Humane Animal Rescue Wildlife Center Helps A Hawk, Fox, Squirrel, And Heron

The following rehabilitation success stories were shared with us by the Humane Animal Rescue Wildlife Center in Pennsylvania.

red-tailed hawk being fedRed-Tailed Hawk With Multiple Health Issues Gets Help

The Wildlife Center admitted this red-tailed hawk on February 8, 2020. His ailments include severe head trauma, emaciation, dehydration, and various wounds on his feet. He also has a crop infection that is preventing him from digesting solid food.

His care includes being tube-fed EmerAid Intensive Care Carnivore multiple times a day. This allows him to receive sustenance that is more easily digestible for him with his ailments. Once he is stronger, we’ll be able to offer him solid food. Until then, the EmerAid is paramount in allowing him to receive his proper caloric intake.

Staff expects him to make a full recovery, and he will eventually be released back into the wild.

red fox with mangeSevere Mange Nearly Costs A Red Fox Her Life

This female red fox was brought to the center by a Capture and Transport volunteer organization on February 3, 2020. Upon her initial examination, she was found to have severe mange, causing her to become severely emaciated and dehydrated.

Because she was so weak when she came in, we prescribed her a softened diet with EmerAid IC Carnivore to give her a chance to recover from her infection.

She is now on a solid diet and looking much better! She will move to an outdoor enclosure once her fur grows back and eventually be released back into the wild.

Eastern gray squirrel standing and eating by windowProviding A Balanced Diet For A Finicky Eastern Gray Squirrel

Flapjack is an Eastern gray squirrel who is one of our non-releasable Education Ambassadors that live at our Wildlife Center full time. He came in as an orphan in the spring of 2017.

He has myriad developmental issues, along with possible allergies and asthma that make him unable to live on his own in the wild.

Flapjack can be very picky about what he eats. Among his favorite treats are various nuts and apples. However, he is not a fan of vegetables.

To ensure that he gets all of the nutrients he needs to stay healthy, we hand-feed him EmerAid Intensive Care Herbivore as needed. Thankfully, it has become another one of his favorite treats, and he is able to have a more well-rounded diet in our care.

green heron wrapped in fabricA Green Heron That Was Too Weak To Eat Gets Help

This young green heron was admitted to our Wildlife Center in the spring of 2019 as an orphan. He was severely emaciated and dehydrated but otherwise healthy.

In his treatment plan, it was very important for us to give him something that was easy to digest because of how weak he was. He was prescribed EmerAid Intensive Care Piscivore that was initially diluted with an oral hydrating solution and tube-fed to him multiple times each day.

Once he began to recover, he was offered a solid diet. As he matured and grew in his adult feathers, he was moved to an outdoor enclosure where he lived for three weeks prior to his release back into the wild.