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
When it comes to parks, there are some important rules to follow. Many people don’t like to follow these rules; many times it’s because it is unclear to them why these rules exist. Or maybe they don’t even know these rules exist! Here are a couple of important rules that parks have in place to…
Fran has a nasty cold that is not going away unless she takes care of herself. Sorry for the inconvenience. You can find other rehabilitors by visiting the Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators website at: http://owra.org/
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.
Drum roll please… I’d like to introduce to you our newest education animals at Operation Orphan Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc., Thelma and Louise! These two opossum sisters came to us earlier in the week from The Ohio Wildlife Center in Columbus. Their center has a program at the local Marysville prison where inmates help to raise…
Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers.
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…