You have found a baby wild animal. First determine if it is actually orphaned.
However risky it is to be a baby animal, all babies are better off with their parents.
Unfortunately, we cannot pick up animals.
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Leave It Be
- Can stand and walk
- Looks healthy
- Mother deer leave their fawns alone all day.
- They are not abandoned, but the mother will not return until you leave.
- If you brought the fawn home, please return it. The mother will search for several days.
Leave It Be
- Fully feathered with a short tail
- Hopping around
- Trying to fly
- Mom and dad are in the trees watching.
- It will learn to fly in a few hours.
- Even if there are cats around, the bird is better off with its parents.
- Leave it be.
Leave It Be
- Running around
- Good body weight
- Free of obvious fleas and ticks.
- It isn't orphaned. Mom is near by hiding.
Bring It In
- Eyes closed
- Cold, weak, or injured
- Covered with fleas and ticks
- Near a dead female
- A cat had it.
- Do not feed.
- The wrong formula or formula fed the wrong way is fatal.
Young Bunnies
Leave It Be
- Eyes open
- Hopping around
- Looks healthy
- It is a teenager out on its own.
- Teenage cottontails fit in the palm of your hand and are easy to catch.
- Leave them be.
Bring It In
- Eyes closed
- Cold, weak, or injured
- A cat had it.
- Do not feed.
- Even one dose of the wrong formula or formula fed the wrong can be is fatal.
