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Same here kitten. Thank you beans. Especially touched by the Arm and Hammer donation to keep "pets" animal family members at home. These animals are a secondary victim in the Gulf crisis.

Very grateful.

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Lindsay hospital received 73 animals last week, bringing the total for this year to 4850.



Sticky stuff continues to be a problem for wildlife and the hospital is seeing more patients coming in with this sticky material in their feathers or fur. It's not just sticky rodent and insect traps, but also the sticky material (Tanglefoot is one brand) used on trees to keep ants from climbing and a sticky bird "repellent" placed on beams and ledges to keep birds off buildings. Both of these products are dangerous to birds that come in contact with it.

Yggdrasil Wildlife Hospital, from the website. Posted Sunday evening, September 26:

Tonight, a call came in. A scream in the dark, and cries of pain and fright.

A baby squirrel lost his mother and met a cat instead, when he left the nest to search for her. His cries of terror were heard by a good Samaritan who, dropped everything to find out who to call on a Sunday night, when all veterinary hospitals were closed or too busy to tell her where to go. Finally she found Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue and, at 5 minutes to ten at night, made the call and rushed this traumatized baby to me.

He is hurt. He doesn’t move right. But more than, that he is just so frightened. Nothing comforts him.

He is not alone. Several days ago, a little female squirrel came in, the same age. She was starving in North Berkeley and spent days with her sibling, sitting on the ground in a playground. Her sibling didn’t make it but we got her. Depressed and lethargic, she has lingered, unresponsive to food or water. Minimal interest in the grapes. A few half-hearted grunts in response to my poor attempts to comfort her.

Tonight, Scared Little Boy and Sad Little Girl meet up in their kennel. Having never met before doesn’t matter. She is Squirrel. She is home. He runs to her and buries his head under her body. She, who did not noticed when I gave her subcu fluids a moment before, lifts her head and I saw the light switch back on. Her interest flooding back. Life. Love. Feeling. She grabs him in a desperate embrace and rubbed her nose into his hair. Now there is reason to get better. Now there is hope.

website: Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue & Education Center

Yesterday, someone brought in a young domestic pigeon. He's feathered, but they are not completely grown out. Unfortunately, Lindsay does not take in pigeons, unless they are Band-tailed Pigeons, which are natives. This one is probably a Rock Pigeon. No one was available to take him to a wildlife hospital that takes non-native pigeons. I didn't have time to drive him to Wildcare in San Rafael. I looked at Shannon, our vet, and asked what would happen to him. She didn't have to answer, I knew by her expression: humane euthanization.

I asked, "Could I take him today and bring him to Wildcare or a woman in Rodeo (she's been taking wild birds into her home for 40 years)on Friday afternoon? Could you show me how to feed him? And tell me what to buy?"

The answer was YES.

So now I have him in my home. Shannon weighed him, and told me he should get 15 - 20 ml of food in a syringe about every 3 hours. She held him while I fed him, giving me instructions. I mix one rounded teaspoon of Kaytee Exact Handfeeding Formula to three teaspoons of water. The water is very warm to begin with, and the mixture needs to sit for about a moment to cool down to lukewarm. It also gets thicker as it sits.

The food is pulled up into a 20 ml syringe. Any air is pushed out of the syringe by holding it up and depressing the plunger.

I gently held his beak, with neck extended, and inserted the feeding tube into his beak, behind the trachea, and down into the crop. Then I gently pressed the plunger on the syringe. He wasn't excited about the procedure, but after he was fed, he settled down and took a little nap.

He is in a special plastic box with holes, covered with a top with holes. The box is lined with a hand towel. His box is placed on a heating pad set to low and covered with a pillow case. He's near a window with sheer curtains, and I pull the pillow case up on that side so he will get enough light. I change his towel each time I feed him so that he won't get feces on his feathers.

He has a slightly swollen hock, and the woman I am taking him to knows how to take care of him. Birds are brought from both IBRRC and Lindsay to her. He will be in good hands, and when he's ready, he'll be released.




I would like to add that he is the most beautiful pigeon baby in the world. And he's so smart! He seems to understand that when I appear he will be fed and he cooperates as best he can. And as I was leaving Lindsay with my special baby, Shannon remarked to me, "I knew you would take him."

Good for you, Beans! From what little I know about you, I don't think you would turn your back on anything/anybody in need!

I took him to Judith tonight. Just by the way she handled him, I knew he was in very good hands. She checked him quickly, expertly, and pronounced him just fine. She said she would keep him because hand-fed baby pigeons become too trusting of people and should not be released into the wild. She will give me updates. Oh, your hearts would have melted to see him wrapped up in the pillow case that covered his plastic box and held so protectively against her while she looked at his hock and felt his crop (it was empty: feeding time again). At her suggestion, I named him Chico -- but he may end up being Chica. Time will tell.

Video: Orphaned Baby Red-tailed Hawk Gets a New Family

My rehab group's latest rescue made the Wildlife Center of Virginia news....the poor baby was huge and feisty, despite the really bad wing break.

http://www.wildlifecenter.org/wp/caroline-county-bald-eagle/

Wow! How exciting for you, Barb! Sure hope the eagle makes it!

Great story Barb! Have talons crossed that the eagle recovers completely. So special to be part of something like that. Thanks for sharing you story!

There was an update today

October 31 update
On Saturday, October 30 Dr. Miranda Sadar and Dr. Kelly operated on the bird to pin the fracture. On October 31 the eagle was standing; Dr. Miranda rated the eagle’s condition as ”better than expected.” The bird will be offered food and perhaps tube-fed.

Questions still remain about the viability of the bird’s humerus. Additional details on the surgery and the latest prognosis will be posted on November 1.


beans how is your pigeon? I only just read your post. I am feeling some BIG admiration for you. Thank you.

Oh you all are so great I'd like to thank you for being the wonderful loving caring people that you are

I just found this video on YT:

Rescued Baby Hummingbird