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Dare Wildlife Rehab We provide care and rehabilitation to orphaned, ill or injured wildlife with the goal of release.

Mission Statement: To provide humane care and rehabilitation to orphaned, ill, injured and displaced wildlife. The goal of our rehabilitation program is to release these animals back to the wild.

Calling all builders!! I need squirrel nesting boxes! There are over 30 squirrels in care right now and they are headed ...
10/14/2026

Calling all builders!! I need squirrel nesting boxes! There are over 30 squirrels in care right now and they are headed outside to the soft release cages this weekend. If anyone can build a box, I'd very much appreciate it! I'm going to need quite a few.

I found some free plans to go by. I can use boxes of all sizes - they just have to have a predator guard in them (that's basically a small shelf inside to keep other animals from reaching inside).

Please reach out if you can help!

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They just keep coming. I don't know what happened to this tiny boy but he is covered in cuts and bruises. He was cold as...
10/10/2026

They just keep coming. I don't know what happened to this tiny boy but he is covered in cuts and bruises. He was cold as nd barely moving when his finder saw him. Thankfully she knew to get him warm and did not attempt to feed him. Hypothermic babies cannot digest food and trying to feed can do more harm to an already compromised baby. Once he got warmed up, his color improved greatly as did his movement 🥰

10/10/2026

Their favorite time of day!

Everyday when I'm done with that paying job, I head home to clean cages, replenish food pellets, freshen water bowls but most importantly, fill veggie bowls. I don't think the squirrels care much about anything else I do for them but they love the veggie bowl. They immediately pick all the fruit out and eat that first. Some prefer sweet potato slices but they all love their fresh produce 😋

There are a LOT of squirrels that will be overwintering with me. Their main food is Oxbow Mouse and Young Rat Food. It is on both the Chewy and Amazon wish lists. Please consider donating towards their care this winter ❤️

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

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QJKMD2EC7GFHN

Wish Lists:

Chewy: https://www.chewy.com/g/dare-wildlife-rehab-inc_b110275616 -list

Amazon: https://a.co/0blZbjYF

Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/registry/RR/dd73fee3-d16d-4d52-aa35-3b0e5261309e

Full belly milk coma 😂
10/05/2026

Full belly milk coma 😂

Guess who stuck their face in the formula bowl??? 🤦‍♀️
09/30/2026

Guess who stuck their face in the formula bowl??? 🤦‍♀️

Tonight I went outside to feed my larger group of opossums in the pre-release cage. I had to grab a container of water f...
09/30/2026

Tonight I went outside to feed my larger group of opossums in the pre-release cage. I had to grab a container of water for them and heard something rustling under the house. Didn't take very long to find the source of the noise. Sitting on an empty bag of bird seed near the top of a trash can was this extremely oily and greasy little girl.

As if half the beach wasn't sending me squirrels, I now have juvenile opossums showing up at my house 😅 So. I picked her up and gave her several baths in Dawn detergent. She's clean, dried off, has a warm bed, food and formula waiting on her once she wakes up from her nap. She's been named Val (short for Valvoline 😂) and I think she landed in just the right place tonight.

Before bath and after bath pictures 🛁

This sweet and fiesty boy came in late Thursday afternoon. I suspect he was hit by a car. I honestly didn't have high ho...
09/26/2026

This sweet and fiesty boy came in late Thursday afternoon. I suspect he was hit by a car. I honestly didn't have high hopes for him so I contacted our wonderful vet and they had me bring him in first thing on Friday. Dr. Rook checked him out and to my amazement, nothing was broken. His little face was swollen and he has road rash. He was moving all four limbs and was letting everyone know he wasn't happy with being handled. He was given a steroid injection to help with swelling and is on antibiotics, anti inflammatories and ointmentfor his eyes.

He's taking formula and moving around a little. He is on the mend and knows that I'm helping him - he isn't fighting me when I pivk him up to care for him.

Oh...what happens when you have an emergency visit at First Flight Veterinary Hospital and Mobile Services on Dolly Parton Day?? You get named Carl Dean 🥰

All the work done at Dare Wildlife Rehab is run by donations. There are lots of ways to support the wildlife in care:

https://venmo.com/u/DareWildlife

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QJKMD2EC7GFHN

Wish Lists:

Chewy: https://www.chewy.com/g/dare-wildlife-rehab-inc_b110275616 -list

Amazon: https://a.co/0blZbjYF

Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/registry/RR/dd73fee3-d16d-4d52-aa35-3b0e5261309e

This is Marty. He came in on Sunday after following his finders around. I was having a difficult time getting him to tak...
09/25/2026

This is Marty. He came in on Sunday after following his finders around. I was having a difficult time getting him to take his bottle. He just didn't seem comfortable. I even tried burying him under blankets so he could hide but nope. Not having it. Yesterday I had him and a friend together for their bottle and he decided to stand up to eat. He did great! Now he's enjoying mealtime and asking for more 🥰

Our little little pirate's surgery went really well!! Dr. Rook took great care of this little girl and removed her bad e...
09/12/2026

Our little little pirate's surgery went really well!! Dr. Rook took great care of this little girl and removed her bad eye. She's on the road to healing and already feels better. I went to check on her early this morning and she was just walking away in her exercise wheel!

Thank you Dr. Rook, the wonderful vet techs and staff at First Flight Veterinary Hospital and Mobile Services!! You guys are the absolute best ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you'd like to donate towards the cost of surgery, I would very much appreciate it!

First Flight Veterinary Hospital 252-491-7474

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

PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QJKMD2EC7GFHN

Why do bunnies always looks so grumpy? 😅
09/11/2026

Why do bunnies always looks so grumpy? 😅

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