Wildlife Rehabilitation in Utah/Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation: WELL SHU IS HAPPY.......

Friday, February 27, 2009

WELL SHU IS HAPPY.......

Hello everyone,
It sure is cold here today. Nice and sunny, but windy and cold.
Tomorrow, some people are coming down from Salt Lake to help around the place with projects that need to be worked on. I hope the weather cooperates for them.
We took Shu to the vets office to see if he could possibly get his pins removed from his wing. It's 4 weeks earlier then the vet initially said he wanted them removed, but there are other considerations at this point that need to be addressed.
Shu is very aggressive and having to catch him every other day to clean the mew is getting dangerous. He's very large and has an attitude to match. He managed to grab Connie's face the other day with his beak. Thank goodness it wasn't any worse than it was.

The vet took an x-ray and decided they could be removed, so we're happy about that.
We moved him into the 8x8 mew. Now he can walk around and open his wings.

The perches vary in the mew from a couple of feet to about 6+ feet. He has been on the taller perches as well, so this is good. There is a lot of calcification around the injury on that wing, but he has good movement at this point. Time will tell if he'll go back to the wild or not.

Ivy will be the next one to have pins removed. That's still a couple of weeks out, however.
I've still been calling the Zuni people to get Glory's situation resolved. I really need that flight for Shu. About the time Ivy get's her surgery, Shu will be ready to go into the flight to show us what he can do.

The pictures I've attached today have nothing to do with our current patients, but they were here in the past, needing our help, so I thought I'd share them with you. Next post I hope to have some pic's of Shu in his new digs!
Debbie

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ATTENTION

Spring is a very active wonderful time for all animals. Babies are born and learning what it takes to be wild from their parents. Unfortunately, many may end up in trouble and often times humans may try to intervene, whether or not it is necessary. The inexperienced human finding a baby bird, for instance, more than likely cannot tell if the bird is truely in need of help, or is learning to fly, something that can take a few days to master. Leaving the baby to learn what it needs is something an experienced birder can spot, but taking that baby home, thinking you're helping, when in fact, it is the worst thing possible for that baby, has now changed it's life forever.
Call a rehabilitator for answers. Yes, we want that baby to be safe from predators, but give that baby a chance. The worst thing that happens in these situations is an improper diet being fed by the 'rescuer'. This will result in death, if not right away, then in time, due to improper development. Different birds require different diets and different amounts of food at different times. Here is where a wildlife rehabilitators knowledge and experience makes all the difference. Don't try to do this yourself, only to attempt to find a rehabilitator as the baby is dying due to your 'efforts'. When they are at this stage, there is very little that can be done AND it is also illegal to attempt raising wildlife. Only a permitted wildlife rehabilitator can do this legally, for we know how to keep them wild and ready for release as well. Making them pets, besides being illegal is very selfish and is not what's best for the wildlife. They need to be free and have learned how to find the food they will need to survive in the wild and know what to avoid and learn the language of their species. There is a lot that goes into a successful rehabilitation and the orphans out there deserve the best chance possible. Don't you agree?

DID YOU KNOW...........

Wildlife rehabilitation is a profession borne of a love and concern for wild things everywhere. We wildlife rehabilitators have taken this many steps forward, increasing our knowledge, skills and techniques into a career that most people do not know exists. Most people assume that the work that a wildlife rehabilitator does is something all state wildlife agencies perform as state employees. This could not be further from the truth.
The reality is, all wildlife rehabilitation is done, in all 50 states, by us, wildlife rehabilitators. State and federal officials MAY occasionally pick up the patients that come to us, but they bring them to us at our homes and facilities, not their state or federal offices or vets offices.
Ours is a specialized field that primarily involves vet/medical expertise. No, we are not veterinarians, but many of us have extensive backgrounds in medicine (people and animals).
We also have vast backgrounds in the natural history of the patients we care for. Our work involves many fields. State and federal wildlife folks just don't have that training or background.
The other aspect of our work that is not known, is that we are not paid by anyone. Our patients don't 'belong' to anyone. They are wild beings. So when they have medical needs, there is no one to step up to this challenge except wildlife rehabilitators. Most of us work basically 24/7. Holidays are no exception. When an animal is hurt, it needs help now!
To top it all off, whatever expenses these patient incure, the bills are paid by us, for vet care, surgeries, medications, all of it. We build their homes and repair them as needed. All of our patients need something. They are not here to visit, they are in trouble. So imagine if you will......going to work everyday, driving your own vehicle to do that work and never getting a paycheck. OK, so maybe you can do that.....now imaging having a source of income from somewhere, now, this is where things get really different. When you get that money, you just turn it over to other people to pay for what your patients need, regardless of your financial needs!
This is wildlife rehabilitation.
We also are constantly pursuing continuous education of the latest finds in our field. We strive to be the best we can for those entrusted to us.
So please, support your wildlife rehabilitator in your area. They need it and believe me, it is very much appreciated.

Wildlife Rehabilitation in Utah/Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation

Friday, February 27, 2009

WELL SHU IS HAPPY.......

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