Snug Harbor Wildlife Rescue and Sanctuary

08/31/2026

Three more bunnies released today, one who was way overzealous and ran faster than Forrest Gump in the opposite direction. 😂 Release day for everyone is always bitter sweet!

08/28/2026

🏥 Even going to take our personal pets to the vet- we end up taking a call and having babies brought to us here. 🏥

Multitasking at its finest! These babies were brought to us all the way from Orangeburg this afternoon. Two little girls that were found by a lineman working on a utility pole, they were about to fall out of the nest and babies were removed and they were unable to take them back. The sisters will be hydrated when we get back to the house and introduced into one of the smaller groups with babies their age. We have about 65 baby squirrels right now being fed around the clock every 2-4 hours depending on the age.

08/28/2026

☀️Happy Friday!!!! We have already taken in several emergencies this morning and several other babies en route to us.☀️

Every few Fridays we try to do a $5 Friday. We are setting a goal of $500 to raise this weekend. We have about 10,500 followers and if a handful participated we would hit that goal quickly.

The little bunny here was found in the road in Prosperity with a contusion to her eye and hip degloved. She’s been given pain meds, started on antibiotics and wounds cleaned up. Keeping her calm and quiet to avoid capture myopathy is our biggest hurdle, the wounds will heal just fine but just need the rest of her mind and body to cooperate.

Our second emergency is male squirrel found on the side walk in Lexington while the homeowner was doing yard work. He has some pretty bad infected wounds and has paraphimosis (where his p***s is swollen outside of the protective sheath). He’s been given pain meds, fluids and started on antibiotics after cleaning up his wounds, and unfortunately had a seizure as we finished up. We are monitoring him very closely before giving meds to control the seizures to see if it was a fluke thing or if something more serious is going on and contributing.

We are working on containing a little girl with a abscess in Columbia that comes to eat daily at a lady’s house so fingers crossed we can get her so we can treat her infection and get her some relief too.

Donations are what keeps our doors open, we do not receive any government or state funding and run solely on donations from the public. So we are so very appreciative of all the support y’all constantly show us!!! We can’t do what we do with out yall!

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Donations can be sent to

Cashapp/Venmo: SnugHarborWildlifeSC

PayPal:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2nfzf8rldrrmj&fbclid=iwy2xjawhio9blehrua2flbqixmaabhy7gi4t5ufycvaok7fxxrbzojpv0fzbubuhh7g9iit23pcsn1uchrtgrta_aem_ddtozq2jofblkgfylloqmw

💌 Or can mail checks/money orders to 💌

Snug Harbor Wildlife Rescue and Sanctuary
PO Box 44
Chapin SC 29036

We hope everyone has a great weekend!! Remember if you find any babies we always try to reunite first so don’t feed, keep warm and reach out to see if that’s possible.

💜,
The Snug Harbor Wildlife Family

08/26/2026

After announcing the 30+ squirrels we have taken in the past week or two, our volunteer Jess decided to hit the streets to find surrogate mama squirrels to take some of these kids.

🫣😂 Serious inquires only! 😂🫣

08/26/2026

Wasn’t going to post this one but I just can’t not share his goofy toofies! Nibs the Dwarf Raccoon thinks he’s about 10 feet tall and invincible until his hammock starts swaying and thinks he’s under attack.

😂😂😂
(Excuse my baby talk)

08/26/2026

The best way for all wildlife from getting into your home is getting regular inspections on your home atleast once a year. This will look for any entry ways and prevent mamas from nesting in attics or crawl spaces in the spring- and inspections/prevention is much less expensive than paying for removal and repairs. Plus it prevents the animals lives from being put in danger since relocation is illegal and a good bit of the companies euthanize them- there are some we recommend that will do everything to keep the animals in the area and do humane eviction.

This time of year is baby season 2.0 for squirrels and opossums, and running into the fall and winter months around the corner so before the cold weather creeps in now is also the prime time to close up any areas where they can sneak in for warmth and shelter. Some of the wildlife removal companies will also do free inspections, you can also call your insurance company to see if they offer discounts on your home owners insurance for inspections.

