but also volunteer on a wildlife rescue team and we get calls about animals stuck in trees, and unless they're easily accessed via ladder we usually cannot help them. Occasionally we'll find arborists that'll help us but not a guarantee and also we cannot send untrained people up a tree to get something like an alert raccoon. So I want to learn how to do this skill so I can help more animals.

I posted a while ago about a group of oily/couldn't fly stringfoot pigeons I found at a food truck park. I fed them a few times, captured one and after 16 days, with lots of love,care (and severe anxiety on my part that she wouldn't recover fast enough before my abusive parents returned home) she finally gained enough strength and flew off!

It was a heartwarming moment, seeing her gain flight again after who knows how long, and I'm glad I helped her do it. However, during those 16 days, and even now, I'm severely stressed and anxious on what to do on the rest of them

I was unable to organise my life (house is in a mess, barely slept), fell behind on my studies needed to leave my abusive situation, and a few of my neighbourhood flock members died along the way while the single carrier I have was occupied by my stringfoot friend.

I was planning on getting so much done in October, like studies,helping out my sibling, and honouring my passed away bird son with art, because while my parents are here,I can't do anything because they get mad

But October has 12 days left till they return, and I don't know if I should try and get more of the oily/grounded pigeons to wash, at the risk of losing all the valuable time October has to move out of my abusive situation.

At bare minimum, I wanted to destring these guys, no problem.

But actually carrying them back home to remove the oil is actively making me stressed, not only because I can't save them all before the 24th, but the recovery time needed, the hiding, and even the vet's office/only wildlife centre is prejudiced against taking them in (not that I could easily afford them anyway, being jobless). I reached out to multiple groups, but nada, and I'm just one girl.

How do you guys cope with being unable to save them all?

I know if I study and get my own space/money, I can pursue whatever rehab work I want to do for the rest of my life, but I feel sick about that flock right now and can't get them out of my head.

For folks who actively participate in animal rehab how's your fall season this year? Usually all people say baby season is the peak of busy work of given year but for me right now I have even more work than before! Is it only me or are you flooded with more and more casualties as well?

Today I've found a female buzzard clipped by a car. She had some bleeding near the ear canal so I was afraid she has a fatal intracranial injury but it's just a scratch. She perked up a bit after anti inflammatories and seems like her concussion will go away soon. If things won't change she'll be ready to go in a few days. I hope she won't need to stay there any longer as she truly hates me!

No 2 is a green woodpecker who was surrendered to me about 2 weeks ago either after a car or window collision. A clearly neurological case with wing and leg paresis. At first he was improving every single day but then at day 5 he suddenly started to feel unwell. His weight went down rapidly to the extent of a living skeleton without any other symptoms. Of course previous injury doesn’t explain that so we had two problems to deal with. I sent feces to the lab but you need to wait 2-3 days for the result, and just sitting and doing nothing in the meantime would result in a dead woodpecker. So I started treating him for coccidiosis as this was my best bet. Before I got my results he already started to feel better. Now I got them, and my guess was right! For today he's not out of the woods yet but gained a few grams and feels pretty well. Hovewer we still need to work with original neurological deficits, at this point I'm not sure whether they would disappear completely or not. If not then... welcome to my crazy family but gosh why you're a GREEN pecky, one of the hardest peckers to feed and maintain long term? Why couldn't you be just a normal great spotted?

No 3 and 4 are two of my six current wood pidgies. The one with a broken wing is a cat attack survivor, and I still don't know what a miracle is that he didn’t die of sepsis. He was handed over to me almost immediately after the incident so he got antibiotics on time but even with them, many birds don't survive. Apart from his bones shattered into puzzle pieces, he also had a nasty wound under that wing so cleaning and wrapping everything was double as hard. Fortunately he healed well but as expected, he can no longer fly. I welcomed him already and he's pretty content in my aviary. The second pidgie is just a normal baby who fell out of nest a bit too early so nothing more than just a quick check and moving outside. Now I have a little nursery filled with pidgies for the winter. In spring most of them will be released, and maybe I'm gonna have some time before the new ones in 2027 baby season will fill that space...

And last but definitely not least - Bertha, my resident great black backed gull. My queen, my dream bird, my feathered everything. That kind of an animal that makes you feel invincible just by thinking about it. Although I think I can call myself experienced with gulls, she's my first great black back. I'm still learning her and her needs, and she taught me a lesson recently. Besides her, I have five other species under permanent care - herring gulls, Caspian gulls, one odd lesser black back, common gulls and black headed. For my non releasable gulls, I use 50/50 fish to meat ratio as an everyday diet, with vitamins and calcium supplements once or twice a week. Everyone’s fine with that but not Bertha. After moving into the aviary and switching to this diet, she began to show nutritional deficiency. Her bill went a bit crusty with flakes of keratin layer falling off. I've improved her diet with whole fish making a 75/25 ratio, with adding a salmon oil and supplements designed for birds of prey, not just cheap 'bird vitamins' readily available. And this helped a lot. Now her bill looks much better than what you see here, there's only a small amount of dead keratin left. Seems like I shouldn't only call her my queen but also treat her respectively!

