Heartstrings Wildlife Rehabilitation

04/12/2022

Hey guys! I had to make a new rehab page due to being locked outta my personal account on my new phone. I had to make a new personal account as well. Can y'all please go like my new page?
It's Heartstrings Wildlife Rehabilitation II !! Same profile and cover pics!

04/12/2022

A couple of our adorable Squirrel residents!

04/01/2022

03/24/2022

Possums are awesome!! We love our little nature clean up crews!! 💙

03/24/2022

💙 one of our squirrelly babies enjoying breakfast this morning! So toot!!

03/21/2022

Our two newest intakes from the other day! They have joined their new triplet litter mates! Welcome to the crew little guys!

03/21/2022

Opossum Fun facts

The female usually gives birth to 18 to 25 babies, each smaller than a honeybee. The mother has only 13 ni***es so if a baby doesn't latch on to one, it will not survive. The lucky survivors stay attached for 50 to 70 days.

03/20/2022

Baby Season 2022 is here!!

Boy has it been intake day today! We welcomed to the rescue 4 squirrels, 3 possums and an adorable cottontail!! So happy to see y'alls cute little faces, it sure does pull at my heartstrings!! 💙

03/03/2022

In honor of Dr. Suess's birthday!

03/01/2022

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.”
― Nicholas Sparks
May y'all hav a night filled with Peace and Luvs. Please keep Ukraine in your thoughts and prayers.

02/27/2022

For the next few months, raccoons all over the country will be desperately looking for places to have their young. If there’s an opening that allows a mother-to-be into an attic, she will understandably think that this warm, dry shelter is a perfect place to raise her new babies.

But what happens when the homeowner finds her and calls a pest control company? In some states, the mother and kits might be moved to a protected area, but in others— including Tennessee— wildlife removal companies are required to euthanize any raccoon trapped as a “nuisance.” The ”lucky” ones are gassed to death, while the rest die of overheating and dehydration in hot trucks.

There is a better way. Before baby season arrives, please make sure your attics and crawlspaces can’t be accessed by wildlife. If a mother somehow makes her home in your attic despite your best efforts, you can scare her away using a combination of bright lights, loud noises, and strong smells— such as a radio, a rag soaked in ammonia, and a strobe light. It may take her a few days to leave, but she and the kits will eventually be on their way.

02/24/2022

Rabbits, including our own native cottontails, actually have an amazing adaptation that keeps them from breeding uncontrollably. Rabbits can conceive a pregnancy at any time, but the rabbit’s body actually chooses whether or not to give birth. If there’s an unexpected problem like a lot of predators, a major cold snap, an illness, or starvation, a female rabbit will actually absorb unborn kits back into her body. She will get pregnant again when times are safer and healthier.

02/17/2022

02/14/2022

Happy Valentine's Day!!

02/14/2022

Happy Valentine's Day animal lovers!!

01/22/2022

In honor of National Squirrel Appreciation Day here is last years release babies! Squirrels will always steal our hearts! Getting ready for this years babies!!

08/04/2021

Look who opened his eyes!!! My little man is growing up but still a tiny guy! He's 5 weeks old this week! Squirrels always steal my 💙!!





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07/30/2021

Todays new additon at Heartstrings Wildlife Rehabilitation is a less then week old female raccoon cub!

They're all precious in his sight!

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07/26/2021

Milk drunk!

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07/23/2021

A person (animal) is a person, no matter how small!!
-Dr. Suess




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07/13/2021

Dinner time????!!!!

06/30/2021

Cuteness overload!!!!!!

Sandy (in the first pic) mask looks like its in a heart shapes!! All babies around here are 12 wks and older and eating solids very well! Marlie & Sandy are the youngest. They were reluctant at first with solids but today they ate a full breakfast including eggs (their new fav)!! They are the only ones not in outside pens yet but are on their way soon!

The six bigger babies outside are doing great, they've have adjusted to outside life and love playing in their kiddy pools!

I'm so happy to learn this species this season! They are so smart and very funny! I'm absolutely in love with these heart bandits!!! 💙

Donations are always appreciated as we care for wildlife in the Big Country!

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04/21/2021

First day with Miss Marlie the raccoon! She is getting used to her new way of feeding, which is tube feeding. Since baby raccoons aspirate so easy it has been advised to tube them until eyes are open by a permitted wildlife rehabilitator who specializes in raccoons. She has raised a bunch of babies so I take her word for it! She is who will be advising me every step of the way! Im so excited to embark this journey with these amazingly intelligent creatures!!!!!





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04/19/2021

The Dr.Suess babies having a blast! Love watching them play! They're our first litter and we love how they interact with each other! They litter of four are now 11 weeks old and Cindy Lou is 13 weeks old. They will be going into outside cages soon along with Jennifer Kleinpeter 's litter I took over who are now 10 weeks!
All the bigger babies are now weaned and eating solids!!!

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04/19/2021

My little babies are they only ones still on formula but not nursing! They are also eating solids and rodent blocks just still need extra nutrients! Jack is now 9 weeks old, Jill is 7 weeks and I believe Dolce is 9-10 weeks but not going by his weight due to him being so skinny & dehydrated! He's gaining weight as well he was 85g at intake 4 days ago now he weighs125 g!
Makes my rehabber heart happy seeing my babies growing!!!

For anyone is adding how many babies up: We now have 12 baby squirrels, 8 cottontails & 4 opossums in our care at Heartstrings! That's 24 babies!! Not to mention we are still feeding 6 squirrels that have been released every other day or so. Want them to forge on their own thats why we space days out! Any donations would be greatly appreciated as we feed this growing brood!!!

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04/19/2021

This tiny baby cottontail is todays intake! Less than a week old weighing only 28 g!!! She made it overnight at finders house and to us this morning!! She is a fiesty little jumping bean!! Speaking of cottontails! All 7 of our bigger babies have now been getting used to their outside release cages! They will be brought inside with out upcoming freeze Wednesday night! Hopefully soon they'll will be released once no other positive freezing temps!! Cottontails need to be released no later than 8 weeks old! They can die being in capivity longer than 8 weeks so timing is very important!!! This little baby now makes 8 cottontails in our care at Heartstrings Wildlife Rehabilitation !!!

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