I Adopted a Brother and Sister Yesterday
Their eyes are open and they have hair.
Two nights ago and old GF called. She had a friend with two squirrels to adopt. I met Nina on the Causeway at the Blue Gill restaurant.
I was so happy when I saw them. I've raised pinkies before, but it's tough for me.
The variable temp heating pad with no automatic shutoff is the most important item to have. They are still being bottle and syringe fed, but I did feel their teeth are starting to come in.
Squirrels are my favorite wild pets to have. Just the greys, flying squirrels are stupid, but the greys fuss a lot and have way more personality than a cat.
This is a picture of the best squirrel I ever had. Her name was Sandy after an ex-wife. She would go to Walmart with me letting kids and cashiers pet her. She would find treats I had hidden in my pocket. She would come running if I called her name. When she died I didn't go to work that day. She was never in a bad mood.
These two I'm naming Luke and Leia. [:I]
Two nights ago and old GF called. She had a friend with two squirrels to adopt. I met Nina on the Causeway at the Blue Gill restaurant.
I was so happy when I saw them. I've raised pinkies before, but it's tough for me.
The variable temp heating pad with no automatic shutoff is the most important item to have. They are still being bottle and syringe fed, but I did feel their teeth are starting to come in.
Squirrels are my favorite wild pets to have. Just the greys, flying squirrels are stupid, but the greys fuss a lot and have way more personality than a cat.
This is a picture of the best squirrel I ever had. Her name was Sandy after an ex-wife. She would go to Walmart with me letting kids and cashiers pet her. She would find treats I had hidden in my pocket. She would come running if I called her name. When she died I didn't go to work that day. She was never in a bad mood.
These two I'm naming Luke and Leia. [:I]
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had greys and flyers as kids, first after i got married was a female fell from a hole in the gable
still pink, wife had me make up formula and nursed it along, she was on the phone with her sis feeding t when the eyes popped open
but it was a trip after that, would be reading the paper and reach for my coffee to fine back legs and tail sticking out of the cup
if she wasnt n her "house" at meal time she would make the circuit to everyones plate to see what they had and swipe a bite.
one of her "games" was nipping gently at a finger tip and you were supposed to say "ouch", from when she would be over anxious with the eyedropper when nursing and grab a finger
when i got home from work she would run up my leg to my shoulder and start chittering like she was telling me all about what happened while i was gone0 -
really neat....would not go over here with rescue dogs and cats 0 -
quote:Originally posted by oldemagics
had greys and flyers as kids, first after i got married was a female fell from a hole in the gable
still pink, wife had me make up formula and nursed it along, she was on the phone with her sis feeding t when the eyes popped open
but it was a trip after that, would be reading the paper and reach for my coffee to fine back legs and tail sticking out of the cup
if she wasnt n her "house" at meal time she would make the circuit to everyones plate to see what they had and swipe a bite.
one of her "games" was nipping gently at a finger tip and you were supposed to say "ouch", from when she would be over anxious with the eyedropper when nursing and grab a finger
when i got home from work she would run up my leg to my shoulder and start chittering like she was telling me all about what happened while i was gone
Those are wonderful anecdotes. At least one person knows my stories about squirrels are true. Sandy would chew the dead skin off my hands and clean my nails. She was always curious about everything. She would tussle and play bite my hand. I'd roll her on her back to tickle her ribs. She would chatter up a storm when I did it.
She had her house in the shop. One morning I went in and didn't hear her hollaring. She was curled up in her house looking asleep. Rigor had set in so she had died sometime during the night in her sleep. I locked the door, sat down, and wept.0 -
well whats the rest of the story. what did you have at the Blue Gill 0 -
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One morning I went in and didn't hear her hollaring. She was curled up in her house looking asleep. Rigor had set in so she had died sometime during the night in her sleep. I locked the door, sat down, and wept.
I can and do understand your words and the emotion.
Yesterday had to put down an old rescued Chihuahua whatever was his hard life before I got him was bad. I gave him a good four years and he was not as special as some I have had. I wept so did my lady friend and so did the tech the vet lady had a little sweat around her eyes
A full grown man weeps over the death of an animal is still a man those without emotion over an animal he has for considerable time is not in my mind full grown man.0 -
When I was a kid a storm blew a tree over and a squirrel nest hit the ground. Mama squirrel was killed and we took in two baby squirrels. We had to feed them milk from a bottle.
We named them Frisky and Friendly. We had those squirrels for pets for a long time. Somewhere there is an 8mm film of Frisky sitting on my shoulder while I fed him scrambled eggs.
They were great pets! When they got to be about a year old, they started wandering off in the woods, and they remained around for years as outdoor/indoor pets. Some days we would see them and give them some bread to eat and they would come inside the house, then, wouldn't see them for a month. Don't know whatever became of Frisky and Friendly.0
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