Flora & Fauna Farm and Wildlife Rehabilitation

Flora & Fauna Farm and Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Rehabilitator in South Hadley, MA specializing in injured and orphaned small mammals and non-native birds.

We’re a small wildlife rescue in South Hadley, MA, helping injured and orphaned animals heal and return to the wild. Flora & Fauna also grows native plants and operates a seasonal farm stand, which helps support our rehabilitation efforts.

06/22/2026

Lunch break activity: Bobbing for apples!! These two are having the time of their LIVES right now. Theyre gonna be sad when i take it away after a few mins haha. Cant have anyone drowning on my watch!

Note: I do NOT normally take raccons, these two are the only exception right now so that i can start the process of learning their care needs (I have a beyond healthy PHOBIA of raccoons, for good reason, we are helping each other so that someday i can do more for these beautiful creatures..). ;) they'll be vaccinated, de-wormed, and absolutely spoiled rotten til release day. I have found the most beautiful oasis of a spot, away from traffic, near a secluded pond for them to be released someday. Stay tuned for more shenanigans.

These two were found wandering around the finder's yard for days without mom. They startes trying to break into their house, and Belchertown animal control ended up with them. BTW, Belchertown Animal Control are amazing. Amazing. They have helped us SO much, and helped rescue COUNTLESS wild animals.

If you'd like to help contribute to their care(raccons EACH cost around $1000 to rehab after all said and done, holy moly), please check out the links posted on our profile! You can donate to our general fund, OR specify "raccoon care", and 100% of donations will go towards these two "trash pandas".

06/22/2026

I hate when rehabbers post snap backs but man i cannot help myself right now..

I just got my first horrendously nasty, entitled, rude call from a local (i'm sure she'll post about it but ive permanently blocked her) who said i will never measure up to other rehabbers because i wouldnt allow ther to just drop off any animal any time without getting permission to do so lol. What rehabber allows that?! She said she doesnt have time for "this texting bull****", and she was "comparing me to another rehabber who would take anything". Good for that rehabber. Honestly, sounds like that rehabber was either irresponsible, or had the time and funds to do so. I know who it was and i know she was constantly stressed out beyond words.

I have 2 kids, work full time, and it would be irresponsible of me to take on animals i cant care for properly. What if she dropped off a critical animal while i was away? Or working in the office? It dies on my front steps waiting for me to get home?!?! While trying to explain this she asked "Are you done? Because im not done with you". Bye. Goodbye. Block.

I cant just take everything willy-nilly because YOU want me to, because if i did, i wouldnt have the funds to pay for the food, formula, supplies, and vet care for the animals i already have in my care. 90% of the work i do is out of pocket expenses taken away from MY family. Rehabbers don't get paid by the state, there are no grants. This is volunteer work. I am NOT "that other rehabber", i am ME, and i have boundaries and different abilities. I'm fantastic at what I do because of this.

Anyways, screw that lady lol. Over it. I have in care right now: 9 squirrels, 10 opossums, 2 raccoons, 9 birds. And the calls keep rolling in! :) plz don't dump animals on my front step for any reason, please let me know before you come and wait til i am available to meet you here for intake

06/10/2026

Just got home from a 3 hour stakeout in Belchertown trying to reunite an adorable but feisty baby turkey with its mom. I sat for about 30 minutes before thinking to myself "this is so dumb, its not gonna work", so i plugged *home* into GPS and grabbed the carrier.

Something told me to NOT go the way GPS told me, so i went the opposite direction, and as I rounded the corner, i got a view of a new angle of this field and THERE SHE WAS - headed straight for the direction i was just parked!!. Guess I'm just too impatient hahah.

2+ hours later of constant back and forth calling between mom and baby, and mom had clearly come as close to my giant truck as she was gonna go. She was just taunting me from like, a quarter football field away, so I decided to open up the crate and baby followed her calls and did all the trekking since mom was having NO part of ME.

