Baby groundhog update:
With proper nutrition they grow like bad weeds! 🤣 – Fran Kitchen
Babies
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We received more baby groundhogs in this week!
They were one week old and still haven’t lost their cord. These little ones were not maintaining their body temperature when they arrived and sadly we lost one, but the rest are doing well today!❤️ If babies eyes are closed and get to cold for to long it can cause internal damage and it can…
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You thought we posted some cuteness yesterday…what do you think of these? … three week old opossums. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Important: If you find a dead female opossum, check inside her pouch to see if she has babies. If she does, it is very important to remove the surviving babies off of her nipples ASAP to prevent them from ingesting rancid milk. As the mother’s milk goes sour after she is dead. – Fran Kitchen
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We have a little cuteness for you today!
Seven groundhog babies, one brought in alone and six from a liter. I also have one more that is a little older and aggressive. Enjoy! – Fran Kitchen A groundhog’s “job” is to act as a primary excavator and soil engineer in its habitat, which has significant effects on the surrounding environment. As dedicated foragers…
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THANK YOU!!
When I ask my followers for help, they give what I need. ❤️ Thank you so much to those that sent these much needed supplies our way! – Fran Kitchen If you would like to donate you can do so here.
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Today’s animal this baby season is a baby Black Phase Grey Squirrel.
These pictures were taken the day they were brought in. They were thinner then they should have been, an indication mom was no longer around. This black squirrel is not a true black squirrel. If you look up the black squirrel from Canada they look different. Grey squirrels come in various shades of grey. Black…
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It’s always pretty cool when we get in an animal that we don’t see too often.
This baby season was one of them, can you guess what animal this is?… If you guessed a Vole , you’re right! Unfortunately, after 7 days of working to keep it alive, it aspirated and Fran lost him. 😢 Voles are mainly vegetarians and aerate the ground. They are food for predators and play a…
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We thought our followers would enjoy seeing some of the babies that come into our facility during baby season – First up, baby opossums. Enjoy!
Many people have no lost love for opossum. They do, however, have their purpose. They eat dead animals and those often have diseases. They don’t contract those diseases; instead, they prevent the spread of diseases by cleaning things up. You are a healthier person because of the opossum. Photo credit: Dana Giron You can find…
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Important message from Fran Kitchen and Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation
Because my facility is on a city lot I do not have space necessary to properly quarantine birds. I have made the decision to not renew by Federal Fish & Game bird rehabilitation permit. If I can not do the job correctly I will not do it at all. I still have my Federal Education…
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We thought you would like a little entertainment today 😍
Stimulation including interactive stimulation is very important for the animals that Fran rehabilitates. This red squirrel does not slow down and loves his wheel! 🤣 Next step for this little guy is that he is ready to move to a large outdoor cage.
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Hello Friends!
Once again I will be temporarily closed due to being full. I have baby opossum coming out of my ears and they are more time consuming than most babies. As soon as I get some weaned I will open back up. – Fran You can find other rehabilitors by visiting the Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators website…
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2025 Baby Viewing
Thank you once again for all the OOWR members that came out to our Annual Baby Viewing. The day was windy and rainy and we weren’t sure how many would show up but as you can see many did! I hope you enjoy theses photos taken by Dana Giron – Fran If you would like…
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PSST! PLEASE SHARE… WE ARE RE-OPENED!
If you have an orphan or injured animal please call Fran Kitchen directly at 330-745-2947 as she DOES NOT MONITOR FB messages on a regular basis and she doesn’t want an animal in need to suffer. She also DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWERING MACHINE. The facility gets too many calls (sometimes over a 100 a…
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It has been a hard couple of months but my husband has improved enough that Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation can open the doors.
Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers.
