Poplar Bluff Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation

06/17/2025

06/17/2025

Honour your loved ones by planting a tree and watching it grow.
Balloons are deadly to wildlife. We can never say this enough......

06/17/2025

I could have used this earlier.

06/15/2025

Did you know?

I bury 3,000 nuts every fall and forget where I put 74% of them
Those "forgotten" nuts become your future trees
I can jump 10 feet horizontally and 4 feet vertically
My tail acts as a parachute, blanket, and communication device
I plant more trees than most conservation programs
One of me can reforest 25 acres in my lifetime

The truth: I'm not stealing. I'm accidentally creating your future forest.

06/15/2025

I didn't know!

There are ear infections.

There are severe ear infections.

And then there’s…. I don’t even know what to call this, other than “bad.”

It’s impossible to imagine how much pain Balloon the box turtle is in from this extremely severe aural abscess. He’s booked to see our vet to have it surgically drained at 4 pm. These abscesses are one of several symptoms of the condition we call BTFIS— it’s a combination of infections in the eyes, ears, and nose, associated with exposure to pesticides. We have treated over a hundred cases of this condition.

Please keep Balloon in your thoughts as he gets this gunk taken out! He will certainly feel better when it’s gone.

06/15/2025

Salted peanuts aren't safe for birds,
as birds can't metabolize salt the way humans do 😉

06/15/2025

Did you know?

I eat 5,000 ticks per week - more than any other animal
My body temperature is too low for rabies virus survival
I'm North America's only native marsupial
I clean up roadkill, preventing disease spread
My "playing dead" is an involuntary stress response
I've been unchanged for 20 million years - living fossil

The truth: I'm your neighborhood's free tick removal service.