Keep your Eyes Open for CottonTail Nests by WildLife Welfare... March's COTM

nominated by Veronica of ScrappyRat

Story & Photos by WildLife Welfare

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN 
FOR COTTONTAIL NESTS !

Before you mow your lawn or spray fertilizers or chemicals you walk the area to look for rabbits' nests. Rabbits nest in the middle of lawns--not because they are dumb, but because predators hunt the edges where there is cover. The nests are very shallow and often filled with the mother's fur. 

If you do find a nest, do not disturb it.  Instead mark it in such a way that it will not be disturbed by tractors or chemicals. Simply cover it with a laundry basket while you mow, and remove the basket after. The babies won't be startled and run into the mower and you can mow that patch after they leave the nest, in about 3 weeks.

We often receive calls from worried individuals when they do not see the mother; however, mother cottontails are usually only present at the nest at dawn and dusk.

If you find a nest that has been disturbed by a dog, cat or children and the babies are not visibly injured, place everything back within the nest and make an "X" with twigs over the top. If the "X" has not been disturbed the next morning, the mother has not returned and a permitted rehabilitator should be called. 

If the babies look injured, are covered in ants or other bugs, or the nest has been disturbed by a cat, please call a rehabber immediately. Domestic cat saliva is unfortunately fatal to NC wildlife, and so any contact with a cat's mouth will require antibiotics.

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April's Charity of the Month is... WildLife Welfare

April's Charity of the Month is... 

WildLife Welfare

nominated by Veronica of ScrappyRat

Text & photos courtesy of WildLife Welfare

ABOUT WILDLIFE WELFARE

"Wildlife Welfare Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned wildlife. Formed in 1991 by licensed wildlife rehabilitators and wildlife lovers, Wildlife Welfare continues to support home-based rehabilitators. We serve a large 10 plus county area in North Carolina."

Chipmunk Snacking

"Local rehabilitators are involved in helping over 2000 animals each year to return to their natural habitat including Gray Squirrels, Virginia Opossums, Cottontail Rabbits, Flying Squirrels, Chipmunks, Groundhogs, and other small mammals as well as a variety of songbirds, waterfowl and fawn."

Opossum in his new home

"We are a group of about 40 volunteers who devote unlimited time, energy and personal resources to nurse and nurture the injured and orphaned animals placed into our care."

Dean Thomas CottonTail

"The animals stay in our care, on average, 5-6 months. One of our main objectives is to, at the very least, keep an animal from suffering. It is our goal to prevent an orphaned or injured creature from lying outside in the elements and needlessly suffering because no one cared for it. It was an easy decision for each of our volunteers to join Wildlife Welfare. We are all very passionate about wildlife and usually develop a special fondness for one species."

Squirrel with Broken Arm

"Wildlife Welfare, Inc receives no institutional nor governmental funding. Funds for purchasing formula, feeding supplies and medications are obtained solely through private donations and membership fees."

Flying Squirrel

MiSSiON STATEMENT

Wildlife Welfare, Inc. is organized exclusively for charity purposes and the purposes of this corporation are as follows:

A. To rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife under the best circumstances available, with the intention of releasing those animals back into their natural habitat

B. To educate the general public about our environment, the native wildlife of each area, and how to protect and coexist with it

C. To provide encouragement and training to individuals in pursuit of their rehabilitator license, and provide ongoing training of new techniques and advances in wildlife rehabilitation

D. To expand the number of licensed wildlife rehabilitators in the State of North Carolina

Baby Squirrels Sleeping

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