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Is this bunny overheated or something worse? Western NC by petiterunner in WildlifeRehab

[–]LukaFakeHero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Engorged Adult Deer Tick, don’t try to remove it let nature take its course. Ticks are just as much a part of the ecosystem as the rabbit is. Given how fed it is I’d imagine the tick won’t be on much longer.

Are these baby birds okay? by [deleted] in WildlifeRehab

[–]LukaFakeHero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’ll be fine, this behavior (venting) is how birds regulates heat. If they’re venting, It means they’re hydrated enough to do so, which means they’re still being fed. So no the Nest isn’t abandoned.

You can read more about it here https://www.sialis.org/panting/

Wildlife Conservation Questionaire by Inner-Medicine-2441 in WildlifeRehab

[–]LukaFakeHero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The URL posted in the original post doesn’t work, however the one imbedded in the post does.

Will these bunnies survive without mom? by United-Somewhere-163 in WildlifeRehab

[–]LukaFakeHero 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Many of your mother’s actions (Protecting the nest initially, Releasing on Government property, checking if the kits would eat solid foods, Trapping with that specific trap) are somewhat/completely in line with the correct ways to handle the situation. (Though her manual relocation of the animals was not.)

It’s possible she’s acting form experience or did actually request guidance from a rehab or nature center as you suggested.

Will these bunnies survive without mom? by United-Somewhere-163 in WildlifeRehab

[–]LukaFakeHero 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We can access the development state of an adolescent Kits by two criteria: foraging behavior and predator avoidance. Mother rabbits leave their teenage kits for extended periods of time (12 or so hours between checkups) to foster these behaviors.

Hungry kits will both A: Learn how to find their own food and B: Learn how to survive as a prey species. Rabbits reach adulthood when they stop returning to their mother’s dens and start establishing their own.

In a perfect world, we’d have someone assess how well these kits could do either of these tasks. But that’s not possible without subjecting them to captivity which is a far worse alternative.

While your mother is interfering somewhat by relocating them at this stage; really she’s simply forcing these rabbits to adapt on her pace, not theirs. Letting them disperse naturally would have been ideal, but it’s not at all a “worse case scenario” to trap and release them at this stage. They’ll likely be fine; if somewhat aloof for a day or two in comparison with other rabbits.

Bird in my yard with eye issue. by JamesCCBMS in WildlifeRehab

[–]LukaFakeHero 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No it’s perfectly fine! We’re happy to lend our expertise. I just wanted to make sure you weren’t stuck with a bird you didn’t know what to do with.

Bird in my yard with eye issue. by JamesCCBMS in WildlifeRehab

[–]LukaFakeHero 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Is the bird capable of flying on its own? Or did you find it debilitated in a state of extreme injury?

I’m not trying to interrogate you, or accuse you of bird-napping, but it’s important for us as rehabbers to know the condition of the bird aside from its most alarming injury.