New Squirrel!!!

[Somebody's mother]

i thought i would drop in and share about my latest resident.
i joined the local wildlife rehab group back in april. i didn't get to take the course for the spring foster parents but i am scheduled to take the course this weekend.
well low and behold on monday this week the wrg groups email arrived and there was someone asking if anyone could take a three week old baby squirrel. he was found by a neighbors cat and the neighbor brought it to the rehabber. Of course i wanted him. so i drove 40 miles to her house and picked him up. i also got to see the racoons she was rehabbing. cute.
well he is probably 4 or 4 and 1/2 weeks old. his eyes opened monday. one before i got there and one while i was there. he wasn't eating much it was hard to get one ml. in him. he weighed 73 grams. well i got him home and i have cuddled him and fed him and made him a little warm nesting area and a bigger play area with branches and stuff. he is now eating 3 to 4 and 1/2 ml per sitting about 5 to 6 times a day. he is getting steadier on his feet everyday. he now knows whom is responsible for feeding him and will screech if i don't pay attention.
my intentions are to return him to the wild when he is old enough. haven't made up my mind if i want to take in a friend for him right now. i have a busy schedule and it takes both my husband and myself to make sure that steve gets enough to eat. but time will tell.
anyway, here are two short videos of steve and a pic of steve

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g314/imdeebee/?action=view&current=randomness032.flv

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g314/imdeebee/?action=view&current=randomness031.flv

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g314/imdeebee/randomness028.jpg

[MissDolittle]

What a cutie! I'm on squirrel withdrawals this year..can't wait for next spring!

What's her name??

[Somebody's mother]

his name is steve. i think he must have been the runt of the litter. his tail is starting to get longer fur. i had to move him to the garden house this morning because we are having some windows replaced and pepper won't stop barking. i opened the windows in the garden house and i will check on him frequently. all the noise up here was stressing him out. :(

[WingedCat]

Awww What a cutie. :)

[Somebody's mother]

steve was eating almost 5ml per feeding until i took him to work the other night and then had to take him to the rehabbers meeting with me in the morning. he now only eats between 3ml and 4ml per feeding. is he okay? did i traumatize my squirrel?
he weighed 73 gram when i got him and he weighs between 78 and 80 gram today, six days later. is that okay?

these are two pics from my work the other night.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g314/imdeebee/randomness041.jpghttp://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g314/imdeebee/randomness040.jpg


it is so funny how he is so little but acts like a big squirrel. he tries to wrap that tail around himself for warmth. lol! not much to keep him warm. there was a rehabber with seven squirrels at the wildlife meeting. she had squirrels ranging in age from a week old to five weeks old. steve wasn't much bigger than the little one week olds. the rehabber said steve appears to be 4 weeks old and that he opened his eyes prematurely.

[Somebody's mother]

while i was at work last night my son had steve out of his container. well apparently he left the room for a few minutes and when he returned he found that the older dog had steve in her mouth. steve died shortly afterwards.

[MissDolittle]

Oh no! You must feel horrible! Please don't blame yourself ok? *huugs*