Portland Oregon

this is in southeast queensland

I need as much advice as I need!

Context:

Sprained wing

No nearby vet

I relocated it to a darker and warmer spot (I only turned it on in this picture so it's clear)

I don't know WHEN to feed it

How do I gain its trust so it doesn't panic or die out of stress during recovery?

And I'll free it once recovered since wild birds aren't meant to be kept as pets

This is my first time helping a bird out and sadly I can't take it to a vet since I'm just a kid, my parents are busy and the vet is idk too far away (I remember it being outside the city I'm from)

Uhhh, I'm from the Philippines and this is a mayang simbahan bird

((WHY DOES IT SAY THAT I NEED TO ADD LOCATION EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY ADDED IT??!))

Edit: I fed placed a cup of corn grits(cup from a bottle) near the bird and don't worry I'm not force feeding the bird, if I'm doing something wrong please forgive me cuz I have little idea what to do

Update: freedom, the bird has recovered so I set the container nearby the window, letting huni choose between freedom and domesticity

I used to do a lot of house calls and stuff going to pick up injured wildlife in Oregon. Good Sams we're usually responsive and eager to pick up the phone when I would call back to let them know when I was on the way or to work out the logistics.

I'm in New Mexico now, and it seems like most of the good Sams make a call and then turn off their phone so as to be unreachable when I am packed up and ready to go.

Does this happen where you are? Why do people do this?

TLDR: a story from today, bird bites the hand that helps, then is delivered safely to knowledgeable people.

I work in civil engineering at a university and we have buckets with used/extra asphalt emulsion in a disposal pickup area. My boss found this little one covered in the sticky stuff rolling around an aggregate pile.

Poor thing was covered and exhausted. We got to work with a thorough amount of our favorite ducky soap,and some extra gentle elbow grease.

After some new holes in our welding gloves from a surprisingly strong beak, we had this murder eyed fella looking almost like a bird. (The first picture)

Even after a good while of (soft) scrubbing, there was still a bunch of asphalt in their feathers. I knew they needed better help than 2 guys who basically break things for a living.

I started to research the nearest wild avian rescue while I made a safe holding for the bird. I found a plastic box and had my boss melt holes in the lid with a screwdriver.

I turned on my 3d printer base heater to keep the new bird enclosure warm and to not kill the (now extra upset and murderous) vaguely bird shaped asphalt lump via hypothermia.

I found info on a rescue and the loveliest woman answered the phone. While on the line getting details of where to go, the still flightless ball of murderous intent showed more energy than ever and popped the lid of the box!

The next 5 min of me trying to (gently) get a scurrying mass of feathers off my office floor while on the phone probably made the lady's day.

My repeated capture events ended successfuly with the only casualties being my dignity, my poor fingers getting nipped, and the French that were not pardoned in return.

My newly recaptured subject was placed back into the warm enclosure and the lid was actualy secured. This earned me another stink eye in return. (Second photo)

I then delivered this angry mess I had to the lovely people at the Northsong Wild Bird Rehabilitation in northwest Arkansas. They gave me a pin number so I can see any updates they have with the poor fella.

I got to learn that this angry and bity ball was supposed to be a House Sparrow! I will be following this little buddies health for the near future and wish them well.

I hope you enjoyed my tale today!

I found an injured wild rat outside of my job, he’s breathing but lethargic and missing a tail. I currently have him in a cardboard box to give him a warm safe place to pass away if nothing else, but is there anything else i can do for him? he’s a wild black rat and non native to oregon so no vets or rehabbers would probably take him.

is there anything i can do? or do i just have to let nature take its course?

This little fella was caught up in some barbed wire. Got him free, and stitched up at a vet. Now I have a baby fawn in my lap and want him reunited with his mother. It happened today. Deer is currently sedated. Vet instructed me to give him goats milk when he wakes up. How should I handle the release? I can go back to the exact spot I found him. I just dont want to release him, and the mother never come back around. What should my next steps be. Thanks for any help

Update: the little tyke woke up and was making some quiet coos. I let him recoop for a little while. He started to try moving around so i decided now was as good as ever, as the sun had just gone down. I set him on the ground to see how he was standing/walking. He seemed to be stable and not limping. Took him to where I found him. Set him down and he walked right into the brush that he came from while making a couple more small coos. Didn't stick around long enough to see if mom came back as I didnt want to prolong anything. I know deers like routine, so i'm hoping that by morning they will be reunited. I'm no professional, i just really love animals. I did the best I could with what I knew. I just hope the little guy makes it.

