Hershey goes to a Home
This little guy was found walking around in a back yard
in Commerce Township, Michigan. The one that found him
thought it was a ferret so he called the shelter to rescue him.
He is spayed, but still has his scent glands. He has green eyes,
a white strip down his chest with a white lower jaw. He is
dark chocolate in color, and his tail is about 12 inches long.
Yesterday Richard and i took our little foster ,"Hershey", to his new
home. thanks to everyone who offered suggestions about placing him. He was
becoming increasingly upset and aggressive as the week went on. Not happy
about being caged, at all. We decided the best home for him was at the Howell
Nature Center, in Howell, Mi. We met with the wildlife director, Nancy Sloan,
and she believes he is a young mink. She showed us pictures of minks and he
looks just like them. They have rehabilitated many minks in the past and
successfully released them to the wild. Their vet will do a full exam,
including blood work and x-rays, to determine the nature of his hind leg
weakness. they will then "rehabilitate" to see if he can kill his own food.
If he can be released, thats what they will do. If they determine he cannot
survive in the wild, they will build him an outdoor cage, big enough to keep
him happy and designed with his species' needs in mind. He will then be a
permanent resident of the nature center. It is actually a pretty nice place.
There are walking trails with large cages of other permanent resident mammals
and birds of prey. They have an educational program and have a ferret, housed
indoors, that they take to schools for kids to see. We can keep up on
Hershey's status by calling the infirmary, at (517) 548-5530 and asking about
animal # M39402 They are supported by donations and volunteers. We gave
them $50 , and let Hershey keep the bed he had grown used to (one of
Candy's). We believe we did the best we could for him. I don't think he was
meant to become anyone's pet.
Christine
Thank You Rick & Christine for all your efforts and taking in
Hershey for us, and doing all you
did to make him comfy and finding him a place to go
Kris & Mary (MKARESQ)
