Precious Pitties Rescue

The Fawn You Fed Apples Last Summer Is Dead. The Apples Killed It. Not Immediately
You tossed apples over the fence all summer, watching the spotted fawn crunch them happily. It felt like a deep, nurturing connection.

We often think offering wildlife sweet treats is a harmless act of compassion.

But a White-tailed deer (a Least Concern species ranging across North American forests and edge habitats) relies on a delicate rumen. Their gut bacteria are strictly calibrated for seasonal roughage. High-sugar foods trigger a severe pH crash, wiping out essential microbes and causing enterotoxemia—a fatal toxic shock.

Right now in March, as late-winter snow melts, well-meaning people dump corn and apples to "help" weakened yearlings. Instead, they deliver a delayed, lethal blow to a digestive system still adapted solely to woody winter twigs.

This practice disrupts the broader ecosystem. Artificial feeding congregates herds, accelerating chronic disease transmission and causing localized over-browsing that degrades the forest understory, ultimately starving native pollinators and nesting birds.

To truly help wildlife, stop all supplemental feeding. Plant native shrubs like dogwood or serviceberry to provide safe, natural forage.

Your apples didn’t save that fawn. They just set a quiet, deadly clock that finally ran out in the cold.

When disaster comes, people can find shelter.

But so many animals are left to face it alone.

Tonight, storms are sweeping across parts of the country.
Snow falls steadily.
Waters rise higher with each passing hour.
The wind roars through the sky.

And in other places, wildfires burn.
Flames spread through forests.
Smoke fills the air.
Land that once felt safe becomes unrecognizable.

Families hurry inside.
Doors are locked.
Lights glow from within.

But outside… so many small lives remain.

A tiny kitten struggling to stay above rising water.
A stray cat searching for warmth with nowhere safe to hide.
A frightened dog wandering through debris, confused and alone.

Wild animals running from fire, from smoke, from a world that has suddenly turned against them.

They don’t understand what is happening.
They don’t know why everything has changed.

They only feel fear.

And still… they endure it quietly, with no way to ask for help.

So tonight, let our thoughts reach beyond our own safety.

May we remember the animals too.
The unseen.
The vulnerable.
The voiceless lives who feel everything but cannot ask for help.

Lord, please watch over them.
Lead them to shelter.
Surround them with protection.
Guide them through the storm… and through the flames.

Because even in the midst of disaster…every life matters. 🐾💛

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