Reptile Rescue

I discovered Snowy goose loves greens ^_^ https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

My two rescue baby chickens have gotten big enough that they are getting out of their bin and on top of the 2ft. high cage their bin sits in. If I am not ready with fresh food and water in the morning, they are getting impatient and they fly to the top of the cage to wait on me, or to chirp until they wake me and get my attention ^_^ Find me on MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation

Bantam White meets Silky Brown, as they engage in an intense battle for control over the coveted blueberry dropped on the pitch. ^_^

Remember kids, I'm a trained professional! ^_^ I received a request this morning from a local mammal rehabber, who was requested by another local mammal rehabber, to go pick up an injured skunk at Lake Arrowhead. He's been hanging around on the resident's porch for the cat food at night and sleeping right in front of their front door or in their shrubs by day. They said they couldn't get out of the house by the front door recently, because he was curled up and sleeping right in front of it, and it opens out. How considerate that they didn't want to disturb him! Haha About a week ago he came up injured and they found a lot of blood on the porch a couple of days later and presumed it was from him. They had been trying to get a rehabber to come get him, and they finally got the game warden to come out, who apparently just poked at him. The skunk then promptly ran around the corner and under a fence. The case landed in my lap this morning, so I got a crate, my snake hook, small and large catch nets, a tarp to wrap the crate in if he was spraying, and a pair of gloves, and set out to go do the job that ordinary Americans won't do. He was easier than handling most cats. He barely wanted to move from his sleeping spot when I found him under the shrub. I couldn't get the small net over him because of all the branches from the shrub. I tried to use the snake hook to pull him towards me, but he kept moving and it would slip off his body. He was just lookin' at me, and wondering what I was doing. He didn't seem overly concerned. He just looked inconvenienced that his sleep was being interrupted! I set up the crate with the door open on the other side of the shrub and I used the snake hook to push him out of the shrub and into the crate. He wanted to come back out, but I easily redirected him back in, and he didn't put up much of a fuss. I even had to scruff him by the neck to move him, but he was pretty calm about it. Like most other skunks I've had to handle in similar cases, he was perfectly docile. The key with skunks is to be QUIET and calm. No loud noises or loud talking. No sudden movements or jarring. If you're slow, quiet, and gentle, they're easy to work with and don't spray unless you do something stupid, like drop a jar of marbles! Find me on MeWe! https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

Day 2 and he's still hanging in there. Still not exactly sure what's wrong with him yet, but he's very much alive, eating and going to the bathroom normally. He will be here a little longer for observation of any improvements, and the mammal rehabber also still has to make room for him before I can bring him over.

Sorry about that little one.

Tonka has slept pretty consistently on a doggie bed the past couple of months without moving off of it, but right after the recent arctic temperatures departed and it began to warm outside, he started stirring and waking up. When it was warm enough for him to go back outside a couple of days after the snow storms, I brought him back out. And he was ready to go right back in his little pen and commence to eating hay right away. ^_^ https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation

I release Lily back to the place that has been her new home, since I rescued/relocated her here in the Fall. When the arctic blizzard conditions came last week, with below 0F temps and snow, I scooped Lily up and took her into safe keeping at the rescue. I couldn't house and protect all the geese I care for, but Lily is my chief responsibility because I put her here myself. I recovered the bodies of many other birds who did not survive this arctic weather, that was last seen here 75 years ago. Lily's pond here did not completely thaw until just the day before I released her, and only after several days of above 60F temps, and one day of 80F. https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

Two baby chicks rescued from feed store a few weeks ago.

Silly gooses decided on their own to come back through the door into the storage room while I was still doing clean up, because they wanted back into the comfort of their crates, after being outside most of the day. ^_^ Join me on MeWe - the free speech alternative to the oppression of fakebook! https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation

Tonka tortie wakes up inside the house here in Texas, where he'd been slumbering on a doggie bed for weeks, after the temperatures outside warmed up. A few days ago it was below zero outside. Yesterday, I was wearing shorts. Tonka began waking up and stirring when it got warm enough outside that the heat in the house had to be turned off. He knows it's getting close to time for him to go back outside ^_^ https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation

I'm trying to help save this opossum's broken leg so that it doesn't have to be amputated and so that he can eventually be releasable again. He's a big boy though. Probably the biggest male opossum I've ever seen. And for the third time, he's managed to work off the splint, wraps, and soft cast that was on his arm. The bone is almost healed, but it's at a messed up angle now because he went too long without stabilization since the last time I was here. His hand still has some feeling and adequate blood supply, but it's weak and he doesn't have much dexterity in it right now, which means that although he probably isn't going to lose the leg, he isn't going to be as ambulatory on it as probably needed to be wild again. But, in a last attempt to stabilize the arm, we splinted and wrapped it this time and then pinned it against his body in the hopes that maybe it will stay there for a few more days before he tears it off. The plan initially was to wrap his arm in rigid plaster cast, and I thought I did have plaster cast, because I had a donation in the supply bin from some years ago that was labeled as plaster cast, but it was actually just a soft flexible cast material that does not harden. I'm at the mercy most times of what supplies are donated to me. Not what I'd like to have. https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

