Friends of Animals - Eldon

04/11/2025

New kid on the block! Little boy found...we would love your help! We use ready made formula pictured if you can we would appreciate, can get from Walmart. We won't change to a different formula...

04/10/2025

SOLD!

04/10/2025

April is baby rabbit season!
🔹 Delay mowing large grassy areas
🔹 Leave a wild patch with tall grass or brush
🔹 Check for nests before gardening

A bit of wildness saves lives.

04/10/2025

If you are considering adding a pet or an additional pet to your family, please consider visiting your local Humane Society and adopting a new best friend and member of your family. These animals, once cute little puppies, have grown and lost their appeal to someone else. They are waiting to share all the unconditional love they have with you. Come take a look around and stop long enough at each kennel to look into their longing and soulful eyes and choose the one who speaks to your heart. We are currently at full capacity. 💜
E. 🐾

04/10/2025

Please do not hurt me or my mom. ♥️🦊♥️

We just temporarily moved to the neighborhood so we could be “safe.”

If you have suddenly seen a fox in the yard near your home, there is a good reason for this.

It is denning season. Between the end of March and early April, a mother fox will give birth to between 4 and 5 kits (a baby fox is called a kit).

A coyote will often find a fox den, dig out the babies, and kill them.

A mother fox knows this and will frequently choose a den site close to people, away from where coyotes generally go.

A fox will often den under a porch, shed, garage, barn, or side of a hill, trying to keep her little family safe.

Please offer them a short-term rental because this is not a permanent situation.

If you are lucky enough to see how beautiful an adult fox is, or witness the kits playing (at a distance of course), you will be glad you did!

It is not uncommon for Red Foxes to change dens several times during the season, so you may not see them for long.

Kits are slow to develop and will not leave the den until they are about a month old. Foxes do not live in a den year-round, only when a mother has babies.

During the summer as the kits grow older, you will see less and less of them, and by September everyone will have packed up and moved on. Please do not call a service to “relocate them”, they will often be killed.

If you see a fox during the day, it does not mean she is rabid. A mother fox works tirelessly to feed her kits and will often be out during daylight hours foraging for food.

Foxes are omnivores, generally feeding on berries, grasses, and small rodents. They are solitary and prefer to be left alone.

They do not want to hunt and eat your children, mate with your dog, or kill your cat.

A fox just wants a place to raise her family safely, please allow her to do that.

~ Credit goes to respective owner ~

04/10/2025

The weather is bringing people out now. Picnics, barbecues and one of the things I dread that comes with summer, ball games.
Every year, lots of our wildlife get caught up in all sorts of netting and die a slow lingering death.
To go into the gory detail, because the animals can’t escape, the flies lay their eggs on them and the poor creatures are eaten alive by maggots.
When I say netting, it isn’t just games netting, football etc, it’s pea and bean netting, if you use this, make sure it’s at least 6” off the ground so that hedgehogs can walk underneath it and take up football netting after use.
Summer is a great time for us humans, not so much for our wildlife with its hidden dangers.

04/09/2025

Want an easy chair and a couch? $10 each at the thrift shop now!

04/07/2025

It's that time of year when we get nearly daily calls about finding nests of baby bunnies. 🐇 Before you intervene, make sure they actually need your help!

If you are sure that mom is not around, you can contact the Department of Conservation or the Bi-State Wildlife Hotline to find a licensed rehabilitator.

mdc.mo.gov
wildlifehotline.com

04/07/2025

PLEASE BE AWARE: If you ever see an animal with tiny little specks in their fur ( that somewhat look like a grain of rice ), this is a clear indication that the animal needs help. This is 'fly strike'.

Fly Strike is a condition where flies lay eggs on an animal which then hatch and develop into maggots. The maggots can eat into the animal’s flesh and cause severe damage within a very short time. It's VERY IMPORTANT to not get them wet, & reach out to your local wildlife rehabilitator.

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03/25/2025

Zoey 2 year old Husky
E 8th street Eldon Mo missing
Please contact Rebecca Harms
573-569-2249 if seen

03/23/2025

Beautiful Hank...having a great day...still waiting for his forever home!

03/21/2025

Please spay & neuter your pets! 🐶🐾

03/21/2025

Both of our Hanks looking for great forever homes have sponsored adoption fees, paid by our friend Cindy Lou Dunstan-McClain, in memory of her precious LuLu, who passed recently. LuLu would have been 15 years young this June. This is a a loving way to remember our pets when they go to the rainbow bridge....it helps others in need and in search of that same lasting loving family...thank you Cindy♥️

03/21/2025

This Hank has a sponsor♥️his adoption fee is paid ♥️

03/21/2025

Hank has a sponsor...his adoption fee is paid♥️♥️♥️♥️

Hank is patiently waiting for his forever people♥️♥️♥️♥️