Nope - we're not making the house bigger. Even though we need too. LOL Our newest addition just happens to be another critter. A baby squirrel! He's about 4 weeks old, maybe closer to 5 weeks old. He is the cutest little thing too. Just look at him!
I had planned on sleeping in when this little guy was introduced to me. He is between 4 and 5 weeks old, and his eyes haven't opened yet.
His favorite place to be is in a shirt pocket. This picture reminds me of a tree frog. You can see that he is pretty strong by the way he is holding on to my shirt.
PetSmart has the bottle, syringes, nipples and formula to feed him. It's not very expensive either. I spent less than $20 on the things I needed for the baby squirrel, 5 Comet Goldfish and a live plant for our aquarium. Not bad.
Freedom! That's what we call this little guy. Why Freedom? Because that is what he will have once he gets old enough and mature enough to be set free. Just like we did with the Baby Blue Jay. We don't try to save these critters so that we can keep them. We want them to survive so that we can enjoy them in their natural environment. The experience of raising the Blue Jay is one that the boys will never forget. There are many times that we see a Blue Jay feather and it reminds us of the one that we saved and returned to Mother Nature. It just makes for wonderful memories.
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I've tried on several occasions to save baby animals, but unfortunately for me that's hard to do within a house of three cats and ten dogs.
The latest attempt we had wasn't an easy one, it was a baby rabbit that I named Dustpaw. He just wouldn't go to the bathroom which was a big problem.
Thank you all for your kind words. I will update from time to time to let everyone know of his progress.
You will post an update, won't you?