I tried to get good footage, but the grass was so long and mom stayed so far away that you cant even see the baby in the video, sadly. Baby made it to mom and there were no hugs or kisses or jumping for joy, they just acted like nothing ever happened haha. So anti climatic.

Anyways, i cant believe that worked. Im so happy! I honestly can't afford the amount of insects i would need to properly care for this guy, so I'm thrilled it worked LOL. He pretty much wiped me out of mealworms in 2 days. Eek.

Photo of baby in the comments ;)

Thanks to the person who donated to Flora & Fauna Farm and Wildlife Rehabilitation via Venmo for helping a sad bunny, and then sending me a dunkin gift card right before i left to do this. 🥹 That iced latte kept me ALIVE and awake in my hot truck while i waited for this whole reuniting ordeal to unfold.

2 days in a row of hilariously failed attempts to take video of some of the work we've been up to. Yesterday another reh...
06/09/2026

2 days in a row of hilariously failed attempts to take video of some of the work we've been up to.

Yesterday another rehabber, Erin of creature comforts wildlife rehab came over to help put the finishing decorative genius on our opossum pre-release enclosure, and then we added 9 cutie pie gremlin opossums to it. Go figure, we've both been too busy to charge our phones to take a video...

Then today i got to release 6 bunnies that came in absolutely emaciated... i thought i was taking a video the whole time and they hopped away in the cutest way ever... i swear. Instead i got two photos, one of me opening the cage, and one of the cool tree they hid under after release. Lol.

Guys, i need a social media person, im a mess.

05/25/2026

These little kiddos are sure enjoying their treats today! This is the Lashco Trio, coco, our little boy recovering from a broken arm(no name yet...), and Matilda.. we let the finders name these guys if they want to, and if not, Tik Tok gets to name them lol.

Every day, i go out and trim a variety of tree branches - oak, willow, pine, maple, hemlock, etc and offer it to them to play and chew on.. every tree species bark and parts has different medicinal and nutritional qualities, and i let these guys decide what they need.. it also helps them keep their teeth trimmed. Maple "helicopters" are also a wild food fave, so they get a nice handful of these every day on top of their regular blocks and squirrel "salad".. they eat better than most humans i know. No junk for these babes !! I'll continue to forage and provide them with wild foods until the day of their release so they're able to identify and find the stuff they'd normally eat in the wild..

Today, a couple of them are headed to pre release to join our crew of 4 outside (Ada, Flo, Kaia, and Harmonica). As long as the weather isn't rude.

Busy busy busy weekend!

Opossum meal prep :)
05/25/2026

Opossum meal prep :)

05/16/2026

Our evening walk around the farm so these little babes can start to experience the outdoors. They've got a little more time before they go outside permanently, first to a pre-release enclosure, then back to the wild where they belong...

Momma would be doing the same, walking around everywhere with these little gremlins on her back, so i'm just trying to provide them with as close to that experience as i can provide without them starting to like me (lol, they do NOT, I assure you.).

Anyways, enjoy the cuteness:)

05/13/2026

*Wishlist Wednesday*

It's been non- stop, around the clock over here with all the babies! We just got a big order of formula and blocks in, so everyone will be well fed :) Enjoy this video of our group of 9 baby opossums eating dinner! I assure you, within an hour, they had this bowl licked so clean you'd think it was washed, rinsed, and sanitized🤣

This week, we're running low on puppy pads, and could really use some squirrel boxes and hammocks/toys from our wishlist. Any cash or venmo donations this week will be going towards these things and paying off our account at the vet's office ;).

Note: there is NOTHING on the wishlist that we won't use immediately ;) Link in comments.

Venmo:

Baby animal food prep! Total current patient count:11 baby squirrels2 adult squirrels in pre release1 baby sparrow9 baby...
05/08/2026

Baby animal food prep!

Total current patient count:
11 baby squirrels
2 adult squirrels in pre release
1 baby sparrow
9 baby opossums
1 baby painted turtle
1 bunny

That's all. Enjoy :)

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