Arrowhead Animal Rescue

11/23/2025

To Feed or Not To Feed...
During the winter months, deer naturally feed on woody browse, dry leaves and lichens. Their digestive system adjusts to this fibrous diet and although they may drop 20-30% of their body weight, they do just fine on their own. Mother Nature dictates that the weak ones may succumb to predation or starvation, but that is the Circle of Life and nothing is wasted. So what is wrong with helping deer survive the winter by supplementing them ? CORN!
If you feel the need to feed...please don't kill them with kindness. Whole corn not only wears down their teeth, often cracking them, but more importantly it is high in carbohydrates, low in nutrients, and causes acidosis of the gut by destroying beneficial bacteria. This creates an acidic environment in their rumen that prevents them from properly digesting their natural foods...causing starvation and possible death. So the next time you venture to the feed store, walk right past the "Deer Feed with Molasses" display and choose instead Whole Rolled Oats and Rabbit Pellets. If you must, a small amounts of cracked corn is fine but just as a "treat". Go home and cut down some cedar browse and twigs, collect acorns in the fall, snip off sumac flowers and crack open a pumpkin. Potato peelings, veggie scraps and carrots are nutritious and delicious. These are all wonderful winter foods for our gentle spirits of the forest.

Thank you Woodlands Wildlife Sanctuary for a wonderful post.

11/16/2025

She's in her new home!

Pasha is still looking for a new place. Her poor momma is allergic to her and she can't do a thing about it except find a new family. Pasha is a friendly loving girl who used to go out on hikes on a leash with another previous owner. She loves her toys and her tunnel
She does has a definite boundary for getting loves, and will walk away when she's had enough.
Please call Susan at 952-288-6416 if you want to meet Pasha or get more information.

11/16/2025

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The dilemma is over: Violet has a new home and Lori gets to stay in hers and the other cat and Lori are getting a long again like they used to.************************

A local family has a dilemma: one of their cats got out and disappeared for a couple of months. She came home a couple of months ago but now, the other 2 cats-one especially-won't stand for her to be there so she's having to hide under a bed all the time. A decision has to be made about who stays and who goes so we are posting 2 cats and whoever finds a new home gets to move on and the other stays with the family/
Lori is the cat who got out and is now being bullied. She's almost 5 years old, super friendly and cuddly, indoor only and has lived with these cats for years so can live with other cats again. She's OK with dogs and was raised with kids. Unlike other cats, Lori likes belly rubs. She's a faithful litter box user, eats both dry and wet food and is up to date on her shots. In the photos, Lori is the fluffy tabby.
Violet is the kitty harassing Lori. She's friendly, loving and likes to cuddle and is also good with dogs and kids- She just doesn't want Lori around anymore. She just over 4 years old and is the black cat in the photos. To keep the peace and reduce stress, one of them has to move on. For more information, call Andreina at 218-370-8360.

11/16/2025

****MORE KITTENS******KITTENS*****
These 5 kittens had a really harsh start in life. Their mom disappeared when they were not even 2 weeks old and the mom's owner tried to bottle feed them but was overwhelmed with caring for them and her 6 young kids so sought help and a very kind helpful neighbor helped her by contacting all the shelters/rescues in the Duluth area was turned down. She finally found us. She drove them up here where we hoped to find a nursing mama cat but the one we found wouldn't have anything to do with them. They all had bad diarrhea and one was so weak (Gizmo)he had trouble swallowing. We split the litter in 2 parts to spread the work out as bottle feeding motherless kittens is tons of work. They are around 7 weeks old (born late Sept.) and are doing very well if not just a tad slow to learn about eating solid food. They love, love their formula. There's 3 males and 2 females. Mom was a long haired black cat. Both females (Godiva and Gremlin) are calico/torti ,2 males are black and white tuxedos (Goliath and Gemini) and the littlest (runt?) Gizmo is black with gray markings that change almost daily. They will be ready to go in a couple of weeks as they still need to get shots, microchips, etc. For more info on Goliath and Gemini, call Mary at 218-370-8461. For Gizmo, Godiva and Gremlin, call Dale at 218-370-9534. You can also message us here on FB.
As always, we adopt out kittens in pairs and to only indoor only homes Adoption fee is $300 plus tax for 2 kittens with a $175 voucher towards spay/neuter by 6 months which will finalize the adoption

11/13/2025

11/11/2025

Ash would really like a new home. His first home gave him up because the owner travels a lot and the kids went away for school. His second home had 5 other cats, 4 of whom he did well with. The 5th cat was another story. Ash harassed her all the time and it was affecting her health so Ash is in search again for a new family. He's a big boy, microchipped, neutered and up to date on vaccines. He's a little hissy at his present foster home with the other cats but a slow introduction at a new home would solve that. For more info about Ash, message us here or call Barb at 218-290-6866 or Dale at 218-370-9534. Adoption fee is $100 plus tax= $108.38

11/11/2025

Cornelius and Clover are ready for a new home. They are motherless kittens found in a ditch at 3 weeks of age and are now about 9 weeks old. Motherless kittens are slower to learn to use a litter box and figure out what's good to eat and what's not but these 2 have 'graduated' to knowing what they need to know to be social and happy in an indoor only home. They're microchipped, vaccinated and dewormed. They still love their formula but also love their canned kitten food and dry kitten chow. They've been living with older cats and younger kittens (also for adoption) and enjoying the good life. For more information on adopting kittens-we adopt kittens in pairs-message us here or call or text Dale at 218-370-9534. These kittens are not spayed or neutered yet because of their age and no adoption is finalized until that is completed by 6 months of age. Adoption fee is 2 kittens for $300 with a spay/neuter voucher for $100 to use at your veterinarian's to help defray the cost.

11/06/2025

******OUR NEW WEBSITE IS UP*******

arrowheadanimalrescue.com

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11/06/2025

The Audubon Society and numerous wildlife rehabilitation centers frequently warn that birds can and do eat small plastic or styrofoam parts from artificial decorations, leading to fatal intestinal blockages.