Squirrel Girls Mom
04-18-2012, 12:40 PM
Hello, fellow squirrel parents. I am mothering two gray "squirrel girls" named Lucy & Lily. I got a call back in March from my nephew & his wife that a friend had cut a tree down with two babies inside the tree. Momma didn't come back, so they called me to see if I would take them. So, here I am. They were about 5-6 weeks old when I got them and are about 10-11 weeks old now.
I had a pet squirrel when I junior high age. We didn't know back then that squirrels weren't supposed to make good pets and that one should never give a squirrel cow's milk. "Priscilla" came to us with her eyes still closed and hardly any hair. My mother mixed heated milk (fresh, full-fat from the cow) with a little Karo syrup, had me put the baby in a doll suitcase with a heating pad underneath, and Priscilla was a wonderful pet as well as best friends with our poodle. She was with us about three years until she was killed by my best friend's tomcat. What a day of mourning that was!
Anyway, here I am, trying to do all the right things for the babies in my care, which is why I joined The Squirrel Board. I've been feeding them GNC Kitten Formula from Petsmart (Did I hear a collective gasp of horror?) and so far so good. Hey, that's what the Petsmart guy told me to feed them! Anyway, they've pretty much weaned themselves in the last few weeks and are eating HHB with veggies, fruits, and nuts. They also like to dig all the dirt out of my purslane plant and eat all the buds off, leaving me a battered plant with no flowers to be any time soon.
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your squirrelly community. :wave123
I had a pet squirrel when I junior high age. We didn't know back then that squirrels weren't supposed to make good pets and that one should never give a squirrel cow's milk. "Priscilla" came to us with her eyes still closed and hardly any hair. My mother mixed heated milk (fresh, full-fat from the cow) with a little Karo syrup, had me put the baby in a doll suitcase with a heating pad underneath, and Priscilla was a wonderful pet as well as best friends with our poodle. She was with us about three years until she was killed by my best friend's tomcat. What a day of mourning that was!
Anyway, here I am, trying to do all the right things for the babies in my care, which is why I joined The Squirrel Board. I've been feeding them GNC Kitten Formula from Petsmart (Did I hear a collective gasp of horror?) and so far so good. Hey, that's what the Petsmart guy told me to feed them! Anyway, they've pretty much weaned themselves in the last few weeks and are eating HHB with veggies, fruits, and nuts. They also like to dig all the dirt out of my purslane plant and eat all the buds off, leaving me a battered plant with no flowers to be any time soon.
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your squirrelly community. :wave123