Up until now, my favorite department at work was the bird department. You’d think that it’d be the cat department, but surprisingly (even to me), it was always the bird department. They are just so beautiful and hilariously full of life. Any department that you can have a dance party with the animals is certainly going to be at the top of my lists. But as of today, my favorite department just might be wildlife rehabilitation. However, I’m fairly certain that my favorite department will change every few days and that every department will at some point be my considered my favorite. But for now, it’s wildlife rehab.
This is Elfin. He is so cute, I almost have a heart attack every time I see him. He looks like a little chipmunk, but he’s a white-tailed antelope squirrel. He’s a permanent resident at Best Friends, having arrived about seven years ago with some siblings. The siblings were all released back into the wild, but poor Elfin had too much neurological damage from malnutrition to be released… so he’s been livin’ the good life in the wildlife rehab office, spoiled rotten with chin rubbings and other lovefests.
This is a screech owl that came in last week. His eye is like that because of severe head trauma. If he heals properly, his eye should go back to normal (or close to it), but it is still too early to tell what the outcome will be.
This is Lancelot. He is a box turtle that was found in a parking lot a few months ago. They aren’t native to here, so it’s likely that he was someone’s pet who either escaped from someone’s yard, or more likely was released when the pet turtle was more than the owner bargained for. He’s up for adoption and looking for a family that doesn’t mind his turtley stink.
And this red-tailed hawk came in the other day with a broken wing... hence the lovely pink cast.
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