Starting at 10 am, come and ”Paint the Patients” with Eleanor Whitney. Eleanor is the Center’s volunteer resident artist. Join her in painting our windows with pictures of animals, the out-of-doors or anything else you can think of. Everyone is welcome…and it is free!
Today Mom Opossum and her 10 babies were released back into the wild after a difficult go of it. Mom was admitted in late July after being found stuck inside of the wall of a Braintree home. Fortunately for mom opossum, she got stuck in the right house. The homeowner was able and willing to help. The mother opossum was thin and distressed when she arrived at New England Wildlife Center for emergency care. Initially mom was admitted with a few nursing babies. Within a few days, a total of 10 babies joined her at the Center. Each time we thought all the babies were found, more kept coming! It is always a great day when they return to the wild.
Here’s some pictures chronicling her stay with us and a first hand look at our full immersion internship program.
PRIORITY ITEMS |
ALSO NEEDED… |
| Reptomin turtle food | Whole frozen fish – 6 in. |
| Meat baby food in jars | Bottled water – personal size |
| Exact baby bird food | Gauze pads – 4 inch+ |
| Latex or vinyl gloves | Dawn dishwashing soap |
| Electric heating pads | Plastic spray bottles |
| Batteries – 9 volt and AA | Hand sanitizer |
| Liquid bleach | Scrubby sponges |
| Copy paper | Tupperware with lids |
| Manila file folders – standard size | Vitamin B tablets |
| Pens | Refrigerated cookie dough |
| Sharpie markers | Fish food |
| Post It Notes | Ceramic heating lamps |
| Trash bags – 39 gallon | Food and water dishes for reptiles |
| Zip-Lock bags | UVB full spectrum bulbs |
| Paper towels | Kleenex tissue |
| Folding chairs | Paper plates |
| Fresh greens – no iceberg lettuce | Paper coffee cups – No Styrofoam |
| Peanuts and pecans in shells | Coffee |
| Towels – Large, no washcloths | Soda – cans |
| Construction paper | |
| Cutlery & stirrers | |
| Couches – good condition (no sofa-beds) | |
| Animal carriers/cages – no rust please | |
| Stop & Shop gift cards | |
Thank you for thinking of us, but we cannot use newspapers, yogurt containers, comforters, fur coats, expired medicines and foods.
In addition we welcome pet caging, carriers, aquaria and other durable pet supplies. These will be sold in our Long Tail Store to help us care for wildlife and provide education programs.
We are in desperate need of paper towels to keep our hospital clean. Donations of paper towels (and other supplies) can be dropped off at 500 Columbian Street in South Weymouth at any time. If the doors are locked, you can leave them outside.
Join Dr. Mertz for this series of 10 micro-lectures from the Araquon Lodge. This series will introduce you to the basics of how bodies are put together and how they work in the environment. Let us know what else you would like to learn about comparative anatomy and Dr. Mertz will talk about it next time.
Welcome to Gallup! He is Penelope’s new friend. Gallup is a 9 month old wethered Alpine goat.
Gallup was raised and donated to the Center by Jenna Illingworth. Jenna is a student at the Norfolk Agricultural High School in Walpole.
On the first day together Penelope did not give Gallup a very warm greeting. She refused to stand any where near him. If he came close she would run to the other side of the pen. She gave him dagger eyes.
Today, three days later, they are inseparable. In fact last night they held a two goat meeting about how to cause the most trouble as a team. In fact when I did this photo session I went inside their pen to get some close-ups of Gallup. When I bent over, Penelope came up behind me and bit me in the butt.
Goats!
The Catbird Cafe will be closed on Saturday, July 23. We will reopen on Saturday July 30 at 4:30 PM.
Two of our resident turtles have become aggressive towards our smaller native turtles in our indoor pond. We are looking to provide them with a good home since they are non-native and cannot be released into the wild. One is a red-eared slider and the other is a yellow-bellied slider. They are great animals–they are just getting territorial and we don’t want our smaller resident turtles to become injured.
If you are interested, please call us at 781-682-4878 and ask to speak to Kyle.
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