Part 2 Lily is a female Brown Chinese goose, rescued and relocated from a bad spot she was dumped in last year, where there were no other domestic geese for her to flock with. She is now part of one small flock I moved her to, where I care for her daily. I brought her into the rescue a few days ago just before the worst of the below zero temperatures arrived with the arctic storm. The snow was blowing in sideways, it was already near zero, and the roads were becoming difficult to pass, but I went out into it to safeguard my Lily, because she's my responsibility now. The other geese would not have let me catch them, and I only had space for 2. Snowy is a male White Chinese goose who lives at a lake in a different location, where I have cared for him for 5 or 6 years. He actually came here into rehab for an infected foot a week or so before the storm. It's his second time here for rehab for the same condition. He was here last almost exactly 2 years ago, in 2018. He and Lily have never met before, because I care for them as part of separate flocks in separate locations. https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation Please consider contributing, like the mere dozen or so loyal supporters do every month, who have kept this rescue going for several years. To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

Lily is a female Brown Chinese goose, rescued and relocated from a bad spot she was dumped in last year, where there were no other domestic geese for her to flock with. She is now part of one small flock I moved her to, where I care for her daily. I brought her into the rescue a few days ago just before the worst of the below zero temperatures arrived with the arctic storm. The snow was blowing in sideways, it was already near zero, and the roads were becoming difficult to pass, but I went out into it to safeguard my Lily, because she's my responsibility now. The other geese would not have let me catch them, and I only had space for 2. Snowy is a male White Chinese goose who lives at a lake in a different location, where I have cared for him for 5 or 6 years. He actually came here into rehab for an infected foot a week or so before the storm. It's his second time here for rehab for the same condition. He was here last almost exactly 2 years ago, in 2018. He and Lily have never met before, because I care for them as part of separate flocks in separate locations. https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation Please consider contributing, like the mere dozen or so loyal supporters do every month, who have kept this rescue going for several years. To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation Please consider contributing, like the mere dozen or so loyal supporters do every month, who have kept this rescue going for several years. To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

It this Texas or Nebraska? No fun out there right now. https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

As I was returning home from feeding the geese and the snow was coming down, and the temperature gauge read "6F", I was lamenting that I hadn't seen my little feral boy parakeet ever since this super cold wave actually began days ago, with daytime freezing temperatures, and temps at night in the teens. As I rounded the block home I was looking out at all the more winter adapted birds, like the doves huddling together in a tree, and I thought to myself "poor little boy"...because I didn't think he could be doing well in this, if he was still alive. 😞 My feeder was empty already, since filling it just before I left around noon, so I refilled it again, because I can't stand the sight of seeing a cold little bird land there in weather like this, and look down into the pan to see nothing there. That breaks my heart. So, I refilled it again as soon as I got home and just by chance, I peeked through the blinds a few minutes later. And this tough little Aussie bird continues to surprise! 😌 Look at him! He's out there making it in this weather too! Nothing can stop this little Budgie. I've watched him evade a hawk. He's made it through two Texas summers of 100+F, and he's making it now through this winter weather that's more like Minnesota than Texas. He's some strong little bird, who someone thought was going to be their caged in pet before he showed them in the pet store parking lot that he had other plans. 😄 But, he can't make it entirely on his own. He can't eat at just anyone's feeder with any kind of seed. His beak is too small for most other seeds. He has to have seed with mostly millet in it, and that's what I keep stocked here just for him, even though it costs much more than the basic bird seed. If you'd like to help, please donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

Snowy, the male White Chinese Goose, here for rehab of his swollen and infected left foot, and being held over until after the winter storm passes, is given a new YUGE dog crate to sleep in at night, in the very warm back storage room. He has a bed of straw and a radiator heater. His friends who are still at the lake have no idea the comfort they are missing. LOL https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

Check out Pancho! He was an approx 12yr old Green Iguana at the time and was a new resident to the rescue. I set him outside to bask and swim in this garden pond for exercise, but he decided that he wanted to submerge completely below the water and take a long nap instead! He stayed down there for 2-3hrs and I only saw him come up to take one breath. After I saw just how much he loved being in deep water and sleeping on the bottom, I started to let him do it more often, or sometimes drew him a deep bath in the tub where I didn't have to worry about him climbing out and escaping, which he eventually did do, and was missing for an entire day, before I found him 20ft up in a nearby tree. Some iguanas love this. Others prefer shallower water. Most iguanas love the water, but younger and less familiar ones are usually stressed out by deep water until they get used to it a few times. Pancho was a surrendered former pet. His owners had him for 12 years but lost their home to foreclosure and had to move into an apartment where he was not allowed. They did give a $300 donation to surrender him because he was too old and set in his ways to adopt out to most people, and they continued to donate something every few months for his extended care for the next couple of years. Pancho's health finally dwindled after being at the rescue for about 7 more years, and he died at age 19, in 2017. (This video was taken in approx 2009-10 on an old cheap digital camera and the file has been copied and converted many times, hence the bad audio quality.) https://www.facebook.com/ReptileRescue/photos/a.151908998165219/1572837386072366 https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation

These turtles often stack themselves to pass the time. More accurately, if a larger turtle is taking up a good basking spot, a smaller turtle will climb on top to "steal" some sunshine. These are all rescue/rehabilitation cases that are here for treatment or sanctuary after being injured in some way or sometimes being former pets who were given up by people who got tired of them when they grew up.

