Category: Rehabilitation Articles
Medications, Dewormers And Antibiotics
This page is primarily a reference point for quickly ordering various medications, dewormers and antibiotics online through Amazon. You can also find these items at other retailers.
Innovative Technology That Makes Rehab Easier
So much has changed for wildlife rehabilitation over the decades. Rehabilitation is labor-intensive and time consuming. With new innovations in products and technology appearing almost daily, why shouldn’t the wildlife rehabiitation use it to their advantage. And much of this technology is becoming much easier to implement and much more affordable. Wildlife Gadgets and … Continue Reading
Candling Eggs
Before Candling Eggs… The information on this page is made available specifically for determining the stage of egg development in duck or goose eggs for the purpose of determining whether to intervene if it is suspected that the adult is no longer returning (to see if the eggs should be taken to a permitted wildlife rehabilitator) … Continue Reading
Common Bird Nematode/Protozoa Infections
Ascaridia spp. (large roundworm of birds) Nematode From earthworms, eggs in avian feces or in contaminated water Size varies by species, females 20-120 mm, males 16-76 mm Small intestine Most serious in birds 1-3 months old Heavy infestations can cause partial or complete obstruction of the intestinal lumen resulting in reduced gastrointestinal motility or stasis; … Continue Reading
The Rehabber’s Notebook
These links will eventually be incorporated into the Rehab Resources section: Avian Baseline hematology values Avian Blood Cell Morphology Longevity Records Ornithology Lecture Notes Habits and Management Index Avian Anatomy Anatomy Slide Show (127 images) Anatomy Slide Show Individual Index Air Sacs Diagram Avian Respiration Inhaled Anethesia for Birds Bent Life History Series ONLINE! Chicken … Continue Reading
Aviary Plans
This basic aviary plan is the cummulative effort of our members. Rehabilitators have a variety of preferences for the design and all the variables have been included to help you design an aviary that best fits your needs. Aviary considerations are included. As an additional option to streamline construction, you can purchase kits to help … Continue Reading
Research Resources
After years of rountinely visiting site after site researching wildlife-related data, we’ve created a one-stop research link page for the best research sites on the internet. Whether you’re looking up life history information that includes descriptions, behaviors and habitat or want to review diseases/illnesses, related procedures and/or nutritional requirements, these searches will help you find … Continue Reading
Culturing House Fly Larvae (Maggots)
We go to great effort and expense in attempting to provide the appropriate diet to the variety of species in our care. Yet we actually have a self-renewing resource readily available to us. After extensive research by the medical community regarding the use of larvae in human wound management, the culturing of house fly larvae … Continue Reading
Beak Function
The beak of a bird is considered a lightweight, bony elongation of its skull. The structure of the beak is covered with keratin, the same material found in human fingernails and hair. On many birds, the keratin dries to form hard, glossy, outer covering. The keratin renews on the tip and edges of the beak … Continue Reading