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My sister who works at the zoo is currently taking care of four baby
squirrels that had been abandoned by their mum (she mostly works with wildlife rehabilitation). I visited her today at one of their feeding sessions. She has to feed them every three hours, but fortunately, she doesn't have to wake up in the night to feed them any more. It's her day off, but she has the squirrels at home. Her cat Ronja is very interested in the babies, but she thinks they smell awful (so did I :P). Here are some pictures: http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...y%20squirrels/ Here's a video of my sister cleaning one of them and trying to encourage it too pee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSo4mlH0TQ4 Here's another short clip of a feeding baby who yawns in the middle of its meal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVlOCxOLrM -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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Marina wrote:
http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...y%20squirrels/ They are so cute!!!! Yesterday I saw a family of squirrels playing around and eating the blooms of our pineapple guava tree. The cats were most interested. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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-- Theresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh "Marina" wrote in message ... My sister who works at the zoo is currently taking care of four baby squirrels that had been abandoned by their mum (she mostly works with wildlife rehabilitation). I visited her today at one of their feeding sessions. She has to feed them every three hours, but fortunately, she doesn't have to wake up in the night to feed them any more. It's her day off, but she has the squirrels at home. Her cat Ronja is very interested in the babies, but she thinks they smell awful (so did I :P). Here are some pictures: http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...y%20squirrels/ WOW. Here's a video of my sister cleaning one of them and trying to encourage it too pee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSo4mlH0TQ4 She'll show that to the squirrel's boyfriends when she's a teenager. "Would you like to see how cute Squirrelina was when she was a little baby?" :P Here's another short clip of a feeding baby who yawns in the middle of its meal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVlOCxOLrM Baby yawns are deadly. It almost doesn't matter what species. -- Theresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh |
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On Apr 24, 7:38*am, Marina wrote:
My sister who works at the zoo is currently taking care of four baby squirrels that had been abandoned by their mum (she mostly works with wildlife rehabilitation). I visited her today at one of their feeding sessions. She has to feed them every three hours, but fortunately, she doesn't have to wake up in the night to feed them any more. It's her day off, but she has the squirrels at home. Her cat Ronja is very interested in the babies, but she thinks they smell awful (so did I :P). Here are some pictures: http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...y%20squirrels/ Here's a video of my sister cleaning one of them and trying to encourage it too pee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSo4mlH0TQ4 Here's another short clip of a feeding baby who yawns in the middle of its meal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVlOCxOLrM -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. OMG! Too cute. I have the utmost respect for your sister. Wildlife rehab is something I would *love* to do, on one hand, but I couldn't stand the inevitable heartbreak for the ones that don't survive. Remember the baby squirrels last year that were in the tree DH cut down? They were *tiny*, and they thrived under the wildlife rehabber's care. Just some FYI to anyone who rescues a nest of squirrels: Once you get them in the car, you will become covered from head to toe with mites. This is normal. :-) Sherry Sherry |
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Marina wrote in news:67bd9uF2nmf2iU1
@mid.individual.net: My sister who works at the zoo is currently taking care of four baby squirrels that had been abandoned by their mum (she mostly works with wildlife rehabilitation). I visited her today at one of their feeding sessions. She has to feed them every three hours, but fortunately, she doesn't have to wake up in the night to feed them any more. It's her day off, but she has the squirrels at home. Her cat Ronja is very interested in the babies, but she thinks they smell awful (so did I :P). Here are some pictures: http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...y%20squirrels/ Here's a video of my sister cleaning one of them and trying to encourage it too pee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSo4mlH0TQ4 Here's another short clip of a feeding baby who yawns in the middle of its meal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXVlOCxOLrM There are a lot of squirrels where I work and they are pretty brave since no one bothers them. I was walking to lunch the other day and one was running in front of me on my exact path and it totally reminded me of one of our cats when we are bringing them food or soemthing. Wont move fast enough but wont get out of the way. |
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Victor Martinez wrote:
Marina wrote: http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...y%20squirrels/ They are so cute!!!! Yesterday I saw a family of squirrels playing around and eating the blooms of our pineapple guava tree. The cats were most interested. It was funny that Ronja didn't seem interested in them as prey, but as something strange that Meowmie was taking care of. Also funny was how she drew back and wrinkled her nose when my sister gave her one of the babies to sniff. LOL! I must admit, they didn't smell like roses. :P -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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Kreisleriana wrote:
Baby yawns are deadly. It almost doesn't matter what species. I thought it was so cute how she hardly stopped sucking in order to yawn. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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Sherry wrote:
OMG! Too cute. I have the utmost respect for your sister. Wildlife rehab is something I would *love* to do, on one hand, but I couldn't stand the inevitable heartbreak for the ones that don't survive. Yes, that can be hard. My sister had several baby seals to look after last winter (I think 9 at best - or at worst, depending on how you look at it; they were ones found without their mothers) and all but one survived. But they were pretty sure that one wouldn't make it, since it was in such bad shape when they got it. All the others have been returned to the wild. Of course, the media loves a story about baby animals, and the zoo workers have their work cut out for them to keep the destination of every orphan seal a secret, or the media will show up and interfere with the release. My sis says there's nothing as gratifying as when they release a seal into the waters near a colony of seals, and all the seals start calling out to each other and welcoming the newcomer. I'd love to see that, but of course I understand and respect the need for secrecy. Remember the baby squirrels last year that were in the tree DH cut down? They were *tiny*, and they thrived under the wildlife rehabber's care. So glad to hear that. Just some FYI to anyone who rescues a nest of squirrels: Once you get them in the car, you will become covered from head to toe with mites. This is normal. :-) These babies were clean. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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outsider wrote:
There are a lot of squirrels where I work and they are pretty brave since no one bothers them. I was walking to lunch the other day and one was running in front of me on my exact path and it totally reminded me of one of our cats when we are bringing them food or soemthing. Wont move fast enough but wont get out of the way. LOL. We call that 'following in front.' -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:05:16 -0400, Kreisleriana wrote:
-- Theresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh "Marina" wrote in message ... My sister who works at the zoo is currently taking care of four baby squirrels that had been abandoned by their mum (she mostly works with wildlife rehabilitation). I visited her today at one of their feeding sessions. She has to feed them every three hours, but fortunately, she doesn't have to wake up in the night to feed them any more. It's her day off, but she has the squirrels at home. Her cat Ronja is very interested in the babies, but she thinks they smell awful (so did I :P). Here are some pictures: http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...y%20squirrels/ WOW. Here's a video of my sister cleaning one of them and trying to encourage it too pee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSo4mlH0TQ4 She'll show that to the squirrel's boyfriends when she's a teenager. "Would you like to see how cute Squirrelina was when she was a little baby?" :P This reminds me of a funny memory from high school. My high school biology teacher told us about the time when his twin sons were babies, and caught diarrhea. He described how difficult it was to get the cloth diapers clean and dry in time before they were needed again (and, no, I don't remember what train of thought led to this discussion). Unfortunately, his twins were among the students in the class as he was telling the story. They slid down in their seats with the most dismayed expression I have ever seen on anyone's face. "Dad, no, you can't tell THAT story to my friends...". If I remember correctly, we were all 15 years old at the time. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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