Secret Squirrel Wildlife Rehabilitation

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Secret Squirrel Wildlife Rehabilitation 501(c)(3) Wildlife rehabilitation organization located in Gainesville Florida. We do not rehabilitate birds or reptiles

We accept all mammals (no birds or reptiles) www.ahnow.org to find a rehabber near you.

10/11/2026

Understand “land swaps” and contact your state representative to voice opposition. Big money shouldn’t take away state and national wildlands that are, literally, the last wild space for animals.

Artemis arrived at 4 weeks old in 2020. Neurological, but big. Just one of those adorable, fat little ones you cannot he...
10/11/2026

Artemis arrived at 4 weeks old in 2020. Neurological, but big. Just one of those adorable, fat little ones you cannot help but love. She had seizures, balance issues and mobility challenges. She slowly began the months long process of recovering. Unlike other babies who slimmed up, Artemis never slimmed down. She was always, big, lumbering, a couple of hundred grams over average the entirety of her life, more when she was pregnant, which occurred 10 times in her six years of living the life she deserved, wild and free. Her life was never easy, no squirrel’s life ever is. But it was a beautiful life full of love and tenderness. She had her bumps and bruises, but I was always there, always ready to help her or her babies. She never lived more than 20 feet from my door, for more than 2,000 days I saw her every morning and every evening before I went to sleep. She had babies in my enclosure, in my house, in my window, in multiple nesting boxes. All that happiness, all that life was extinguished because someone couldn’t be bothered to keep their predatory cat inside. Her foreleg bones were shattered in 5 places, the multiple punctures did what cat bites always do, they became infected and that infection spread like wildfire.

The two antibiotics, two pain meds, the topical antibiotic, the topical anti inflammatory, the salt water poultice three times a day, the drawing salves, the cold laser therapy, the vet visits weren’t enough to save the beautiful life she deserved to live. It wasn’t enough to allow her babies to be born as the 33 babies before them had been born, wild and free to the best squirrel mom that has ever been.

This is the result of carelessness and laziness. She didn’t sacrifice her beautiful life so something else could live. Her life was taken for sport, not need. This is the result of allowing predatory, invasive cats to roam freely with no consequences, to kill without regard for the pain and loss they create.

It’s past time to stop allowing free roaming predatory animals to decimate wildlife. Artie and her unborn offspring deserved better.

10/10/2026

August 2020, when Artemis arrived as a neurological baby, dropped by a hawk into an open field used for church services. She was special from the moment she arrived

10/10/2026

Important information if you care about wildlife

10/05/2026

Australia’s “Eastern Greys” 🤣❤️🐿️

Pranks aren’t my thing. If you’ve ever spoken or met me, I’d guess you’d know that in about 2.5 seconds. That said, I un...
10/03/2026

Pranks aren’t my thing. If you’ve ever spoken or met me, I’d guess you’d know that in about 2.5 seconds. That said, I understand that there’s a cross section of people who feel differently.

LEAVE WILDLIFE OUT OF YOUR DRUNKEN BS PRANK NONSENSE.

Actually, just rethink pranks period imo.

Some absolute as**at either threw or placed this young opossum onto a second story balcony. The balcony promenade was completely secured so it’s likely the animal was thrown rather than placed there. There was absolutely no way for this animal to have been where it was without a human being responsible for it.

Just don’t. Seriously. Your little prank damn near cost an animal its life. Thanks to a hawk eyed Starbucks drinker and some very caring Downtown ambassadors, I drove over and was able to grab the dehydrated and terrified Possie and let her go in a much more appropriate and safer space.

Asking for your love, light and prayers. My heart, my beautiful sweet girl Artie was attacked by a cat and badly injured...
10/02/2026

Asking for your love, light and prayers. My heart, my beautiful sweet girl Artie was attacked by a cat and badly injured. As you might guess I’m a complete wreck. I know she’s pregnant as well which both complicates her recovery and would make her loss much more tragic.

Keep your cats inside. Don’t justify letting invasive, predatory animals that kill for sport loose on native wildlife.

I woke up to find I was tagged in one of the most angry, bizarre, ranting posts, like ever. I sat and stared trying to f...
10/01/2026

I woke up to find I was tagged in one of the most angry, bizarre, ranting posts, like ever. I sat and stared trying to figure out wth this post had to do with wildlife. Apparently it didn’t… they meant to say “Secret Service” but my page is just so awesome… she accidentally tagged Secret Squirrel instead . So Artie and I will just be here, blending into the background. But we are watching… always watching
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Artie❤️🐿️
09/29/2026

Artie❤️🐿️

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Gainesville, FL

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