How To Make Micro Nipples

Micro nipples are feeding nipples that are ideal for feeding very young, small mammals. They have been used for pinkie squirrels, cottontails, flying squirrels, opossums, hedgehogs, marmosets, pygmy shrews, mice, etc. I’ll try to have photos added later this year Supplies Needed All these supplies can be purchased at craft stores. The links below will … Continue Reading

Voice of The Voiceless

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1840-1919) So many gods, so many creeds,So many paths that wind and wind,While just the art of being kindIs all the sad world needs. I am the voice of the voiceless:Through me, the dumb shall speak;Till the deaf world’s ear be made to hearThe cry of the wordless weak. From street, from … Continue Reading

Rehabilitation Costs

Whether it’s just for your own curiosity or if you are looking for information to provide in your brochures, here is a breakdown of approximate costs to rehabilitate wildlife. The dietary considerations are base on actual kCal requirements. This is a little misleading with regard to actual costs incurred, because it does not account for … Continue Reading

Sutures

The purpose of a suture to hold a wound together in good apposition until such time as the natural healing process is sufficiently well established to make the support from the suture material unnecessary and redundant. Choice of a suture will depend on: Properties of suture material

Conversion Calculator

Grams: Ounces: Kilograms: Pounds: Grams: Kilograms: Milliliters: Fluid Ounces: To convert Action mg to gm divide by 1000 gm to mg multiply by 1000 gm to kg divide by 1000 kg to gm multiply by 1000 kg to lb multiply by 2.2 oz to gm multiply by 28 lb to gm multiply by 454 tsp … Continue Reading

Mammal Calculator

Vitamin and Mineral Content Sources

Vitamin A: liver, eggs, fish liver oils Vitamin B1: brewers yeast, grains, molasses, meats, poultry, fish, eggs Vitamin B2: Brewers yeast, molasses, eggs Vitamin B6: Meats, yeast, molasses, wheat germ, green vegetables Vitamin B12: fish, eggs Biotin: egg yolks, liver, brewers yeast, whole grains Choline: egg yolks, brewers yeast, wheat germ, soy beans, fish Folic … Continue Reading

Metabolic Bone Disease

Metabolic bone disease, or MBD, is a preventable problem that can occur in animals we rehabilitate. MBD has also been seen in wild animals with no prior human contact, though this is rare. A knowledge of this condition, and it’s causes, can help us care properly for those species particularly at risk. MBD is most … Continue Reading

Symptoms of Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency

  Functions Symptoms (Bird and Mammal) Vitamin A: Growth, alimentary tract and respiratory mucosa Ruffled feathers, inflamed eyes, bulging and watery eyes, muscle incoordination, roughened coat, cloudiness of the cornea, nasal discharge, Vitamin B1: Carbohydrate metabolism, nerve or neuro-muscular impluse transmission Anorexia, weakness, diarrhea, lethargy, seizures and other neurological disorders, weight loss, leg weakness, ruffled … Continue Reading