ABC Wildlife Rehab, Inc.

04/12/2024

We are moving out of state, so we will no longer be able to accept intakes. Our page will be coming down soon. Thank you all so much for all of the years of love and support and for the difference you have all made in the lives of our wildlife friends. It means so much to us. ❤️

*For help with injured or orphaned wildlife, please refer to Animal Help Now or the list of rehabilitators per county on the NY DEC website.*

While some rehabbers listed may not be taking in intakes or may be full, many can send another resource and we encourage leaving messages including text messages with pictures and as many details as possible. ☺️

03/20/2024

It's baby bunny time...

01/21/2024

You guys, it’s National Squirrel Appreciation day!!

On this amazing day to honor our squirrel friends, we wanted to share with you our very first squirrel, Tw***ie, and his transformation!!!

It can be done. You can save a dying animal. You just have to try. ❤️🐿️

11/28/2023

It’s Giving Tuesday!!! A day to give back to all your favorite non-profits and a day we reflect back on the year at all of our hard work and amazing success stories. There have been SO many. But our biggest rescue of the year was our sweet boy, Todd. ❤️

Todd was found struggling to survive out in the wild with a leg trap caught around his front paw. He was spotted for nearly a week like this until he finally gave up near a kind neighbors porch and was able to be trapped and brought to us.

Upon arrival, he was skin and bones and in need of an emergency amputation. Todd spent the day with our amazing friends at Williamson Animal Hospital and from then on started to heal and improve.

Todd was deemed non-releasable and now spends his life at a wildlife sanctuary, where he can be spoiled, loved, and used to educate the public on how amazing our fox friends are and how harmful these traps can truly be.

Check us out at Roctheday.org/abcwildliferehabinc to support the work that we do. ❤️

11/26/2023

11/08/2023

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Auburn Book Bonanza presents
❄️ 2nd annual Holiday Market Weekend Used Books Sale ❄️
SAT DEC 2 (10-4) + SUN DEC 3 (11-2)
Fingerlakes Mall, Auburn NY
Near Spirit Halloween

Cash + Paypal accepted

❇️ We'll be featuring our $4.00 yellow tag "Better Books" - all in New / Like-New / Giftable condition! Stock up on books for everyone on your Holiday list for only $4.00 per person! Huge variety of subjects + interests!

☃️ Children's Books only .50 cents!
Build your own advent book box : 12.00 for any 24 regular-priced children's books!

Yes, we'll also have books available at our regular prices (1.50 teen + adult softcovers | 2.00 teen + adult hardcovers)

PLUS
* Book-related Jewelry
* Paper Crafts
* DVDs (2.00)
* Blank Sketchbooks + Journals
* 75 + additional craft vendors throughout the Mall!

Deadline to drop off donations of clean, gently used children's picture books is Wednesday Nov. 29th. Thank you + see you at the Book Sale!

11/01/2023

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One of the things rehabbers hear often is "I don't know how you do it! I wouldn't be able to let them go."

When I started rehabbing, I actually had the goal of learning to let go.

You see, I wasn't always a wildlife rehabber. I've had experiences that have shaped me and one of the things that I struggled with personally was learning to let go. Letting go of sadness, people, fear, anger, amongst many other things.

I even drafted a document entitled Learning to Let Go as a Wildlife Rehabilitator.

The public (you amazing humans) only see a snippet of what we endure as rehabbers. There is blood, sweat, tears, ugly sobbing, laughing while sobbing, stomach churning events, we see things we can't un-see and we feel things we can't un-feel.

We get animals that are injured, sick, orphaned, broken, wounded, abused, scarred, fighting for their lives, clinging to life, losing their lives. We work with blood, urine, f***s, vomit, eye infections, abscesses, lacerations, and other gore.

But in the midst of it all, something beautiful happens.

The dependent orphans learn to eat on their own. The broken leg heals and allows for bearing weight. The eye infection clears up and vision is restored. The wound scabs over. The wing heals. The pain fades.

Then one day, the very animals that we poured our heart, soul, time, money, and energy into are loaded up. The kennels are opened...in that moment, everything we've worked for, everything YOU have supported, comes to fruition.