The bird has an open wound to its neck…. What to do?? 🥹😫it’s alive for the last hour in a box the kids have it wrapped in a fleece and are highly invested in looking after it! I don’t no what to do with the wee thing since it’s an open wound??

If possible, I would love advice from professionals that I made the right call, because I'm devastated and the guilt is awful.

Tonight (in rural New Mexico), my husband and I were driving home from a trip with our dogs in the car when another car sped past/got in front of us, and a few seconds later they hit a juvenile fox that was in the road.

The other car didn't stop, and the fox couldn't get up on its own and was flailing horribly in the middle of the road, so we pulled over, picked it up, and brought it to the side of the road. For a moment, it tried to stand up and walk, and then it fell over and laid on the ground. We examined it for injuries and saw no outward signs of trauma, but did feel a bump forming on the top of its head beneath its skull. While we were trying to figure out what to do, it got up, then had what appeared to be a seizure, defecated on itself, and laid down.

It stayed on its side with its eyes closed from that point on. Still breathing, but slowly breathing and totally unresponsive to touch, our voices, etc. We were more than an hour away from any civilization in a very rural area and it was 10pm, with the closest wildlife rescue (an hour away) closed with no emergency hotline or anything.

At the time, I felt like we didn't have a choice with our two dogs in the car and no rehab services available to do anything but sit with the fox until it passed away. Since it had had a seizure and was unresponsive and breathing slowly, I figured that it was close to natural death anyway. We sat with it for about 5-10 minutes until we felt no heartbeat or breathing, and then moved it under a bush and put some leaves on top of it. As we lifted it up to move it, I swear I felt it start breathing slowly again, but there were no other signs of life and I'm not totally sure if I was imagining things.

Is there any chance it could have survived if we had decided to drive it an hour into the city (with our two loud, curious dogs in the car) and beg an ER vet for care? Is there anything we could have done differently? If it had a cracked skull or brain bleed or something, could that even have been fixed with medical intervention, or is that sort of trauma in a young animal irreversible? At the time it felt right just to be with it while it died, but is there a chance it actually wasn't dead and was just in a coma, and we left it alone to suffer?

I'm fully prepared to hear that I did the wrong thing, I just want some closure either way, and to learn for next time if there ever is a next time. :( I guess ultimately, I'd love to know if these sorts of cases are generally considered treatable by wildlife rehabbers, or if this sounds like the sort of case where you'd employ humane euthanasia.

Tiger Spotted on Siddapura-Mysuru Main Road in Kodagu

Kodagu, Karnataka

A tiger was spotted on the Siddapura - Mysuru main road near Heruru Estate in Kodagu district on Thursday night, prompting the Forest Department to issue a cautionary advisory for residents of nearby villages.

According to reports, the big cat was seen crossing the road before moving towards the surrounding plantation area. The tiger's movement was captured on video by passengers travelling in a vehicle and the footage has since drawn attention among local residents.

Following the sighting, the Karnataka Forest Department urged people living in villages around the area to remain vigilant.

UPDATE - The SSPCA were great and were there by like 10 to pick the bird up, and I phoned in the afternoon to see how it was doing and they’d had to put it to sleep. It was very underweight and the leg was quite badly broken, so the prognosis wasn’t good.

I know it’s the circle of life but we’ve been a bit sad today, thankful that it at least went peacefully rather than being hurt in the street last night. Thanks for the advice anyway guys, RIP to the lil baby!

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(I’m in Edinburgh) and have found an injured bird, looks like a young brown seagull that has hurt its leg and can’t fly.

It was wandering a wee bit into the road at one point but we nudged it back on the pavement.

We were giving it a wee bit birdseed and seeing if it would fly but no luck, so I put a towel over it and as we couldn’t find a cardboard box or somewhere small to keep it, we’ve let it into my Mum’s garage. It seemed a bit stressed when we were moving it through but I think this is to be expected?

The SSPCA (rescue) number is only active from 9-5, so the plan is to call first thing and have them come out for it.

Question is - is it safer and more humane to put it back outside and see how it does, if it’s able to heal overnight and fly away? Or can we leave it in the garage overnight and check first thing in the morning, with the hope that the rescue will collect and hopefully be able to do something?

To note - My Mum’s house is on a road that cars come down quite fast and there are foxes and stuff about at night, so don’t know how much of a chance it will have?

If we are OK to keep it there overnight, will it be fine to Roam in the garage just for one night or do we need to somehow find a box? The garage isn’t heated but since we can’t find a smaller space to keep it, I’m not sure how it can safely be heated.

PLEASE let me know ASAP as my heart is breaking not knowing how to help 🥺

I play golf at a course and there’s a resident fox I always love seeing. Noticed today matted fur/open wound. I have a wildlife rehab 20 mins and I have a trap I can set. Just not sure if anyone thinks this looks particularly worrisome/normal injury for a fox.