Beavers are smarter than most people realize. In this video, Nibi separates her toys from her building materials.
Plot twist…she is over him and loves me now 😳😂🥰
It’s not Daphne. This duck isnt a mallard, she is a common eider. Lowell Animal Control was called to a resident’s home yesterday after complaints that he had a wild duck in a cage in his backyard. Turns out he has had this duck since he found it by the beach when it was just a baby.
Instead of bringing this bird to a trained professional, he opted to keep it himself. He let it roam his house when it was a baby and moved it to an outdoor enclosure with nothing but dirt, a water bowl and chicken meal.
These are semi aquatic birds and they NEED a water source to swim in and clean themselves. An eider’s diet is mainly mollusks and crustaceanss, so she has been fed the wrong diet her entire life - which likely negatively affected her development.
When she came in last night, she was covered in mud. There were chunks of dirt all around her eyes and body. I felt so bad for her. When we put her in a small pool she went NUTS. She was SO HAPPY and splashed so much there was water all over the rehab room floor.
I didn’t care. She needed this. It had been clearly far too long since she had this opportunity.
She is already looking much better this morning. I had to put her in the sink for a swim because the pool she was in last night was full of the dirt that came off of her. She is headed to Tufts Wildlife Clinic this morning for a full assessment.
We don’t generally take wild ducks as we do not have the permit required. She was discovered while it was snowing and the nearest clinic was over a half hours drive, so we kept her for the night.
Please, don’t keep wild animals that you find. Some well intentioned people just don’t have the knowledge necessary to give these animals the chance at life they deserve and we can do much more harm than good.
We hope you are all having a relaxing Friday,
like our educational groundhog, Stanley.
Most groundhogs are deep underground this time of year and well into hibernation. Stanley certainly sleeps deeper in the winter months, but keeping him inside, where it is warm, prevents his body from getting the signal that it’s time to hibernate.
Stanley needs meds three times a day for his epilepsy, so he shouldn’t go into hibernation.
This doesn’t seem like a bad trade off…
While triaging our newest fox last night, we were distracted by a sound…
Nibi didn’t like the weather today, so she was brought inside 🥰
Nibi isn’t digging the weather today and insisted on being let inside. When I came in the rehab room, I noticed Thaine made sure our queen had a bed, a stuffy and a meal fit for royalty… 🙄😂
Happy Holidays 2024
We put this together in hopes of giving you that warm holiday fuzzy! It’s been an amazing year! #happyholidays
Governor Maura Healey
Our meeting over who gets Jonny…
Our meeting over who gets Jonny…
