Alpine Wildlife Rehab

22/12/2025

Luckily a kind finder named Ashley saw this little guy acting off and kept him safe and secure until we could get him to Tufts. Poor thing was very lethargic and unable to fly. Send healing vibes 🤞🤞🤞

18/12/2025

PSA: No wet foods for our wild friends during cold months!

This is the story I was speaking about yesterday, reminding you, please do not put wet, or canned, or fruits and other human foods that can freeze during the winter! Ever, for no reason!

Doing the wrong thing, for the right reason, doesn't make it right. No matter how good the intentions are, it can still harm wildlife! And you may never see it or know it happened. Yes, I realize this can happen by them picking up dropped fruits in an orchard. However, those drops are usually long gone or completely rotted before temperatures can freeze them solid for this to happen.

This is a post from 6 years ago, from Wildthunder Wildlife & Animal Rehabilitation & Sanctuary. February 9, 2019

Please dont put things like apples or can/ moist food out this time of year. Canned food, if consumed right away, is ok but not after being left out to freeze. Same with apples. This poor guy was found with a frozen apple stuck in his mouth. His mouth and nose are very swollen from the damage the frozen apple caused( frost bite) and him pushing around in the snow trying to dislodge the frozen food. For now, he's safe been given warmed fluids, and he's on low heat. Send good vibes to this sweet boy.

EDIT... unfortunately, I've had to shut down comments on another post. Please refrain from posting advice that goes against our laws and my wishes for a safe space on this page. I don't have time to monitor these comments and play referee. The only way I can keep this in check is to limit who can comment. I apologize again for having to do this. This shouldn't be a controversial post in the least.

18/12/2025

Please be kind to our porcupine friends!

They are actually very sweet peaceful critters unless you physically touch them, so keep your pups and kids away from them and there will be no issues 💚

09/12/2025

It is also illegal to relocate wildlife here in Massachusetts

30/11/2025

Absolutely INSANE to shoot a federally protected species 😡

Thank you Joanne & Dave, you guys are rockstars!

23/11/2025

15/11/2025

Abbott would like everyone to know his favorite snack is grapes 🍇 nom nom nom

(Abbott came in with head trauma and has made a full recovery- but is not big enough to survive winter on his own yet so will be vacationing here over the winter)

08/11/2025

SO IMPORTANT!

Wildlife are NOT fun little projects. The suffering I have seen from people doing this has jaded me for life.

Please never feed a wild baby- or ANY wild animal without training from a professional and stop anyone you see or hear who are about to try!

Advice from google, your friends/neighbors or random people on the internet is NOT sufficient and results in death or unnecessary suffering almost 100% of the time.

If you find wildlife in need, ONLY keep the animal warm and safe in a quiet area. No food or water. Then start calling rehabbers and leaving messages.

05/11/2025

03/11/2025

Sweet Mr. Abbott 💚

He came in with head trauma (most likely hit by a car) and was very lethargic, skinny, wobbly, & disoriented with some blood coming from his mouth. After a handful of days with good nutrition, hydration, and anti-inflammatories he made a full recovery.

Since it’s so late in the season and he is still pretty small, he will spend the winter getting spoiled here and be released in the spring.

08/10/2025

Momma opossum coming back for her baby 💚

24/08/2025

Don’t threaten wildlife rehabbers like this.

It’s MONTHS of unpaid labor, intensive work, and out of pocket costs for us. We are not salivating over kidnapping healthy babies YOU put in danger and now refuse to try to reunite with their mother.

These people chopped down a tree with an active nest in it, and only tried “reuniting” for a few hours. And somehow I am to blame for their unethical practices. Do better.