All Of Dr. Hines’ Guides On Wildlife Rehabilitation

Dear Reader,

These articles are dynamic. I write, add and correct them between caring for injured animals, fielding the Texas Parks & Wildlife answer-line and dealing with online inquiries from dog and cat owners. There is usually more than one road leading to the same destination – a successful release back into the wild. If you have questions, if you want to make suggestions, if you would like to correct errors (we all make some) or if you just report what works for you or chat, email me. 

   Should I Become A Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator? Is It The Right Thing For Me? 

  A Guide To Basic Hygiene And Sanitation

   A Guide To Basic And Specialized Supplies

   A Guide To Cages And Pens

  A Guide To Nutrition

   Should I Also Give Vitamins And If So, Which Ones?   

   Some Signs Of A Wildlife Vitamin Deficiency

   A Guide To Parasite Control

   A Guide To Mites And Lice And How To Eliminate Them

   A Guide To Medications

    Dealing With Dehydration & Heatstroke  

    Repairing Cracked Turtles & Tortoises 

   Feeding Orphaned Wild Doves & Pigeons?

  Raising Nightjars Nighthawks And Whip-poor-wills

    A Guide To Raising Killdeer And Plovers

   How Fast Should Baby Birds Grow?

   How To Fix Spraddle Leg

  What Are Feather Stress Bars?

   Bird Wrist And Coracoid Injuries And How I Treat Them

    Leg And Wing Fractures In Wild Birds And How I Repair Them

   Broken Legs In Song Birds And How I Repair Them  

  Repairing Bird Wing Injuries With Tape Support Or Cotton Twine And Glue

   What To Do For Birds That Can’t Or Won’t Eat  

   TomCat™ And Other Rodent Glue Traps And Wildlife – What To Do When The Two Of Them Meet

   Gout In Birds

   Robins Grow Up

    Salmonella In Birds

    What Odors Can Birds Smell? What Flavors Can Birds Taste? 

     Rodent & Rabbit Tooth Problems

  What Happens When Birds Molt?

   Collisions, Vision Problems And Eyeworms

   What Vaccinations Do Wild Animals Require? 

    The Wildlife Disease Experts 

   I Found A Baby Bird – What Should I Do?  Rescuing Them, Raising Them, Their Food & Care       

   Caring For Orphaned Cottontail Rabbits 

   Caring For Orphan Fox Squirrels

  Caring For Orphan Flying Squirrels

   Caring For Orphaned Baby Opossums

    Should I Have My Pet Opossum Spayed Or Neutered?

    Murine Typhus And Opossum Fleas 

   Caring For Orphaned Raccoons   

   What Is Baylisascaris, And Why Do I Need To Know?

   Cardiomyopathy In Opossums

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