Into The Wild Nursery & Clinic

05/29/2026

05/27/2026

These guys have been here since just 43 grams! They will be ready to be released soon. We are practicing their readiness for the world 😉

05/26/2026

This fawn was found in the road, needed a few staples , pain meds and antibiotics. We are hopeful for a full recovery ❤️‍🩹

05/25/2026

Wooo- whee! Took over 50 calls this weekend 😅

Thankful for people who transport animals when the calls come in

Rehabbers who work as a team to take what they can when transport picks up a truck load of animals from Cape Girardeau (did you know they don’t have any rehabbers ?! 🥴😱)

Late night formula fairies (we took in so many animals this weekend we were going to run out before ours arrive on Tuesdays)

Fawns, turtles, opossums, raccoons and skunks were taken in this weekend.

We NEED formula and supplies! Forever thankful and grateful for those who send it! 💕

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Venmo: Stacey-Blank-2

We need a fawn incubator desperately for critical care fawns, stay tuned for our fundraiser! 🦌

05/24/2026

This squirrel would honestly love nothing more than to rip my face off 🤣

05/24/2026

We combined species today,
To help two singletons out. They are doing well together. Side note- this baby ground hog is about the cutest thing ever.

05/24/2026

We received a wonderful donation of essential cleaning and wound supplies- THANK you! It really does help us to continue helping our wildlife!

05/23/2026

It’s these moments in wildlife rehab that are so painful - the moment where you sit with an animal you’ve been working with for weeks knowing that they simply aren’t gonna make it no matter what you do. You can feel the life going out of them as they give up the fight.

You told yourself for weeks that the neurological circling behavior was a simple husbandry issue, an easy infection that could be fixed with medication, a formula or diet change may do the trick. That there had to be something you could do so the issues would stop and he would be healthy. For weeks you and the team fight for him, but the medications aren’t working, the tests are inconclusive…maybe he is circling cause he is so young, or too hot, or too cold, or in pain, or stressed out, or something- anything that could be fixed. So many lab tests and vet examines and phone calls to other rehabbers, discussions with the team, hours spent researching, lying awake worrying and staying up all night working to pull him through. Desperately trying to convince yourself and believe that something would work to save him…all while feeling the light dim from his little body.

Our team is in pain today. We make hard decisions even when it tears our hearts apart. We don’t get the luxury to sit down and mourn, we cannot go lay in bed and have a day of sadness because we have 200 other animals to care for. We will still show up, smile to the people dropping off animals, hold and medicate other patients, work 12 hour shifts, be strong to support the rest of the team and keep our head up all while feeling the heaviness of this hard loss. We keep going…for them.

Rest in peace, Riot. You fought hard.

05/22/2026

This one was a hard one. Heartbreaking actually ❤️‍🩹. Broken jaw, punctured eye and nasal passage. Air was coming out below the eye.

This fawn came to us from over an hour away in absolutely critical condition. Based on the injuries and circumstances, it’s very likely a domestic pet was involved.

Yesterday, we also took in a baby raccoon whose mother had been hit by a car. He was found still clinging to her and trying to nurse from her body. That little one traveled nearly two hours to reach us.

This is why wildlife rehab exists. This is why we don’t always “just let nature take its course.”

These situations are not nature. They are the result of human impact… our roads, our pets, our expansion into wildlife habitat, and sometimes simply not slowing down long enough to notice what’s around us.

Right now, it is baby season for almost every species.

* Bunny nests are hidden in backyards and tall grass.
* Raccoon mothers are out day and night trying to keep up with the demands of nursing babies.
* Aquatic turtles are leaving the safety of the water and traveling long distances to find places to lay eggs.
* Fawns are being hidden quietly in fields and yards while their mothers search for food.

And there are simply far too few wildlife rehabilitators for the number of injured and orphaned animals coming in.

Please:
• Keep a close eye on your pets.
• Check yards before mowing.
• Slow down on back roads and near wooded areas.
• Pay attention to movement near the roadside.
• Teach children to observe wildlife from a distance.

A little extra awareness can save a life. Kindness is free, even to animals.

Also. - huge thank you to our vet, who got us in extremely quickly to end this poor fawns suffering .

05/22/2026

Wake up call for last feed of the night.