Florida Wild Mammal Association

06/05/2026

Our little white squirrel is enjoying her new enrichment toy!

05/19/2026

One of our orphaned armadillo pups is here to tell you that we are in need of a new washer! Unfortunately, with the constant pressures of baby season laundry, our old one has given out. If you know anyone looking to give away their used washer, please let us know! Although a top loading one with an agitator would be preferred, we would appreciate any!

04/22/2026

This (tiny!) male barred owl had a rough start to his week! His legs were entangled in fishing line and he had not been able to hunt for awhile so he went to a roadside to get an easy meal of some roadkill. He ended up getting nicked by a car and while he was disoriented on the side of the road, he was attacked by other birds.

We are hoping he will make a full recovery and this bad week will just be a distant memory for him soon!

04/17/2026

04/17/2026

We have gotten in tons of baby mice and rats so far this summer, and it feels like we have been releasing some weekly! Today we are saying goodbye and good luck to the last 8 babies we had in care. I'm sure there will be many more coming in since baby season is just a few weeks in. Thank you Travis, for releasing and getting a clip of this group!

04/09/2026

Did you know you know when you rescue an opossum from the road, you could potentially be rescuing an additional 13 joeys?

Opossums are one of our most common patients, mostly due to the quantity we take in during baby season. Groups as big as 13 babies make their way to the center from being orphaned. Most often, they are orphaned from their mothers being hit by cars or snagged by dogs.

Even if the mother is deceased, you can save her babies by checking her pouch, located on her stomach. You can gently stretch the pouch and retrieve the babies by slowly detaching them from the ni**le. If you're not comfortable, or the babies are too small to be removed easily, you can bring the mother to us for us to remove them.

What if you find a baby without its mother? Bring it to the center! Mother opossums very rarely come back for their babies, because they don't know they're gone! In order to give the orphan the very best chance possible, it's imperative you bring it to your nearest rehabilitation center!

04/03/2026

We'd like to give a huge shoutout to Elizabeth Kirk and her wonderful family for making these squirrel houses as part of her girl scouts Silver Award project!

With baby season in full swing, wild critters are looking for safe locations to raise their young! Squirrel houses like these will offer a comforting and warm place away from predators.

03/06/2026

After his fun adventure yesterday, Echo is back to his regular schedule! We expected him to be exhausted after his long trek, but he was raring to go this morning when we let him out of his stall.

Once again, we are so grateful to his amazing rescuers who not only stopped to check on him, but took him home and offered him snacks and cuddles while he waited for us to pick him up. Echo could not have been luckier! 💚

He's now back with his friend Bernie and eating his lunch. We'll be sure to keep an extra close eye on him! Thank you to all who shared our post, your shares are the reason we were able to get our sweet boy home so quickly!

03/05/2026

!!UPDATE!!:
Echo has been FOUND and returned SAFELY!!! Thank you to his amazing rescuers who stopped to pick him up and give him snacks while he was waiting for his ride!!

Our education sulcata tortoise, Echo, broke through a portion of his fence and escaped. He is 15 years old, and weighs around 40-50 pounds.

He was last seen eating his lunch at noon, at the center, 198 Edgar Poole Rd, Crawfordville. He is very friendly, and if you see him, please do not hesitate to pick him up. He does not bite, and is very food motivated. Please text Jess at 850-363-1032 if you find him.

He can be quite quick when he wants to be, and although we know he left out of the back of our property (heading closer to Jack Crum Road), we also have no way of figuring out if he turned north and could make it to 98. We appreciate any help finding our bad boy!

02/04/2026

Update: Thank you all so much! We have a few generous people that have stepped up to cover the cost of a new fridge! Thank you to everyone that shared and reached out, we have a fridge scheduled for delivery!

Hi everyone! Our fridge that we use for all the outside critters has cooled its last bucket of fish! After years of faithful service (and lots of very smelly animal feed) it has decided to take a well deserved rest and quit on us last week. If anyone has a gently used fridge that they are looking to rehome, please keep us in mind! Thanks from all the pelicans, hawks, gulls, and possums!