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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Milk or Bread

10,000 Birds

While snakes protect their eggs, and may protect their young for a short period of time after they hatch, baby snakes are very soon on their own. Even wild mammals – fawns, squirrels, bunnies, etc. Although it might look like they could have a pair or two lurking beneath all those chest feathers, they actually don’t.

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Dog Park Dangers

4 The Love Of Animals

Today’s guest post comes from: Heather Reynolds is a pet lover and internet journalist at Trupanion , North America’s fastest growing pet insurance company. Trupanion offers a simple, customizable pet insurance policy with no payout limits and 90% coverage of veterinary bills. Here is a list of some of these dangers.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. And I was pecked in the eye by my pet chicken, does that count?”. “I I had the snot bitten out of my thumb by a squirrel who didn’t want a bath,” said Shannon Keith. “I Most of them think we’re trying to eat them, not help them.