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Baby squirrels and sleepless nights…
15 years ago
Well, I am now the new mother of a few-day-old baby squirrel... >_>
It was supposedly left motherless after some of my moms neighbors moved some pipe they were going to use. Knowing my mother is such an animal person they offered the small hairless creature to her… Well, mom really didn’t want to be the one to have to take care of it so she brought it to my house so I can be the one responsible… (joy… -_-)
When she finally got to my house, she was strong and very healthy looking, but cold… So I quickly set her up in a nesting house with a rag and a heating pad… I then checked for dehydration (which she had no signs of) and whipped her up some squirrel proportioned puppy formula… After she warmed up a bit, I tried to feed her some formula which she wanted nothing of so I gave her some pedialyte instead which she only took a tiny bit of… ~sigh~ worried, I set her back in her nest to try again in a few hours…
Well, I am pleased to say that we made it through the first night, and her 7:30 pm, 10:00pm, 3:00am and 7:00 am feedings went amazingly well… She’s eating about the right amount that she should be and is even sucking on the dropper (great signs) she’s warm to the touch and is very strong in her movements…
Corvale is in charge of her 9:30 feeding today since I’m at work, but he has to go to work right after so I have to go home at lunch for her noon feeding then find a way to smuggle her into work to my office so that her 2:30 feeding won’t be missed… o_0 geez I don’t know how I’m gonna keep up with this…
Oh well, here’s to hoping that these great signs of a healthy baby are not short lived and that her 12-14 week release date is not un-reachable.
~wish us luck~
(We’re gonna need it)
Story
1-2 weeks
2-3 weeks
RIP Clover... :(
It was supposedly left motherless after some of my moms neighbors moved some pipe they were going to use. Knowing my mother is such an animal person they offered the small hairless creature to her… Well, mom really didn’t want to be the one to have to take care of it so she brought it to my house so I can be the one responsible… (joy… -_-)
When she finally got to my house, she was strong and very healthy looking, but cold… So I quickly set her up in a nesting house with a rag and a heating pad… I then checked for dehydration (which she had no signs of) and whipped her up some squirrel proportioned puppy formula… After she warmed up a bit, I tried to feed her some formula which she wanted nothing of so I gave her some pedialyte instead which she only took a tiny bit of… ~sigh~ worried, I set her back in her nest to try again in a few hours…
Well, I am pleased to say that we made it through the first night, and her 7:30 pm, 10:00pm, 3:00am and 7:00 am feedings went amazingly well… She’s eating about the right amount that she should be and is even sucking on the dropper (great signs) she’s warm to the touch and is very strong in her movements…
Corvale is in charge of her 9:30 feeding today since I’m at work, but he has to go to work right after so I have to go home at lunch for her noon feeding then find a way to smuggle her into work to my office so that her 2:30 feeding won’t be missed… o_0 geez I don’t know how I’m gonna keep up with this…Oh well, here’s to hoping that these great signs of a healthy baby are not short lived and that her 12-14 week release date is not un-reachable.
~wish us luck~
(We’re gonna need it)
Story
1-2 weeks
2-3 weeks
RIP Clover... :(
This won't be my first bottle fed baby (and most likely won't be my last) but it will be my first "wild" baby so I'm kinda worried for the little guy... I'm looking for anything and everything I can find on the interwebz... lol
I hope you don't get caught bottle feeding him.
If you ever need someone to feed him, bring 'im on over. I don't think I'm ever going to sleep again, ever, so feel free. XD
vvvv
And thanks for the offer... if I get caught with him or once he gets older and more active I may have to take you up on your offer... Can't have a renagade squirrel running around the office... I have a funny feeling that that might be frowned upon... lol
Though it would make a great youtube video.