The Rescue House TX

The Rescue House TX To rehabilitate sick,injured,orphaned and displaced wildlife. www.therescuehouse.org
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04/29/2026

In complete honesty… I find baby Cottontail’s just the cutest little that we rehabilitate. What do you think of baby rabbits?

This baby.. too young to gender confirm yet, was the lone survivor from a snake that found their nest. Upon arrival, he/ she was screaming blue murder from being upset that he/she was taken from his nest; that mamma is not there and that the family is no longer together. There was zero chance of placing him back. The snake would have returned and the finder didn’t want to kill the snake. So let’s say welcome to this baby. He is a singleton.

If you want to support his journey here with us, please visit our website: or Venmo. We are NOT city; county or state funded and cannot continue without your help.
The fawns have arrived and they eat up our resources within days. A single visit to the vet from a hit by a car injury will set us back $680 per fawn.

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Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Therescuehouse

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04/27/2026

Our first fawn of the year didn’t make it. The finder has been monitoring him since Saturday. We went over the 4 checks to figure out if he was an orphan, or just parked. Everything checked out Saturday, but by today things changed. The fawn was already posturing when I found him. I rushed him to a heating pad; started fluids; gave a small drop of honey and other meds to see if I could bring him back. Unfortunately, after 1 hour, it was not meant to be.
I know others will probably criticize my method of listening for his vitals, but I tried to minimize any movement after he had moved onto this side and I could still assess him properly.

If you do find a fawn, please reach out and we can together figure out if the fawn is a true orphan or not. Don’t be a fawn-napper.

Today has certainly been overwhelming for me. I also lost my beloved cat. She was old, but it came sudden and with each loss, I mourn.

If you want to know what to do if you find a fawn, please go to our website to learn, or text us:

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04/26/2026

Meet Penny, named by the finder. Penny just arrived here, from being found in a deep garbage can, that she probably fell into.
Due to her not being big enough yet, the decision was made to bring her in.
Upon arrival she had sticky and dried stuff on her tail and she smelled slightly of garbage.

Penny received a quick spa date with possum approved shampoo, dried by a warm towel out of the dryer, a 1/4 tablet Capstar and a little electrolytes since she was slightly dehydrated.
Now she taking a nap in an enclosure within her pillowcase. She will not be placed with Smiles.

The goal is, if all goes well, to release them together in 2-3 weeks. Until then, they will get fresh food and water daily. Taking long, safe naps and dreaming about exploring soon.

Possums are so vital to our ecosystem. Please be kind.

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04/26/2026

This time of year, our office receives numerous calls about wildlife that are injured or orphaned.

Today we received our first call about a fawn this year, and thankfully it was determined to be in good health and did not require assistance. The individual who found the fawn will continue to monitor its condition and has been advised on how to determine if it truly needs aid.


04/22/2026

Sprout ❤️. He comes almost every morning and wants whatever I happen to have in my hand. Today I was on my way to the porcupines. He did get his veggies and fruit when I made the rounds with the rabbits a little later.
I wanted to make it very clear: Sprout was released quite a while ago. He gets 1-2 pieces of corn when I see him, which might not be EVERY day. This is a treat for him. For the rest, he gets fresh produce; nuts in shell -all raw; acorns that we collect when they fall and bark fungus. He gets all of this when he shows up to say hello. And then he forages all day long for natural squirrel food in the backyard.

We wanted to give a HUGE shoutout to the kiddos at CSE that did a service project that included wildlife and wildlife conservation efforts. Their teacher Lindsay Allen, was amazing and we received squirrel food; rabbit food; raccoon food and skunk vitamins to name a few items in the huge plastic bins brought to us on Sunday.

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04/21/2026

*Update: 26 April- we wanted to thank everyone for their concern and advice. To rehabilitate wildlife takes a village and I am amazed by all the people showing their kindness, compassion and giving advice.
We wanted to tell you that Smiles is doing great! We will post a separate video later today once we have some time to really sit down. But once again - please feel free to reach out or comment if you have any questions or concerns. We do not share our entire specie protocol with non-rehabbers, so please understand that what you see on a video is not the complete picture of the course we took with a specific intake.

*update for all the concerned parties giving advice: Smiles will be staying here until he can fend for himself. Until he’s at least 10 inches from snout to the base of his tail and the *poison that everyone is accusing us of: it is not medicine. It’s an oil that does not contain any active medicinal ingredients that requires FDA approval . We use Capstar to work internally for the fleas and the oil as the initial treatment for a few minutes. Afterwards we wipe all remaining oil off with a damp cloth. It rains for most of the month of April into May, so he’s probably going to stay here for a few weeks.

