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Wildlife Rehab Center
I'm so freaking screwed tomorrow. I already knew that it was going to be busy, because I was going in from 2 until 8 (yes, in the pm) and there was a new girl on from 2 to 4, and another new girl on from 2 until 6. And that was all. Just us. With neither new girl equipped to do baby mammals.
Just found out 2 to 6 new girl has already called and won't be there. So from 4 on I'll be alone. The vet staff is coming over to help me with the 5:00 feeding, but otherwise I have to deal by myself.
Folks, I have squirrels (I don't even know if we've gotten babies in since last Saturday, but there are at least six cages to prepare food for), 13 baby possums, apparently at least two cottontails, and a baby bird as of today. Tomorrow we'll probably get in more since it's warm out and there have been storms today.
Cottontails can take a half hour to feed. Just one. ONE. A half hour! The baby possums are apparently not being agreeable to tube feeding and particularly difficult. Do you know how much I'm panicking?
The good thing is, the director (who's a neighbor) left a note for the five people working tomorrow morning (my normal shift) that they have to do everything by noon. All of the normal duties that get spread throughout the day must be done by the time I get in there so that all I have to do is feed babies. Feasibly, I will spend the entire six hours feeding babies continuously. No joke.
I'm so freaking screwed tomorrow. I already knew that it was going to be busy, because I was going in from 2 until 8 (yes, in the pm) and there was a new girl on from 2 to 4, and another new girl on from 2 until 6. And that was all. Just us. With neither new girl equipped to do baby mammals.
Just found out 2 to 6 new girl has already called and won't be there. So from 4 on I'll be alone. The vet staff is coming over to help me with the 5:00 feeding, but otherwise I have to deal by myself.
Folks, I have squirrels (I don't even know if we've gotten babies in since last Saturday, but there are at least six cages to prepare food for), 13 baby possums, apparently at least two cottontails, and a baby bird as of today. Tomorrow we'll probably get in more since it's warm out and there have been storms today.
Cottontails can take a half hour to feed. Just one. ONE. A half hour! The baby possums are apparently not being agreeable to tube feeding and particularly difficult. Do you know how much I'm panicking?
The good thing is, the director (who's a neighbor) left a note for the five people working tomorrow morning (my normal shift) that they have to do everything by noon. All of the normal duties that get spread throughout the day must be done by the time I get in there so that all I have to do is feed babies. Feasibly, I will spend the entire six hours feeding babies continuously. No joke.
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