Rotsuoy
06-27-2008, 11:59 AM
Updates on Remus:
I'm afraid Remmy is just twelve weeks old now, and he takes less and less interest in his milk every day. He eats mostly radish and spinach greens in the morning with sugar snap peas, carrots, radish slices and sometimes he'll chew a sprig of broccoli. No more milk it seems.
He does still chirp for milk at night before he goes to bed, and sometimes he will stay up until I give him some.
Compared to the three young squirrels I've noticed (they and their mother are the only squirrels left in the neighborhood now) he seems a bit fatter then they, but I'd like for him to have a decent amount of meat on his bones.
I'm guessing that those three are two females and one male, because the one I know is male is almost all the way grey- except his nose being slightly red -and the other two are mostly red and I doubt they are males. Momma squirrel is really big, and I get skittish about taking him outside because I don't know what she will think if she runs into him.
Yes, he gets to go outside, but I get really scared to take him out if I don't have a long period of time when I can watch him. Yes, I gots the mommy fears. :D
Other then his morning salads (which are usually the same around lunch and super) he will eat those white mushrooms you find at Wal-Mart every blue moon. I guess he really doesn't like them as much as me. Also, there are the pecans, which he will grind his teeth over to crack, because I like to watch him open them himself. Banana is always a treat for him, as well as his random pistachios- when I find a package of unsalted ones I usually give in to sharing them.
He's a fiend. He tackles everything that makes suggestive motions towards him, makes a funny sound, or is bright colored. Even though I may have complained about the scratches before, I don't even notice it anymore, and we have a rather brutish bash on the couch (with him, it's the whole couch) with a hand/squirrel wrestle. He usually gives me those wild snorting grunts when I gain the upper hand, so I usually let him win.
-Oreo cookies. . . I don't know why, but every time I go to munch on one he wants one. I still trying to sort out who or if someone has been giving them to him, but it agitates me to have to fight with him when he wants one. I almost can't eat anything he can't eat in front of him, because he usually wants one. He also has been getting into cups. Every time I have a glass of water or juice he wants to stick his head in it for a drink- I just hope no one has coffee or tea in front of him. . .
And now, onto the topic at hand. I think it is about that time to let him go, and I need desperate help with the release. Primarily- and I'm sure I'm not the only one -it is because I know I'm going to have a hard time letting him go.
I'm sure it is about that time, and as each day goes by I get more and more skittish about it. He's scared of cats, has never confronted a dog in his life yet, and will flatten out to hide from anything that doesn't look or smell like me, my mom, or my cousin- even other people.
I just need tips and encouragement, and especially your guidance.
I'm afraid Remmy is just twelve weeks old now, and he takes less and less interest in his milk every day. He eats mostly radish and spinach greens in the morning with sugar snap peas, carrots, radish slices and sometimes he'll chew a sprig of broccoli. No more milk it seems.
He does still chirp for milk at night before he goes to bed, and sometimes he will stay up until I give him some.
Compared to the three young squirrels I've noticed (they and their mother are the only squirrels left in the neighborhood now) he seems a bit fatter then they, but I'd like for him to have a decent amount of meat on his bones.
I'm guessing that those three are two females and one male, because the one I know is male is almost all the way grey- except his nose being slightly red -and the other two are mostly red and I doubt they are males. Momma squirrel is really big, and I get skittish about taking him outside because I don't know what she will think if she runs into him.
Yes, he gets to go outside, but I get really scared to take him out if I don't have a long period of time when I can watch him. Yes, I gots the mommy fears. :D
Other then his morning salads (which are usually the same around lunch and super) he will eat those white mushrooms you find at Wal-Mart every blue moon. I guess he really doesn't like them as much as me. Also, there are the pecans, which he will grind his teeth over to crack, because I like to watch him open them himself. Banana is always a treat for him, as well as his random pistachios- when I find a package of unsalted ones I usually give in to sharing them.
He's a fiend. He tackles everything that makes suggestive motions towards him, makes a funny sound, or is bright colored. Even though I may have complained about the scratches before, I don't even notice it anymore, and we have a rather brutish bash on the couch (with him, it's the whole couch) with a hand/squirrel wrestle. He usually gives me those wild snorting grunts when I gain the upper hand, so I usually let him win.
-Oreo cookies. . . I don't know why, but every time I go to munch on one he wants one. I still trying to sort out who or if someone has been giving them to him, but it agitates me to have to fight with him when he wants one. I almost can't eat anything he can't eat in front of him, because he usually wants one. He also has been getting into cups. Every time I have a glass of water or juice he wants to stick his head in it for a drink- I just hope no one has coffee or tea in front of him. . .
And now, onto the topic at hand. I think it is about that time to let him go, and I need desperate help with the release. Primarily- and I'm sure I'm not the only one -it is because I know I'm going to have a hard time letting him go.
I'm sure it is about that time, and as each day goes by I get more and more skittish about it. He's scared of cats, has never confronted a dog in his life yet, and will flatten out to hide from anything that doesn't look or smell like me, my mom, or my cousin- even other people.
I just need tips and encouragement, and especially your guidance.