Have u ever saved or helped any animal/insect/bird/fish?

[talka20]

[FunkyMonkee]

Some, I tried to help but either they wouldn't let me or they died before I could do anything. I stepped out on my porch 3 or 4 years ago and found a squirrel writhing around in the snow. I just thought it was trying to scratch its face or it liked rolling in the snow so, I just stood and watched it and laughed a bit. After a few minutes, it stopped moving a lot. It was still alive but not moving! I went to see if it was okay and it never flinched! I don't know what was wrong with it but, I figured it was freezing so, I tried to find a way to get it into the house for a warm up! By the time I figured out a way to do that safely, it was almost dead! I took it downstairs and covered it up to keep it warm but, a short while later, it died!
About 10 or 15 years ago, I started getting mourning doves nesting in my bedroom window! I've had several sets of eggs and chicks raised in that nest over the years! At one point, I had the window open during the summer (it opens and closes like a door) and one of the parents was on the nest with their tail was in the hinge and the wind between my house and the one next door kicked up and sucked the window shut and caught the adult's tail feathers which scared it and caused it to fly away leaving its feathers in the hinge! So, another time I noticed them doing that again and would use a thin bamboo stick to prop the window open so it wouldn't swing shut. Another time, I had to shut the window for a while and their tail was in the hinge so, I used the stick to gently reach behind them and lift their tail so I could close the window without hurting or scaring them,
This window was right at the top of my stairs to my room so, I HAD to pass them each time I wanted to go up to or out of the room. Sometimes, they'd get scared and fly off to the next door roof until they saw that it was safe, then they'd come back. I eventually discovered that, if I walked past them with my back to them, they'd stay on the nest as I went by. They eventually came to trust me not to hurt them or their eggs/chicks.
About 8 years ago, we started getting bunnies running around the area! One day I was making pancakes and accidentally burned one so, I tossed it into the back yard for the birds and discovered the bunnies were eating it!! So, if I was sitting on the back porch and bunnies came around, I'd go into the house and get a slice of bread to feed them. Where I am now, there's a bunny that comes every day around 6:00 and waits for me to toss it a slice of bread! And, if I have apples, I'll take them out back and toss them to the deer.
A couple years before the bunnies came round, the back of the house would be COVERED with ladybugs!! The Sun shining on the bright yellow siding attracted them. Under the porch roof, we had an old pot to catch the rain water from the roof and the birds,, and other critters would drink out of it. Those ladybug would crawl to the downspout and fall into the water and couldn't swim so, I'd scoop them out with my bare hands and allow them to dry off their wings in my hand until they could fly away. It usually took about 20:00 or so for them to dry off and fly away.

[FunkyMonkee]

I even have pictures of some of the chicks in the window.

[NathanDavis]

a few of all those, except fish...

but a lot of tarantulas though

[dustybiker]

Why not fish? 🤨

[NathanDavis]

@dustybiker we don't have those around here... lmao

[dustybiker]

Okay. Good reason.

[NathanDavis]

I got nothing against fish... I like them

Sharks, specially

[dustybiker]

.😁.

[purplepoppy]

Generally, if I see a small injured wild animal I'll let it be because I don't think it's right to deny a predator an easy meal. If it's obviously suffering I'll dispatch it.
Fish wise I occasionally come across stranded smoothhounds, they're kinda dumb and get confused in shallow water so you've got to wade out quite far to release them.

[Horse-girl]

I've saved birds, animals, insects and fish. One year I found five ducklings, I was getting up every night at about three in the morning to change their hot water bottle, another time I had a baby blackbird and I had to feed him every half hour from four in the morning. Those are just a few of the creatures we've had.

[Rosexøxø]

Okay this was the coolest… and I’m not even sure to this day, if it was adequately accurate.

Story:
I had mixed feelings about certain bugs when I was a bit younger.

I saw a MAJORLY big ant in my home, once.

I tried to use water to drown it because I didn’t like feeling the crunch effect of smashing certain bugs. It was very traumatic.

I let the ant struggle and eventually it started slowing and dying. Drowning.

I felt TERRIBLE.

I regretted my decision and immediately scooped it out of the water and began in seconds, thinking of how to eliminate death and preserve it’s minuscule, and fleeting life.

I remembered the fact: of the heart being in the ant’s thorax. I put the ant on some tissue so the extra water would absorb into the tissue, and used a clean ear swab to kind of push on its thorax as gently, but firmly as possible. In a reasonable-timed manner.

I also remembered seeing certain bugs’ thoraxes pulse in previous encounters, so I basically tried giving CPR on the ant. It was slow, but slowly and surely the ant was okay. I then put it outside in the sun to dry, and hopefully it could go about it’s way once the shocked feelings wore off. I don't know if the ant would’ve been able to live normally after that, but I was super joyful in knowing, I didn’t succeed in taking the ant’s life.

(:

[dustybiker]

Yes. A large number. Wild birds, lizards, a wild tortoise to cross the road. Lots of stories.

[Sour-rose]

Helped a turtle. Turtle was crossin' the street so I stopped and helped. Probably was scared but i just picked him up and got him out of the road safely

[Phoenix98]

Yup a few times. The last one I saved was a newborn possum that had been abandoned by it's mother that was years ago though.

[exitseven]

I adopted two cats from the shelter.