Airline kennels [all sizes]
All-purpose cleaners
Antibacterial liquid soap
Aquariums [10-gallon]
Astroturf doormats or rolls
Bathroom scale [digital]
Brooms and dust pans
Butterfly nets
Chalk
Cloth diapers
Dawn dishwashing liquid [blue]
Dishwashing gloves
Dry-erase markers
Extension cords
Fiberglass screen
Freezers
Hand truck
Hay [alfalfa] and straw
Heating pads
Hose nozzles
Humane live animal traps
Infant blankets
Kitchen utensils [knives]
Kitchen-size trash bags
Latex gloves [disposable] and dishwashing gloves
Linens [all sizes, no holes]
Lysol/Pine-Sol/bleach
Mops/mop heads
Paper for copier [including colored paper]
Paper bags [grocery]
Paper towels
Pens/Sharpies
Pet food bowls [ceramic, all sizes]
Plastic cable ties [zip cords]
Plastic food containers with lids
Puppy training pads
Rakes
Rubbermaid plastic tubs
Safety glasses
Scissors and kitchen shears
Scrub brushes
Sponges and scrubbers
Staple guns
Tape [Scotch/masking/duct]
Tissues [prefer Puffs Plus]
Toilet paper
Tools [hand saws, hammers, nail guns]
Towels [no holes]
Trash bags [13-gallon, 39-gallon, 55-gallon sizes]
Vacuum cleaner
Water bottles [rabbit-size]
Windex
Wite-Out/Liquid Paper [all colors]
Work gloves
Ziplock bags

“Crafty” supplies

The Wildlife Center also has need of a variety of supplies that are hand-crafted.  We do have plans and instructions for each of these projects below.

Cutting & Taping

• Tail guards.  When raptors are admitted to the Wildlife Center, they often require an extended stay in the Wildlife Center’s clinic.  This means they may be housed in small enclosures while their various wounds heal.  During this time, the veterinary team apply tail gaurds to the birds’ tails — a stiff plastic cover that prevents breakage in the tail feathers.  These tail guard instructions simply require cutting and taping, though do also require a special kind of plastic file folder for waterproof protection.  Please note:  The most commonly used (and needed) sizes of tail guards are for Red-tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles, and Cooper’s Hawks.  WCV does not use screech-owl sized tail guards, but they are included in case you’d like to share this document with another rehabilitation facility.

Knitting & Crocheting

• Baby bird nests.  Check out these knitting and crocheting plans for making knitted nests.  These may be mailed to the Wildlife Center of Virginia — we will use them for baby birds and mammals admitted to the Center.  Please note:  As of February 2012, we are well-supplied with knitted nests.  Check back later — we will post when the supply is running low!

Sewing

• Raptor Wrappers.  For those who sew, we have plans for making “WCV Raptor Wrappers.”  We use these here at the Center on “weigh days” — they are useful tools to quickly weigh raptors and keep them safe while on the scale.  Please note:  The most common size we use is large, though currently we could also use more medium wrappers too.
• Booties.  Other sewing projects include making foot wraps for pelagic birds and other birds with sensitive feet.  While these aquatic birds often swim during the day during their hospitalization, the staff will “dry dock” the birds at night.  During this time, it’s important to keep those sensitive feet protected so that the birds don’t injure themselves.  Please note that these instructions specify which material to use — other soft, pre-shrunk, non-loopy fabric will also work. 

For additional information, please contact the Wildlife Center at 540.942.9453 or at outreach@wildlifecenter.org