Wildlife vs. Pet rescue

[LadyVipertx]

Just in case you wondering what the difference is...

With pet rescue you are rehoming or providing a new home for pet that can no longer be cared for by it's owner. A Pet should be considered a domestic animal, most anything you can purchase at a pet store or local breeder is a pet.

Wildlife rescue is in most cases an animal 911 situation...something that has been hurt, injured or young that have been separated from their mothers.

In most cases wildlife can returned to the nature. Trying to make a pet out of something wild will end in tragedy many times for the animal. Trying to let a domesticated animal such has many pet bird or reptiles and exotics into the wild will also end in death for the animal.

If you find an injured animal call your local wildlife shelter, Zoo or Vet to find the best place to take it.

[Alex]

Good post. Many people think pet rescue and wildlife are the same.

[Alex]

LadyViper were have you been?

[kralspace]

Thanks for posting this site on the Waco craigslist!

[Alex]

(12-21-2009 08:50 AM)kralspace Wrote:  Thanks for posting this site on the Waco craigslist!

Glad you found us . Are you active in wildlife rescue?

[dannysta2dgirl]

This is so true!
I learned this lesson when I was eight and my mom caught the neighborhood boys destroying a bird's nest. As a little girl, I did my best for the little blue eggs we found: I kept them in a heated light box and turned them at least once a day. Especially for a young girl, however, care for developing eggs or small birds is a huge responsibility, and I ended up overheating all of them. I was so upset! I will never forget that and to this day I highly value the input and help of animal experts such as veterinarians.
-Lindsay

[kristan]

I grew up in the country and about once every spring we would find a baby bird laying on the ground after a storm, or in a cat's mouth, etc. and I raised quite a few of them. My aunt had successfully raised some baby birds in the past off of a pretty elaborate food concoction, which I now forget, but I know it involved egg, hamburger, and some type of plant - it was disgusting, but it worked very well. I always supplemented this with bugs and worms from outside. One bird I raised, a little sparrow, actually came back to see me about a month after I released it. I was outside giving my dog a bath and this little sparrow came and started flying around my head. I tried to ignore it and it flew over to our woodpile and hung out for a few minutes before coming back and actually landing on my head. I still had some of the bird mix left in the freezer so I thawed it out and fed him (or her) and he ate and sat on my shoulder for awhile and flew off. About two years later a sparrow showed up in our barn when I was getting the horse feed ready, it looked injured and couldn't fly quite right but it came right up beside me and just sat there. It would not let me touch it but it would also not fly too far away from me no matter how much I tried to catch it, it would dodge me and come right back. Sadly when I went out the next morning I found it dead up in a little cabinet we kept some hoof picks and brushes in. Of course I cannot prove that these two incidents involved the same bird I raised (especially this last one) but I'm pretty sure it was. I have a pic of him/her somewhere I'll have to try to find it and post it.

[Clark]

Before moving out of the area, I volunteered for a nature center. It was an amazing experience and quite different than pet rescue since interactions between human caregivers and the recovering animals are very limited. We raised skunks, raccoons, oppossums, song birds & ducks/geese, deer, and also cared for several hawks that had been hit by cars and needed temporary solace while they healed. One of my favorites was the robin who was brought in by a well-meaning person because they found the baby bird on the ground (this is usually a BIG mistake people make) so he was hand-fed. He was released after fully maturing but he stuck around the nature center and often landed on the heads of some very surprised visitors!!

[Alex]

Sounds like quiet an experience

(01-18-2010 08:32 AM)Clark Wrote:  and often landed on the heads of some very surprised visitors!!

Haha that's funny. I am not sure what I would think if I random bird just flew over and landed on my head.