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Baby Bird Volunteer (Seasonal April – August)
Adults & Jr. Volunteers (15 – 17 year-olds)

Our Wildlife Care Center needs extra assistance feeding and caring for baby birds during the busy season.  We receive hundreds of wild birds from the counties of San Francisco and San Mateo as well as the South Bay who require our help to survive.  In this unique opportunity to work directly with wildlife, volunteers will learn proper feeding techniques for baby birds and lend a hand with cleaning duties and general animal husbandry.

The 2010 season is FULL.  Please check back in February 2011 for next summer’s program and training schedule.

Kitten Nursery (Seasonal April – August)
Adults & Jr. Volunteers (15-17 year-olds; also available for 13-14 year-olds, but they must volunteer with a parent)

The kittens involved in this program are potentially able to survive without their mother as their food source. They may not have been exposed to eating on their own, but would be old enough to be weaned if fed a high density wet food regularly. They would need to be fed 3 times daily by hand with a syringe. There will be 3 feeding shifts. Depending on how many kittens are in each litter, this may take between 2-3 hours per shift. First, the kittens would need to be removed from their cages, placed in designated boxes, and the cages would need to be thoroughly cleaned. New bedding, fresh water, and a new litter box would be placed in the cage. Feeding is to be done one kitten at a time with a pre-prescribed mixture of food. The volunteer would mix the food freshly for each shift. Throughout the feeding, the volunteer would note any health issues that arise on a sheet located in the packet on the cage. This sheet will serve as the communication to the Vet Services Department. Additional duties may include bathing kittens and administering medications.

Shifts will be daily and the time will be approximately:

• MORNING: 8-10am
• MID-DAY: 1-3
• EVENING: 6-8

Please note volunteers must commit to at least one weekly shift for the duration of the nursery “season” and vacation or time off is not available during the “season”. 

The 2010 season is FULL.  Please check back in February 2011 for next summer’s program and training schedule. 

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