Category: Rehabilitation Information
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
Milk Replacer Calculator
Additional calculators: Wildlife Again Calculator The Formula Calculator 1. Choose a Milk Replacer: EsbilacZoologic 30/55Zoologic 20/20Zoologic 23/30Zoologic 25/13Zoologic 30/40Zoologic 42/25Zoologic 20/14Wombaroo Possum >.08Wombaroo Possum
Tricks For Preparing Nursing Nipples
Obviously, having the nipple, some formula and a syringe or bottle is not the secret of success in rearing orphans. Just determining the right composition of milk can make or break the survival of babies. But if you’ve already gone to the trouble of researching and mixing the perfect milk composition, have a properly shaped … Continue Reading
kCal Calculator
Step 1: Calculate daily kCal requirement kCal Results Basal Maintenance (X 2) Growth/Activity (X 3) Sick/Injured (X 6) Mammal’s Weight (in kg) Nonpasserine weight in kg: Most birds over 1 lb. Passerine weight in kg: Most birds under 1 lb. *Select the Maintenance results for stable adult wildlife *Select the Growth/Activity results for juveniles *Select … Continue Reading
Avian Diet Recipes
The Formula for Nestling Songbirds FoNS Diet Options for 2012 MacMilk Crop Milk Replacer formula for doves & pigeons MacDiet Insect Nutritional Composition
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