miriam
07-01-2014, 01:20 PM
Its been quite a while since I posted on this board. I had a darling little boy named Carlos...a black squirrel born without eyes but with a big heart. He was loved and cared for like our lives depended on it. I found him, near death as a baby on the road, unresponsive. But with the help and guidance of members on this board, proper nutrition, warmth and the love and support of my family, Carlos grew up in the past 12 months to be an amazing little guy. We created a Vine account, the app is available free, where I posted mini videos daily of him playing and eating and living a healthy life. You can find him on Vine...his account name is "Carlos The Blind Squirrel". His 500 followers checked on him daily and posted great comments to which I always responded to. Long story short, Carlos escaped from my arms when a freak thunderstorm appeared and Carlos darted out of my arms and into a tree. It was impossible to find him after he climbed up and traveled from branch to branch and we had to retreat to indoors to evade the storm. Its been two weeks of calling him, playing our usual indoor music outdoors, just hoping he'll recognizes something and want or be able to make his way back. As each day passes I have less hope that that will happen and I pray he is safe and living a squirrel life as god intended.
While I would happily love to be a foster parent to another squirrel or several but the thought of having to return them to the wild is bittersweet. I always knew Carlos was a furever pet as his disability wasn't condusive to being released and I would love nothing more to give a furever home to another non-release squirrel. I suppose I'll call the local Toronto Wildlife Rescue Centre and see what they tell me. I'm not sure if what I did was even legal or if I was breaking local bylaws, I know some people questioned me on it but all I knew was we gave Carlos a second chance on life and I wasn't taking the chance of having some city "authority" take him away from us.
Its remarkable how much we learned over this past year.
Thank you everybody :Love_Icon
Miriam
While I would happily love to be a foster parent to another squirrel or several but the thought of having to return them to the wild is bittersweet. I always knew Carlos was a furever pet as his disability wasn't condusive to being released and I would love nothing more to give a furever home to another non-release squirrel. I suppose I'll call the local Toronto Wildlife Rescue Centre and see what they tell me. I'm not sure if what I did was even legal or if I was breaking local bylaws, I know some people questioned me on it but all I knew was we gave Carlos a second chance on life and I wasn't taking the chance of having some city "authority" take him away from us.
Its remarkable how much we learned over this past year.
Thank you everybody :Love_Icon
Miriam