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CLOSED FOR VACATION
Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation (Fran Kitchen) will be closed September 12, 2024 until October 1, 2024. Fran is going on a much needed vacation!! 🎉 Baby animals will still be with her while she is away and during her trip she will be picking up an unreleasable fox that will be used in education and…
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It’s been an insane year so far for animal admissions! As of yesterday, we’ve had 564 animal brought in. Whew! No wonder I am tired! 🤣😂
Thank God that I have my husband Ron to help me answer the phones (we can literally get over a 150-200 calls per day during baby season or bad weather) while I am doing all the things that need done to care for, feed, clean and house the animals. Not to mention running back and…
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Animals | Birds | Fran Kitchen | Mammals | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Owls | Screech Owl | Wildlife
Baby Screech Owls
These two baby Screech Owls were brought into Operation Orphan this week. They were found on a median strip and had possibly been blown from the nest in high winds during the storms we have had. Approximately five weeks old, the larger one was not in as good condition as the smaller one. Copyright 2018…
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Bunnies | coyote | Educational Animals | Fawn | Fran Kitchen | Mammals | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Opossum | Raccoon | Spring | Squirrel
Baby Season
It is that time of year once again: BABY SEASON It is that time of year once again when may you see a baby animal in the wild all by itself, and your first thought may be that the baby is an orphan. However, at least 85% of baby animals seen by humans are not…
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More Donations
I would like to thank Karisa Bethune-Zinsmayer for the donation of Force Flex trash bags and one dozen towels to Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation. I use A LOT of towels. They are used to put on the bottom of the bins that baby animals are in, to wrap around the snuggle-safe heat source for the…
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Animals | Fran Kitchen | Mammals | Melissa Hornak | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Wildlife
Bug Control
I received three bottles of Flys-Off and a bag of cracked corn over the weekend. Thank you Melissa Hornak–this is a BIG HELP! Without Flys-Off, it would be very easy to have a parasite problem. Flys-Off allows me to safely get parasites off of the mammals. Without it, the fleas would get out of control. …
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Even More Donations… YIPPEE!!
Once again I find myself saying THANK YOU. Kate Powell donated Clean & Cozy bedding, plus a bottle of Pedialyte. Mr. and Mrs. DeAngelis donated paper towels, bleach and Tide. Items donated not only help with caring for the wildlife but it saves me TIME because I do not need to go shop for them….
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Yippee More Presents!
On behalf of Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc., I would like to thank Kimberly Boone for her recent purchase of Pedialyte from Amazon Smile. The four bottles of Electrolyte Solution arrived today. Often the babies are dehydrated when brought into the facility, so this will definitely get used! Donations do make a difference. Thank you…
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Donations Help More Than You Know
My days normally begin between 4:00 and 4:30 a.m. My routine is to put the dogs out, get my first cup of coffee (if it is baby season I feed babies as I drink my first cup of coffee) and then let the dogs back in the house. I like, when able, to take that…
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Animals | Bunnies | Cuyahoga Falls | Fran Kitchen | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Squirrel
Mini Hats
I was sent a boxful (17 to be exact!) of these cute mini hats that were knitted specifically for baby wildlife. The group, Cuyahoga Falls Knit and Hook, made these to be used as “nests” for the baby wildlife such as bunnies and squirrel. These are going to be WONDERFUL as baby season will be…
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Birds | Easter | Educational Animals | Fran Kitchen | Great Horn Owl | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Spring | Wildlife Story
Is It a Duck Owl?
It was Easter Sunday when the call came in about two baby Great Horned Owls. One baby was injured, but the other seemed all right. The woman who called said she had watched for several hours to see if a mother came in to care for the young and it was clear that no parent…
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Fran Kitchen | John Carney | Ron | Spring | Summit County | Tallmadge
A “Grab” Times Four
A number of years ago on a cold rainy day in April, I received a call from a Tallmadge dispatcher for the police and fire departments. The fire department was at the scene of an abandoned house fully engulfed in flames. When the firemen went into the house they could hear something crying and thought…
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Birds | Chipmunk | Educational Animals | Fran Kitchen | Goose | Opossum | Woodpecker
A Day In A Life
This week’s post is not so much a TBT but more of a look into what goes on here. As I mentioned last week, the facility is full of baby animals as we enter the fall birthing season. Right now I have well over 30 squirrels and chipmunks, a dozen opossum, a goose and one…
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Animals | Bunnies | Dog | Educational Animals | Fran Kitchen | Mammals | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Opossum | Rabbits | Squirrel | Throwback Thursday
Bunnies, Bunnies, and More Bunnies!
That’s what it is like here at Operation Orphan these days. Add some opossum and 25 baby squirrels that just came in this week. Did I mention that they all need to be handfed? Yes, folks, baby season is NOT over yet! With no time to write a TBT this week, I want to repost…
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Fish | Fran Kitchen | Great Blue Heron | Green Back | Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation | Ron | Summer | Throwback Thursday | Wildlife | Wildlife Story
A Smelly Situation
Here at Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation Inc, we have to carry a large variety of foods to care for the animals, since every species has their own diet. Today’s story illustrates the challenge of keeping these different kinds of foods around for the animals. One unusually hot summer, several years ago, we had several Green…