The bird walks then flies off. The skunk feels fresh grass under his paws and waddles away. The owl spreads his beautiful wings and takes flight. The mama opossum cautiously takes that first step into her second chance. The raccoon climbs the tallest tree.

And...

We walk away. We let go.

Yes, we cry. We worry.

None of it matters because they were never ours to begin with.

Photo credit: Ren Dowhaniuk

10/24/2023

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10/18/2023

The cutest new intake ever. ❤️ This baby will be spending the winter with us.

10/16/2023

Check these out!! ❤️❤️

10/05/2023

Our first flying squirrel of the season! Super dehydrated and thin, but hoping he can turn a corner! ❤️

10/04/2023

Sometimes it can take a few days for reality to set in and for us to accept the fact that no matter how hard we try to fight and have hope that even when things seem like they are on the upswing, it can always turn a corner.

Last week we brought this sweet baby into our care, near death, with a severe case of mange. She fought for 5 whole days and improved with supportive care before taking a turn for the worst and leaving us in the middle of the night over the weekend. We knew recovery was bleak, as we held her emaciated body in our arms as she wouldn’t even try to fight us, but we also knew that we had to try. We are heartbroken to say the least. She deserved so much better. Her sister and mother (pictured below) are also showing signs of mange, although much less severe, and are being treated by a kind caregiver with food and parasite treatment. At the first sign of decline, they will be trapped and picked up for additional care.

Please say some prayers for mama and sissy and for their caregiver and our team as we deal with this difficult loss. 💔

10/03/2023

Can’t get enough of his milk. ❤️

09/28/2023

Another new intake of the week. ❤️

09/28/2023

Day four.

Morning meds, fluids, and feeding. ❤️

09/27/2023

Day three!!

Our sweet little miracle girl is still fighting a severe case of mange in which nearly and still could take her life. We are doing everything we can for her around the clock to treat her advanced stage symptoms in hopes she came to us just in time.

Sarcoptic mange is an infestation of mites on the animal's skin, which causes hair loss and severe irritation to the skin of the fox and crusting at the site of hair loss. Mange can also cause death in the animal. Foxes in more advanced stages may be seen during daylight hours wandering in neighborhoods in search of an easier way to find food to survive. These foxes in advanced stages eventually become emaciated, severely dehydrated, and the final stage is organ failure.

Bravecto, has been very effective in treating mange. Bravecto can be given to the fox in just one dose. It not only kills the active mites but also kills the eggs and protects the fox for up to 3 months.

The other drug that treats mange is Ivermectin. Ivermectin is an inexpensive and easy to obtain over the counter medication. Although it is an "off-label use" according to the FDA, Ivermectin injection for cattle and pigs is a very effective cure for Sarcoptic mange in foxes. This injectable solution works orally and can easily be slipped into food. The ivermectin also treats a lot of the intestinal worms and any ear mites.
The CATCH is this; Ivermectin kills the mites living on the skin but doesn't kill the eggs. These eggs will hatch and reinfect the fox, so it has to be administered many times to kill the mange mites that hatch after treatment.

Humans can catch Sarcoptic mange, but the mites involved cannot complete their life cycle in human skin. As a result, the issue can cause some skin irritation in humans, but it does not last long. So when treating for mange, always remember to use gloves and wash hands thoroughly, but you will not be effected in the same way an animal will.

Continued prayers for our sweet girl. ❤️ She is still in our ICU unit and being treated and hand fed around the clock.

09/26/2023

Bridges For Brain Injury, Inc is such an incredible and unique organization and we are so grateful to be apart of their team.

09/26/2023

Sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with posting and updating while running two non-profits, working two real jobs, trying to focus on self care and maintaining a social life, along with daily household activities and our own pets. But just this week, we have taken in 7 red squirrels, 3 grey squirrels, a fox, 2 opossums, a cat injured bunny, a baby chipmunk, and a turtle with an abscess.

Our turtle is being treated at Cornell’s wildlife hospital along with our hit by car opossum who sadly suffered fractures to the head/jaw and required humane euthanasia.

Everyone else is doing well and we will work hard to post updates as we can! ❤️