A wildlife rehabilitation specialist from upstate New York has brought a beaver into her home. After it was found abandoned as a baby last May, the chompy rodent in question—named, imaginatively enough, “Beave”—was taken in by a woman who works for rescue organization Raising The Wild. She’s since set to work teaching the little guy how to do the kind of things he needs to know before he can be released into the wild.
Unfortunately for her, rehabbing a baby beaver involves dealing with an animal that instinctively grabs nearby objects to build dams. Fortunately for us, she’s been documenting Beave doing just that on TikTok.
@beaverbabyfurrylove More “Dam” practice. Still not with wood but good progress! #MicellarRewind #fyp #foryoupage #HalloweenIsHere #MicellarRewind
@beaverbabyfurrylove Beave is not a pet. Go to www.raisingthewildny.com or Raising The Wild YouTube videos for his rescue and rehab plan. #fyp #PajamaJam
@beaverbabyfurrylove For Beaves back story: click on the link in my bio for YouTube. Also visit, www.raisingthewildny.com#fyp #WorkingAtHome #makeitmini 
@beaverbabyfurrylove Not sure how he moved the vacuum but I draw the line at the shoes. Click on my bio for Beaves YouTube videos on his rehab and release story. #fyp
Despite having access to non-household items that he can practice damming with, Beave has an insatiable desire to steal shoes, pillows, stuffed animals that look like other beavers, kid-sized furniture, and whatever else he can find. For whatever reason, the dude is also crazy about bathrooms and toilet plungers.
@beaverbabyfurrylove Beave does love exploring all the bathrooms and confiscating the plungers. #FoodTikTok #fyp #growupwithme #JingleJangleWithMe #VansCheckerboardDay
@beaverbabyfurrylove That little Plunger is now on the move. #fyp #TheatreKids #PajamaJam #GamingSetup #workingathome #growupwithme #makeitmini #nonuancenovember
It’s not all just constant destruction. Sometimes Beave is content to just swim in a bathtub or pull on a stick while grunting like a congested baby.
@beaverbabyfurrylove Unfortunately I couldn’t get it on video this time but this explains a Beavers second eyelid which is clear. Like goggles! #PajamaJam #fyp
@beaverbabyfurrylove Beave is not a pet. He was rescued at 3 weeks old after his parents were killed. Go to the link in my bio for his YouTube back stories! #fyp#wildside
And sometimes he’s happy to eat a snack next to a dog or take an adorable snooze—which has the added benefit of slowing down his dam building—after practicing his swimming all day.
@beaverbabyfurrylove Everybody gets a snack at snack time. #GrowUpWithMe #growupwithme #JingleJangleWithMe #FoodTikTok #fyp #wildlife
@beaverbabyfurrylove Beave is staying out in the pond swimming longer and longer everyday. Nap times are getting shorter during the day. So tired at night. #fyp #OhNo
The woman raising Beave says in one video that she knew what she was getting into, but felt she had no choice other than to take the beaver in since the pandemic hasn’t left her with other rehab options. It’s worth noting, too, that she’s going to have this guy, in theory at least, for about two years. That will probably leave her home mostly destroyed, but at least we benefit by getting to watch the maddening way Beave celebrates the holidays.
@beaverbabyfurrylove For the followers who wanted to know if I was going to do a real or a fake tree! #GrowUpWithMe #JingleJangleWithMe #FoodTikTok #fyp #wild
[via Yashar Ali]
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