Claws N' Paws Rehab Center

12/12/2024

Winter break is coming! Kids will get bored inside and it may be too cold outside! The solution.....take them to Roaring Brook Nature Center! It will also help to keep your sanity as they learn about nature!

Looking for something for the kids to do over Winter Break? Then please consider our "Wild Side of Winter" Program on Friday, December 27; Monday, December 30; and Tuesday, December 31, 2024 from 9am until noon each day. You can sign up for one, two or all three days.

Kids will learn how animals and plants have adapted to survive the cold weather; why some animals hibernate while others stay active, and more. Each day will be full of exploration and winter adventure with hands-on activities, guided hikes, and other activities.

For more information and registration:
Friday: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-27

Monday: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-30
https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-31

Tuesday: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-31

All three days: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter

12/02/2024

Get your exercise going! Wise advice from an owl!

12/02/2024

If you have not done it yet, please vote for us! Go to the original post below and click on Beacon Prescriptions New Britain to take you to their page. Look for the original post there and below in the comments type "Claws N Paws Rehab Center"! Thank you!!! Today is the last day to vote!

11/29/2024

If you missed today's hike...don't miss it tomorrow! Those thanksgiving calories will not go away!!!

11/29/2024

An in person event! Great event for family or a morning date!

**WAITLIST ONLY NOW****

Join us for a viewing of the Owl Documentary made by local photographer, Joe Gowac. Joe spent 100 days filming this owl family as they grew up in nearby woods.

The movie is approximately an hour long. Afterward, there will be time to hear from Joe about the making of this movie.
This is an in person event.
Reservations Required send an email to [email protected]

11/24/2024

Peanut and Fred, euthanized in New York, were victims of the Longo family! They kept the wildlife as pets, didn’t teach them any social skills or life skills to be able to join their own kind! This is why rehabbers are educated before and after they get their license so wildlife can be returned to the wild!

11/24/2024

Going on today! Get your gifts!

Shop early and shop local! Check out all the artists who have crafted beautiful nature-related gifts for all ages. Handmade items include felted ornaments, pottery, jewelry, soaps and more. The proceeds from the Fair benefit the Nature Center’s programs and activities. There is no charge to visit the Nature Center or attend the Fair.

11/24/2024

Ask for the store managers, then educate them! Let them know you don’t agree with them selling glue traps! They are not humane!!! It takes days for the animal slowly die being cold, thirsty, starving ans IN PAIN! Imagine you were thrown naked against a wall size glue trap! Your skin, body hair, p***c hair, facial hair and hair will get more stuck as you struggle!!! You feel every follicle being pulled! Your top layer of skin is taken off and if you get restock another layer is damaged! You can’t cry for help because no one can hear you or they don’t care! Hold onto that image!

Freedom Friday! This Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) came into our Rehabilitation Clinic covered in glue from a glue trap, and its tail feathers ripped out from the struggle to escape the trap. Our Wildlife Clinic Manager Liam, painstakingly removed the glue using mineral oil and Dawn dish detergent. He was diligent to not overstress the little patient during the process. Despite its ordeal, a couple of days later the Wren was feisty and moving around his inside carrier in short flights. The bird was then moved to our outside songbird flight enclosure while waiting for the tail feathers to grow in. As the photo shows, they started coming back quite nicely. When the Wren was released, it was so quick, we could not get a video.

Please please please! Stop using glue traps! They are a torturous way to ‘eliminate' rodents, and, as seen here, rodents are not the only unlucky animal that gets trapped in them. This Carolina Wren was lucky to be found quickly and brought to our Clinic quickly.

11/21/2024

Pretty catchy tune! Raptor rehabbers respect eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures and owls by wearing protective gloves and paying close attention when handling raptors! Raptors have 3 weapons...their beak, their talons, and their wings!

11/21/2024

What a beautiful color! Go and meet this beauty! Your children will be ooohing and aahhhing!

Have you ever seen a snake of this color?!

This is our new Komodo Island Viper (Trimeresurus insularis) and she's on display now at Riverside Reptiles Education Center! This is a small slender arboreal species of viper that typically doesn’t get much over 30 inches long. The one at RREC just turned one this month, so she’s around 12-13 inches long. This species is found in eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Komodo Island is a part of the Lesser Sundas). The venom from this viper is ‘hemorrhagic’, which is rarely deadly but can cause severe pain, swelling, bleeding, and necrosis. Blue is the rarest color seen in snakes, and honestly this picture doesn’t even do her justice, you just must see her in person to appreciate this little gem!

11/21/2024

No poisoned rats were used in this video! Sorry, it is part of life! The vultures need to eat what they would normally eat in the wild...as close as can be! These are beautiful birds...if you get to know about them, and observe them, they grow on you!

11/21/2024

Great family or date night! This can be used to hook your children into astronomy!

Our last Full Moon Night Hike sold out quickly. So if you missed that one, think about registering early for our next one on Sunday, December 15!

December's full moon is known by early Native American tribes as the Full Cold Moon because this is the time of year when the cold winter air settles in and the nights become long and dark. Dress for the weather and bring a flashlight.

$11 per person / $36 per family of four. Pre-registration is required:
https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Full-Cold-Moon-Night-Hike-15Dec2024

11/21/2024

PLEASE vote for us! Click on Beacon Prescriptions New Britain and in their post that looks like the one below, please put our Center in the comments! We can really use this donation!!! The Center's name is Claws N' Paws Rehab Center!

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11/21/2024

Get gifts and help wildlife at the same time! Bring the kids so they can do their shopping too!

11/21/2024

Meeting your fears head on and finding that you actually love what you feared! Opossums may look vicious but they are very passive animals! These repairpersons were in heaven!

11/21/2024

Keeping kids busy and they will be having fun learning!!! That is a win win!!! So which days are they going???

Looking for something for the kids to do over Winter Break? Then please consider our "Wild Side of Winter" Program on Friday, December 27; Monday, December 30; and Tuesday, December 31, 2024 from 9am until noon each day. You can sign up for one, two or all three days.

Kids will learn how animals and plants have adapted to survive the cold weather; why some animals hibernate while others stay active, and more. Each day will be full of exploration and winter adventure with hands-on activities, guided hikes, and other activities.

For more information and registration:
Friday: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-27

Monday: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-30
https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-31

Tuesday: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter---Dec-31

All three days: https://12939.blackbaudhosting.com/12939/RBNC-Wild-Side-of-Winter