Born to be Wild-Animal Rehabilitation and Rescue

03/11/2025

We have had a fairly peaceful winter, lots of injured and sick adult raccoons but managable.

That changes today withh a few orphaned babieses on their way to us.

Raccoons find themselves in need of rehabilitation due to injury, illness, or being orphaned. Wildlife rehabilitation centers play a crucial role in providing care and treatment for these animals with the ultimate goal of releasing them back into their natural habitat.

In addition to physical care, wildlife rehabilitation also focuses on providing the raccoons with opportunities to exhibit natural behaviors and acquire the skills necessary for survival in the wild. This may include creating environments that mimic natural habitat, providing enrichment activities, and minimizing human contact to prevent habituation.

We need your help to make this possible. We have both a Venmo account to help us provide formula and vet care and an Amazon wish list for some of our more common needs.

Additionally, we are looking for volunteers to assist in feeding and cleaning enclosures. This will require in-person training and a weekly commitment. We ask that volunteers be willing to cover a 1.5 hour time slot, and will need to be approved from the DNR. If you’re interested in assisting us this summer, please comment below or private message us.

Please share our wishlist and Venmo. Happy baby season.

12/17/2024

Getting things prepped for the kittens to get fixed tomorrow. I am not kidding you three of them went right to the correct carrier.  Who knew I had genius fosters?!? 🥴🤦‍♀️🤣

09/21/2024

Surprise DNR visit went wonderfully. Not only am I not over capacity, I also don’t have any monkeys or kangaroos 🤦‍♀️) People are so creative in making up stories. I have empty enclosures right now people. I bust my butt to care for every animal I have and it’s so disheartening to have time and resources wasted by making up complaints. Especially people whom have never even been to my house.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.. 😂(

09/02/2024

I don’t know that I can pinpoint when I went from the “Raccoon lady” to the “possum person” but I’m not complaining … they crack me up and I love them. ( and they are so much easier than raccoons and squirrels haha)

08/15/2024

Help!!! We need donations between the possums and vet bills we could really use some cash donations to get us through the next few weeks!!! Venmo in the comments.

08/11/2024

This is what we want to see!!! Don’t kidnap babies!!

08/07/2024

Get signed up quickly, it will fill up fast!!

📢 Attention Wildlife Enthusiasts 📢

The The International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council (IWRC) has announced their upcoming fall "Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation" class!

This course is perfect for anyone passionate about saving native wildlife and interested in getting their rehabilitation license.
Remember, per the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), it is illegal to rehabilitate wildlife without proper licensing.
So be sure to get your 30 hours of volunteer time with a licensed rehabilitator logged and then sign up for this class before the spots fill up!

📅 Date: October 12-13
📍 Location: Eaton Rapids High School. Eaton Rapids, MI.
Host: Wildside Rehabilitation and Education Center

Don't miss this opportunity to make a difference and ensure the well-being of our precious wildlife. For more details and to register, visit: https://theiwrc.org/product/basic-wildlife-rehabilitation-course/

Let's work together to protect and save our native wildlife! 🐾

07/14/2024

Please stop giving water to injured or orphaned wildlife. You might think you are helping but there is NEVER a good reason to give an injured or sick animal water NEVER. EVER.

Giving injured wildlife water can do more harm than good if given the wrong way. Here are 3 reasons not to give water and what you should do instead.

07/06/2024

It’s not everyday you get a glimpse of baby opossums in mom’s pouch!! The babies were born 10 days ago and are getting big fast!

Opossums give birth to babies about the size of a jellybean, who then crawl up their mom’s stomach into her pouch where they live for about 8 weeks before coming out.

Super cool animals!!

07/02/2024

Newest intake is coming from a vet office in Big Rapids. This poor squirrel was found with a broken back leg and two bb’s in him. The vet office preformed surgery and called me to see if I would rehab him.
Sweet boy will be living the good life for the next few weeks before returning to the wild.

06/27/2024

Please stop using this poison! We get cats coming in poisoned all the time too!

Three calls today for rabbits found INSIDE bait boxes.

06/05/2024

Five has been our number this year… I seem to be consistently releasing in groups of five. These were my first ever tube babies. Up through February of this year, I was passing tube babies off to another rehab. I “reluctantly” accepted that I was going to have to tube feed if I was going to intake possums and turns out it’s not as difficult as I thought ha

05/26/2024

Anybody want to help support our weekly formula purchase?! We are now on an intake hold mostly because people who want us to take animals then, never donate. we do not get any support to do this. We are licensed follow. The rules of DNR sets and all funding comes from donations. Unfortunately, people aren’t donating. This is our weekly cost for raccoon formula alone that doesn’t include the other animals we have in our care.

05/25/2024

We are an intake HOLD… we are at capacity for Raccoons. 🦝
Please don’t take babies or feed them anything. Almost every animal
In our care right now is because of people not following the law 😞

05/22/2024

https://store.foxvalleynutrition.com/milk-replacers

Sharing our Venmo in the comments and the link to where we purchase our formulas. We need raccoon formula!!!! We go through at least a pound of formula a day!

05/08/2024

I was tagged in a post multiple times about a injured baby raccoon. I stuck with my standard, “What makes you think it’s injured comment.” Meanwhile plenty of keyboard. Warriors were out there volunteering to come take it.

The Finder was able to reach out to me very concerned that it had a injury, I walked her through what is normal and not normal and determined the animal was not injured, but possibly wondered from it nest .

The Finder was able to listen to my instructions to create a plan for reuniting.

They sent me this video. 🥰

05/05/2024

This sweet soul was brought in yesterday. 2lb’s of adorable! We are in need of p*e pads and towels again!! If you want to contribute to its care and the care of the other 50 animals we are feeding and vetting please donate to our Venmo or Amazon wishlist!

04/28/2024

We are looking for volunteers over the age of 18, to help with daily bottle feedings!!! Must pass a one hour training and be able to commit to at least one timeslot a week. Average timeslots are 45 minutes.