I bring food treats to local prairie dogs. https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation

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This male Budgie (Parakeet) escaped from someone at a local pet store about a year and a half ago. He's been living in my neighborhood ever since. This is his second winter that he's surviving. He usually flies with the finches and sparrows, but sometimes on his own. He flies about the neighborhood squawking and chirping, from one place to the other. I usually see or at least hear him flying past every day. For some time I was trying to capture him to rescue him for his own good, because larger birds and birds of prey will go after them and try to kill them. About 6 years ago rescued a green female parakeet at my feeder who was being run to exhaustion by a Blue Jay. I had to chase her across 2 roof tops before catching her with a net. She was very winded and not a great flier. She stayed with me the next 5 or so years until she died last year. But this little boy has proven to be a survivor, and he is a very strong flier! I witnessed him evading a hawk just a couple of months ago above my house! It chased him in circles for several laps before the hawk gave up and landed in of my trees, which scared away all the doves. But, the parakeet flew away into the sunset, squawking and chirping happy to be alive and come to the feeder another day. He's experienced in surviving US winters now and evading predators, and is obviously much happier being free in the wild than being a pet in someone's cage. I decided to abandon my attempts to trap him. I will just take care of him by making sure he has the right food every day. He needs a special food that has a high amount of millet in it, because he's too small to be able to eat the larger and tougher milo seeds that are often favored by doves, pigeons, etc. and that makes up the bulk of cheaper bird seeds. Follow me on MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation Please give, and help provide medical care and sanctuary for wildlife and many exotic animals who have no one else to help them. This rescue is funded entirely on donations, and what comes directly from my own pocket. There are no government grants. No corporate sponsors. Just me, and the donors who believe that these animals need help. Your support helps keep the doors open and one more animal to be saved.🐤 🐢 🦎 🦆 🐇 🐁 🐟 You can help by making a donation today. PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com Donate without a PayPal account at this checkout: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com

Snowy, a male White Chinese goose who normally lives at a local lake, is one member of a flock of dumped domesticated geese that I take care of on site. I perform backup feeding and do welfare checks on them. I have been monitoring Snowy more closely lately, because his left leg and foot became swollen again in recent days. He had a case of "bumble foot" on this same foot exactly 2 years ago, and I had to bring him home for several weeks of treatment back then, but he's done well in the meantime until now. Last time, it got bad enough in a short period that he was unable to walk and get out of the water to come eat. I had to go to the water's edge and net him. This time, I'm bringing him in for treatment a little sooner, and I hope I can knock it out finally this time. He is receiving the investigational research peptide BPC-157 via injection, as well as IM Enrofloxacin and IM Amoxicillin, and then daily topical application of DMSO. Please consider contributing, like the mere dozen or so loyal supporters do every month, who have kept this rescue going for several years. Hit that Rumble button and subscribe! And follow me on MeWe! https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation To donate via PayPal: wfreptilerescue@gmail.com OR to donate without creating a PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=WFReptileRescue@gmail.com https://rumble.com/vdfafh-i-brought-an-injured-lake-goose-home-.html

My sweet White Chinese boy, Snowy, had to come back home with me this evening for another rehab of his infected and swollen foot. 😞 He last had to come here for the same thing at Christmas 2018, and he stayed into January until he was good enough to send back out to the lake. I've been monitoring his foot recently because it looked like it was swelling up again, but he was moving well on it, and it didn't appear to be getting worse. But I went to see my Sikes geese last night for the first time in a few days, and it was swollen slightly larger than last time I saw him, and he is starting to limp a little. I hate to have to confine him, and I scantly have enough room to make him comfortable for as long as he will probably have to stay again, but I had to go out there and get him and bring him back. Can't risk him loosing his foot or getting sepsis, and it's not really something that can be treated well with him remaining at the lake. I knew it might come back, but two years is a long delay for it to come back up again. No doubt some infectious material was left behind in the foot because I opted not to treat it surgically, because of the risks of excessive bleeding and having to sedate him was too risky, but it made it more likely that the same infection would return. So, YAY! Now I'm gunna have a disgruntled Chinese goose back in the house for rehab and trying to keep him from causing a noise complaint. LOL Find us on MeWe: https://mewe.com/p/reptilerescuerehabilitation