Meet Smiles. We took him in on Sunday afternoon. He was found in a garage, in a garbage can. Covered is some sticky stuff that we simply could not get off him, so we had to carefully trim it off. He also tried to climb into the finder’s son’s truck, so it was time to bring him to us where he could get a physical, get the sticky stuff off him and release him in a safer area with little to no cars.

He is a very good boy.. played ‘dead’ while I gave him a drop against fleas. He has a HEALTHY appetite too. Going to observe him for a few days and once the rain stops pouring down, he’s off to being wild on several acres.

If you want to support his journey here with us, please visit our site. We are not funded by the city, county or state.

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04/18/2026

It’s baby raccoon time!!!

*we will continue to monitor mamma and her kits. Mamma raccoon was released 2 years ago and decided on us as her safe haven this year. We will keep our distance.

It is that time of the year when the little possums; skunks; raccoons; ringtails; rabbits and many more are born. Some of them crawl into our attics; some crawl under our deck.
Please do not relocate a mamma of any kind this time of the year. The survival of her babies depend on YOU. As humans, we are tasked with taking care of animals. We are the higher beings. Please be kind!
And if you insist on relocating, please note that you are not allowed to relocate certain species and if you do hire a company, please ask them to take the mamma WITH her to a wildlife rehabber. Please do not just cover the openings after she’s taken. It’s absolutely heartbreaking to hear the babies cry and DIE of hunger.

Check traps DAILY. Certain species will kill their babies from stress while being in the trap. I will ask again: PLEASE BE KIND❤️

If you want to make a donation towards our mission, please visit our website. We are not funded by the city, county or state and operate only by your generous donations.

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04/17/2026

Ryan Gosling likes to go into everyone’s pool to check on how clean it it. He is the boss of the yard and nobody will set foot in the pools until he says so…

Please read the following:
We are not permitted to take wildlife birds
We do not take wildlife birds.
Ryan is an AFRICAN goose.
He is not native to TX, nor did he migrate to here. African geese do not migrate to anywhere. They are not native to the USA.
He was bred and raised on a farm and came here by car.
He is not a wildlife waterfowl.
He is a domestic waterfowl that we can have as a pet, just like any other household can.

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04/14/2026

Looking for a medium sized bird cage. I need this for small littles that were recently brought in to us.

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04/11/2026

Good morning! Hiccup, says it’s important to eat fresh fruit and veggies every day. We provide fresh produce and meat products to all our wildlife here. Our policy is: if we, as a human will not eat it as it looks past its due date, we will not feed it to our intakes.

Our apologies for being a little quiet the last few days. It’s been hectic with the calls coming in.
Emotionally, I also had to take a step back, as there are certain human beings that are focused on their insecurities instead of saving an animal. Being a cyber bully is not acceptable. Being rude and disrespectful is not acceptable. We do not post for clicks or to get rich. We post for awareness; educate and to raise funds for the wildlife. Nobody here gets paid for anything. I work 2 jobs to sustain the operations.
All funds are used for produce - $115/week; dry food -$152/10 days; vet visits: $600/visit; sterilization of community rabbits that someone just dropped off here. Enclosures…

We are not receive funds from the city; county or state.
So please, try to be kind and compassionate. Try to place your annoyance with the world somewhere else than here where animals come first.

Ask anyone that has connected with me and is, and I have no doubt that they will tell you that I put my heart and soul into wildlife rehabilitation. I sacrifice many things for these little angels, I will do it over and over again- 1 life at a time❤️.

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04/08/2026

URGENT: looking for transportation to Kendalia for this sweet baby from Dripping.

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04/06/2026

Sprout❤️. He was released months ago. He comes every morning to say hello. I take the opportunity to visually inspect him for anything that might need be amiss, including for bots.
He is healthy and living his best life.

I am many times asked how long I have been rehabbing. The short answer: I grew up in South-Africa and Namibia. Wildlife- think cheetah; cerval; porcupines; chameleon; zebra meerkat and giraffes have been part of my whole life.
I now live in TX and simply cannot move away from the wildlife that need help and protection.

I am a permitted wildlife rehabber, especially for fawns. It is almost time for them, so please reach out if you find one that needs help or you are wondering if it needs help. Not ALL fawns are orphans. Mom ‘parks’ them during the day- alone. But she’s still nearby. Please don’t be a ‘fawn napper’. Call me and I will be able to assess what the next steps should be, or not be.

It is always our goal to treat and release.

You can find out more about us, make a donation or how to transport wildlife by visiting our site:

www.therescuehouse.org

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