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Rehabber Slang Part 2, etc.

10,000 Birds

It’s just that when summer is over and most wildlife rehabilitators are fried, this is the kind of thing that will make most of us fall to our knees, choking with laughter, tears spurting from our eyes. asked Erin, who is primarily a turtle rehabber. Here’s one: ‘the turtle’s head exploded.’ Eastern Box Turtles.”.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

10,000 Birds

Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. Erin Smithies-Baker’s colleague Lisa Kelly took in two box turtles a woman had kept for years, feeding them nothing but spaghetti and meatballs. Baby birds/wildlife and milk is another entire blog, there are so many. The baffling, mind-boggling public.

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