This beaver uses a plunger for building his unique 'dams'

Here's Beave's story:

Beave was three weeks old when he was brought to me. I am a licensed rehabber. A lady called me one day and said that she had found a beaver on the side of the road. The lady brought him to me to be rehabbed. It was a big decision for me because the commitment to a beaver is two years unlike our other animals.

He was in a good condition, which leads me to believe that his parents probably got killed. For a baby beaver, practicing damming is very important. So, as a rehabbed beaver, Beave will dam inside using random household objects. The one object that Beave has taken a fascination to his plungers. When he's outdoors in his pond, he does work on damming with sticks, logs, twigs, mud, and other items that he finds around the pond. It is very important that Beav learns these instincts, so when he's returned to the wild, he will understand how to dam properly.

Because beavers are so social with their immediate family members, I do a lot of socializing with Beave, which means playing and wrestling and grooming because I want to mimic his environment as close as I can to the contact and nurturing he would be receiving from his parents. The challenges that I face every day with Beave is trying to figure out, am I teaching him all the things as close as possible that his parents would be teaching him in the wild. Dandelion leaves are something that Beave has to get used to because he's going to be eating these when he's released. Humans can't possibly take the place of any species' parents, but as rehabbers, we always do the best we can.

We look at when their aggression starts, because that to us is a really nice indicator that we're doing something right. All of a sudden you will go into feed them or care for them, and you get a big chunk taken out of your leg. In two years, when he becomes mature and he becomes an adult, his hormones will kick in and he will want to go find a mate. He's not going to want to do much with me anymore. But that's good. I take it as a sign that I'm doing my job properly.

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