Just found a baby squirrel...

[sweettooth]

i had a pet squirrel name Rocky when i was young.... we kept him in a cat carrier with the door open... he stuck around for about three weeks then decided to hit the road again..... he was so adorable!!!

 

[NightAngel]

I found a little squirrel a couple of years ago, he just wandered up to me so I called paws and they told me what to feed him. He was sooo cute, we fed him and wrapped him in a towel and he fell asleep. Anyways, Paws called me back and they knew a lady that had a pet squirrel that had died the week before and she wanted to adopt the one we found so we took it to Paws and the lady came a picked it up and they gave it shots and everything so it went to a good home. It was the cutest little thing and my son held it while it slept all the way over to Paws and when I took it inside, everyone gathered around and oooooed and awwwed over it. We were in Fort Walton Beach at the time so I figured the mom must have gotten hit by a car or something because that little thing was starving but as soon as its belly was full, it fell right asleep.

 

[DD]

 

[Teresa]

YouTube - Mississippi Baby Squirrel Adopted By Mother Cat Learns How to Purr

adorable.

Rocky the Squirrel. of course, Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends! I can barely remember that cartoon!

 

[Allifunn]

We almost had a new pet yesterday.....but thankfully the story has a happy ending for all!

I went outside on the back porch yesterday afternoon, and noticed a little creature splayed out Superman-style on a chair. When I got closer, I realized it was a baby squirrel, looked up in the rafters, and sure enough, probably the dumbest squirrel in the history of the universe had built a nest in the highest point of the rafters. This squirrel is uber-dumb because we have 2 50 pound terrier mixes who go bonkers if they hear any word starting in SQ....and we also have a cat.

The baby wasn't moving much so I picked him up and put him in a small box with a towel. After a few minutes, he started trying to walk around the box (not well- looks like walking was a very new thing). According to the squirrel rescue info, he was about 5 weeks old- eyes just open, tail not bushy yet. Kate and I gave him some water with a dropper, which he seemed to drink, snuggled a sock around him, and he went to sleep.

Next thing I know, Kate is googling "baby pet squirrel". What? Where did the "pet" part sneak into the equation? I called the Destin Wildlife group, and made plans to take him there this morning if his mom didn't fetch him.

We went out to dinner and left him on the porch in the box. Thankfully, his mother came back for him, and left me a nice "present" in the box as evidence that she was there (or payment for my trouble). We are so relieved!

Bdarg had stopped at the feed store in Niceville and picked up feeding syringes and Ebsilac (formula- baby squirrels are not supposed to have milk), so if anyone ends up with a baby squirrel, let me know and we have the supplies to take care of it if mom doesn't come back and you can't get him to the rehabilitator people right away. And there are lots of good websites with good info on evaluating the babies and caring for them- but the most important piece of info was to find the wildlife people and take the baby to them!

Glad the momma got him...he was so cute. Now he will live to torture your dogs ;-)