Les Jones: UT Wildlife Rehabilitation

March 27, 2005

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Last week one of our cats brought in a baby rabbit. I got the cat out of the house and Melissa caught the rabbit and called UT Vet School (865-974-5594). I've called them in the past for advice on what to do about baby birds and rabbits, and they've been very helpful.

They asked Melissa a few questions to assess his condition and told her to bring him in. He had a laceration, but he'll be OK. After he's better they'll release him back into the wild.

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I tried to rescue a crow with a broken wing back in the winter. It was on a Saturday late in the evening. I have a friend who is a vet at UT but she was out of state when it occurred. The Raptor Rescue on the Clinch river returned my phone call first. I followed their instructions but sadly he died during the night. His worst bit of luck other than to break his wing was to do so on a weekend evening.

The main lesson I learned had nothing to do with crows. It was "Never let your kids see or name a wounded animal."

That's a recipe for disaster.

Posted by: Chris Range at March 28, 2005

Correction to my former post: The bird was wounded on a Friday evening. I believe the UT animal hospital is 24 hours. But understandably they don't have a ton of people in there on a Friday night.

I'm slightly embarassed to admit it but once I found out it was a crow instead of a raven my level of concern went down. Likewise I'd go farther to try and rescue a crow than a pigeon. Apparently my conscience has a bird rescue pecking order ;-)

Posted by: Chris Range at March 28, 2005

I rescuded a crow with a broken wing. He's doing greatd, but his wing is still broken. I doubt if it will ever heal enough for him to return to the wild. Any ideas as to what I should do now?

Posted by: Susan at February 15, 2007