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Have you tried Mazuri Waterfowl Maintenance? I work at a wildlife hospital and we feed all of our resident ducks the Mazuri pellets floated in water, along with diced collard greens and kale. Mazuri has about 14 percent protein. With this diet, we've maintained a flock of three younger ducks...

I order my hay and pellets from Sweet Meadow Farm in Massachusetts. The hay is fresh all the time and my rabbits love the timothy pellets as well. Shipping is not cheap but I find I save a ton ordering from there rather than buying at the pet store. I usually buy the 14 pound bulk box and it...

I'll try to take some whole body shots when we handle her today. Photos are a bit hard to come by because she's nervous.

Thanks everyone for your input. There are some photos like the first one that make us think she is not a cottontail. Others like the second lead me to believe she is. She does have skinny long legs and the hind end looks very Cottontail like. The ears and the face trip us up. Not full grown...

Hello Everyone, We (Eileen H, myself and the rest of our staff ) are writing to see if you have any insight on the bunny pictured below. This little girl was admitted to our wildlife hospital (Volunteers for Wildlife) on Long Island. She had severe head tilt and circling behavior. With the help...

Definitely do not let the turtle go back outside if he has a crack in the shell. He could be very susceptible to infection, predators (if he can't move properly) and flies/maggots in the wound as well. We get several turtles a year with similar cracks from being hit by cars or run over by lawn...

Winston... grumpy as ever.

Hi Magic_girl, If you got them some chick starter, they should start to pick at it on their own if you put it in a small shallow dish. Are the ducklings mallards? If so, they should be brought to a wildlife rehabber near your area. (These birds are protected under the Migratory Bird Act, so the...

Go right ahead! Those links are good as well!

Hi Boz, Besides for the illegal reason, you may want to mention that wild baby bunnies are much more stressed than our domestic bunnies. At the wildlife hospital where I work, many of the baby cottontails we get do not make it due to the stress of being handled or kept in captivity for even a...

Hi Michelle! So glad you are on here now so once you pry Gideon from us at Volunteers you can post photos! :D I also wanted to report his crowning achievement for today... every single little poop was in his litter box between 8 am and 4 pm!!!!!!!!!! See you soon. Lauren

I'm not sure what to suggest to keep them from chewing your storage containers, but I do have one recommendation as far as keeping the squirrels from eating the seed. Safflower seed is one that squirrels have been known to avoid if they have more desirable options for food. It also tends to be...

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Somehow I missed them until just now! Winston is probably coming up on 2 years in the next month or so. I thought it was weird to have an eye change like that at this point. However, he's active, loves to eat, appears to see fine out of the eye and is still...

Hi Maomaochiu, I am not sure what the hair loss problem is with your particular bunny, but I do work at a wildlife hospital and advise people on these types of situations quite frequently on the phone. I would recommend not applying anymore of the mite treatments and turning the bunny over to a...

Thanks Star and Stone! That makes me feel much better...I read on one house rabbit site that changes in the iris may be indicative of an ocular cancer and got pretty worried. :( No breeding going on here, he's neutered...but glad you've seen this before!

Following the suggestion of Angieluv who suggested I post this here to get all of your input, I have a question regarding my lionhead. Winston is a lionhead, with the viena genes going on.. he previously had two solid blue eyes. I say previously cause I have no idea what's going on now with...

Hi Angie, Thanks for the reply... I actually thought both of the things you are thinking for a second... I didnt think it was bleeding as the white part of the eye is still white, and I think if it's bleeding then the whole eye would be weird? but maybe I'm wrong. The brown part doesnt look...

Hi guys, I have a question about Winston's eyes. This isn't (i don't think) an urgent, urgent concern, as I don't think he is sick really, or at least he's acting totally normal... but I do have concern, and from what I've read it might be warranted. Basically, when he was sitting on my lap...

Hi everyone. At the wildlife hospital where I work (under Eileen H's direction!) we just got in a New Zealand. He was dumped out of a van onto someone's lawn two days ago. Although, clearly, he has been neglected for quite some time. We are going to treat him and have a potential rabbit loving...