Other ways to prevent them from trying to get in your home is providing nesting boxes and areas around your home and property like bat boxes, squirrel houses, leaving fallen trees in the woods,
pallets also make great shelters.

https://www.wildliferescueleague.org/animals/critter-proofing-your-home/

We can also help with humane eviction techniques free of charge being a non profit. Our goal is always to let the animals stay in the area, renest any babies they may have and help triage the situation so repairs can be made and prevent them getting back in.

A doctor woke up to find a bat trying to get into her mouth. What she wants you to know ⬇️

08/25/2026

Monday ✅

Nibs has a little motivational message for you!

You survived Monday!!! Which means tomorrow is Friday Eve Eve Eve!!!!

08/23/2026

Boys will be boys no matter the species!

That raccoon you see in the window…that’s Tex!! Yes the little boy who had a massive surgery last week!

As his rehab mama was outside caring for another raccoon in her care, Tex heard her out there talking and climbed up into the window of the bathroom he has been resting in with his recovery.

He just had one of his front legs fully amputated after an accident and climbed on the toilet, and into the blinds to spy on what Amy was doing…if this doesn’t show how insanely resilient and tough these guys are. Now he did get fussed at too because this is definitely not the “taking it easy” orders the doctor gave!

Tex goes back to the vet this week for a follow up on his surgery, we have collected $600 of the $1300 from his surgery cost, thankfully his follow up appointment should only be about $80 if no further meds or imaging is needed etc.

Any donations towards his vet bill are still needed, we had to use some of our formula funds to cover the bill at time of service.

💌Donations can be sent via💌

Cashapp/Venmo: SnugHarborWildlifeSC

Or

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2nfzf8rldrrmj&fbclid=iwy2xjawhio9blehrua2flbqixmaabhy7gi4t5ufycvaok7fxxrbzojpv0fzbubuhh7g9iit23pcsn1uchrtgrta_aem_ddtozq2jofblkgfylloqmw

We have been so happy to see how well he’s doing and how unfazed he seems and isn’t skipping a beat on continuing on his with his silly antics!

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08/23/2026

It’s been a while since we have done a Stewy update! Stewart is one of our sanctuary squirrels who was kicked out of his nest as a baby. Our guess is mama knew that something was wrong with him and that can be the brutal part of Mother Nature is they will abandon babies who aren’t 100% healthy.

He has cerebral hyperplasia which means his cerebellum did not develop all of the way. This causes issues with his motor function, he also has different color variations-considered a blonde eastern grey squirrel, which can be common with genetic mutations or inbreeding.

Stewy has had such an amazing journey with us and just makes me love him that much more. His coordination and strong will to do life just continues to go leaps and bounds over what we thought he would at one point. He overcame spells where he was having seizures and loosing weight dramatically- we thought that was the end for him but he pulled through that and continued to get even stronger than he was before all of that.

He is very much one of our little miracles, and love watching him thrive and play with his cage mate Timmy, who is also a forever baby with us too with a spinal injury that went untreated being with the person who found him for several weeks before getting him help.

This picture of Stew was last night after his bath. I mean just look at that face!!!!! Him and Timmy have to get baths every week, with both of their disabilities and injuries both tend to tee tee everywhere even on each other at times. 🤫😂🤫

We have about 25 different animals with us that have different disabilities and with us forever. Keeping up behind each other their special needs and quirks alone is a full time job on top of the babies being rehabilitated.

The sanctuary guys always hold on to our heart strings a little tighter, we spend a lot more time with them and are able to spoil them knowing they aren’t going back into the wild. A huge chunk of my day and night is walking into a room to put something away or feed other babies and then seeing the ones that are not able to be released and they sucker me in to pets and mini play sessions- getting me completely side tracked from the tasks at hand.

We do definitely need to get our website updated for the sponsorship opportunities for all of our sanctuary animals, the sponsorships go towards their annual vet visits, toys, treats, normal food costs, and anything else you would like special to go to your sponsored friend.

We will have to get some more updated videos of Stew and Timmy playing and how much better Stew is able to get around since his last video months ago.

We hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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