Mountainview Wildlife

Mountainview Wildlife Rehabilitating Eastern Kentucky's native mammals.

08/25/2026

Whew.

Please remember rehabbers are not paid and run strictly on donations and out of pocket.

If you would like to contribute to our facility it’s 100% tax deductible!
I am licensed with the Kentucky department of fish and wildlife , the IWRC, and the USDA-APHIS.

I am also licensed through the state of Kentucky as a 501(c)3.
You can find us on guidestar.

Every donation matters and helps us keep these animals in adequate food, shelter and appropriate husbandry.

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08/25/2026

I ain’t raising your baby!!

Also, baby is safe back with mom 😵‍💫

08/24/2026

There is a side of wildlife rehabilitation that you don’t always see.

You see the releases. The babies growing up. The first steps, first flights, and the beautiful moments when we open a door and watch an animal return to where they belong.

Those moments are everything to us.

But there is heartbreak here, too.

There are animals we pour everything we have into and still lose. Tiny lives we hold as they take their last breath. Cases that follow us home, losses we replay in our minds, and days when we wonder how much more our hearts can take.

Some days, we feel defeated.

And then another little life needs us.

So we wipe our tears, wash the blankets, prepare the medications, warm another tiny body…and try again.

I’m not sharing this for sympathy. I’m sharing it because this is the part of wildlife rehabilitation people rarely see.

Every year brings incredible joy, but it also brings incredible grief.

We celebrate the victories so deeply because we know what it feels like to lose.

And somehow, through all of it, we keep choosing to love them.

Even knowing that sometimes, loving them means having to say goodbye. ❤️

08/24/2026

All. The. Rain.
It’s kept me busy trying to keep the deer dry and clean.
They LOVE the fresh straw and get the zoomies when it’s put down!
They are so cute, like a bunch of kids running around 🥰🥰

08/23/2026

I have the meanest baby bunny in my whole 12 years of rehab.
Changing milk bowls out this evening and she goes all kung foo panda on my hand.
She’s too little to do damage so it’s funny 😂
Baby got grit and will no doubt survive.

08/22/2026

Stop by and grab a tea!

Had another box turtle come in this evening that had been ran over. LUCKILY even though the lung was exposed it was not ...
08/21/2026

Had another box turtle come in this evening that had been ran over. LUCKILY even though the lung was exposed it was not ruptured.

Now this sloppy patch job isn’t permanent lol, it’s simply a stabilization patch that will keep the shell from moving and potentially puncture the lung.
It covers the open wound and nerve endings from the open air so it lessens the pain as well as helps to minimizes bleeding and lessens the chance of infection until I can formally put it back together.

I have flushed and cleaned the wound. Then dressed it temporarily , given pain meds and antibiotics.
I’m letting this baby rest tonight , then it’s work this weekend ♥️

Look who opened eyes today!🥰🥰🥰
08/21/2026

Look who opened eyes today!
🥰🥰🥰

08/20/2026

https://fb.watch/J6Vh7R9ebg/?

I linked said video that got me soooo much hate.
I’ve also second guessed posting this at all.
This behavior is increasing amongst rehabbers and it’s wrong.

Isn’t there enough in the world ? Why add to it? Especially towards a colleague.
We are all in this together.
We are all trying our best and we are all loving animals.

JUST. BE. KIND.

08/20/2026

Some mornings are slow, just me and the animals.
Rain and hot coffee.
Formula mixes and food prep.
This is my peace.

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