2nd Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation

05/18/2025

Today was a special day. B released three squirrels at Billie's big farm in Chesapeake. Connie wanted these three to be released there.

02/24/2025

Rabbit Fact of the day!! Rabbits can hear sounds up to two miles away. Their ears are finely tuned to detect sounds from far away, and they can hear high-frequency sounds that humans can't. Sometimes a seemingly healthy rabbit that is in rehab care suddenly dies with no signs of illness, we associate many of these deaths to Capture Myopathy. Capture Myopathy clinical signs may develop hours, days, or up to two months following capture. Early clinical signs include elevated respiratory rate, heart rate, and body temperature. This is one of the reasons we tell people to please DO NOT handle and try to snuggle, or let children hold baby bunnies. It is imperative to get them to rehab as soon as possible without being kept or handled for a long period.

02/23/2025

02/18/2025

ATTENTION !!!!! With this winter storm heading our way please be on the lookout for baby bunnies and baby squirrels.... Right now is the time of year that they are being born. Please if you find a baby DO NOT FEED IT ANYTHING!!!!! This is imperative for its survival. Just keep it warm and in a shoe box or container with ventilation holes in it away from household pets and noise until you can get it to a rehabber.

01/31/2025

We have started to order supplies for baby season which starts in February. Here is our AMAZON WISH LIST if anyone would like to help. Love & Hugs to all of our FB friends.

01/16/2025

To all of you that have donated to help the animals, please do not apologize for the amount of your donation.... Any amount helps to feed and care for the babies we get in. . That cup of coffee you pass up at Starbucks can feed 12 baby bunnies, 6 baby opossums, or 10 baby squirrels a meal. . . Thank you and GOD BLESS you all. Please go to www.2ndchancewildlife.org to donate that cup of coffee and help feed the babies ❤ Happy Holidays to all of our FB Family ❤

01/15/2025

An amazing group of women that are doing amazing things for our Hampton Roads Community. Please check them out.
https://www.facebook.com/Empower757

We are a group of woman looking to make a difference in the community.

10/26/2024

Reaching out to all of our friends on here. This year has been the most horrific year for us. Losing some of our friends and fellow rehabbers in NC and seeing the devastation there in a beautiful place we visited just last May is heartbreaking. We have sent formula and supplies as much as we could send, knowing this is just a drop in the bucket towards helping. We however need help ourselves. This year we suffered thousands of dollars in damage to our wildlife room from a storm here. We are getting it bac to normal but it has taken time and money, money that we didn't have. Lawrence graciously said we just have to cut back on personal items and do what we can to keep things going here. I have to say it has been a challenge, but we have survived. This year alone we have taken in over 1,600 babies and they are still coming in....I know many of you have donated to the hurricane victims and have done more than your share to help, but if you can find it in your hearts to reach a little deeper we need help as well. We need to buy supplies, medications, formulas and replenish what we lost in the flood here. ANYTHING WILL HELP!!! Please donate IF YOU CAN

10/25/2024

Received a call from a sweet friend Katie Morris earlier. She had a baby squirrel fall through the ceiling this morning at the ODU Kaufman Bldg. My sweet granddaughter Paige is on her way after class to pick up the baby and bring it in. Little one has a bloody nose but hopefully nothing serious wrong.