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Date Posted: 19:47:41 03/24/07 Sat
Author: Dennis
Author Host/IP: unio-cas1-cs-18.dial.bright.net / 209.143.16.148
Subject: Re: Finally!!
In reply to: Beverly 's message, "Re: Finally!!" on 12:52:04 03/24/07 Sat

I've been doing this 11 or 12 years now. When the nature
center gets in orphaned wildlife they turn them over to
volunteers to take home to hand raise. I work under their
permit but people can get their own permit if they meet
the state requirements. Basically the meetings cover the
latest in types of formulas, how they are mixed and which
animals they are used for. They take in opossums, bunnies,
and all squirrels. I've had as many as 17 oprphans I was
raising from 3-4 weeks old through weanlings. Normally
people don't get that many at a time. Some keep them until
weaned and return them, some like me, keep them until they
are weaned, acclimated, and get released. They do try to
release orphans in the same area they came from. Some people
request animals to be released on their property. I've
raised Fox, Gray, and Red squirrels, opossums, and ground
hogs. Try getting a land owner to release ground hogs. lol
Basically after weaning age they are kept in a cage with as
little human contact as possible until old enough to
release.
If you are wanting to breed flyers to release, some states
don't allow propagated animals to be released. Especially
ones not directly native to the state. In your state that
may not matter since they don't know you have them. It
would be pretty much up to you as to what you do. Another
thing you could do is find some local rehabbers to see if
any orphan flyers could be released on your property.

Ohio releases wild turkeys periodically but no one is
allowed to do that on their own. With a permit they can
raise the turkeys but not release them. They have to turn
them over to the state so the state can release them.

>Dennis wrote: "I was at a "raise to
>release" training meeting."
>
>I'd love to know more about this training
>meeting ... any details you can share? I'm
>considering allowing my flyers to breed, again, to
>populate the woods here. Only once, over two years
>ago, did I see a flyer here, outside! I actually went
>in, and did a 'head count', to make sure none of my
>'den drey denizens' had found a way out of the house.
>
>I've not seen another flyer, since -- and I do listen
>for them, at night, to no avail. I have barred owls,
>here, and thus it's quite likely there are flyers --
>but one would think they'd come to the railing (as did
>the one), which often has the remainders of the seeds
>and peanuts I put out for the crepuscular feeding
>birds (cardinals, white throat sparrows, etc). So,
>I'd like to know what the 'scoop' is, on the idea of
>producing pups for populating local woodlands. There
>are no northern flying squirrels in this
>area, so there would be no possibility of endangering
>such (with the parasite problem that affects northers,
>while southers are only 'carriers' -- I don't recall
>exactly the culprit, but it was some sort of parasite
>or protozoa, I think ...).
>
>I realise some of the pups produced would likely wind
>up, well, as the guest of honor at some owl dinner
>conference ... but some would also survive, I'm sure.

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