Originally Posted by
mondotomhead
So, I was given these 5 baby red squirrels found in the air cleaner of a car at work. This was the beginning of around the clock worry! For 3 weeks the babies came to work with me so I could feed them every 2 hours and the 3 hour commutes coming and going hoping I would not have an accident. Then the 3 weeks of the pre-release cage time where I wouldn't see them for 13 hours, wondering constantly how they were doing.
The day came to open the pre-release cage. Immediately all 5 ran out and up a tree and pretty much disappeared. Another 2 days of maybe seeing someone. Going out to the pre-release cage at night to see if any came back. Nothing.
Well its been 2 weeks now and I see the babies all the time! They all appear to be doing great, chittering, chasing other squirrels and chipmunks away from the sunflower seeds, running up trees, looking through the leaves for things to eat. The "boys" are getting redder every day. Last night was the first time I saw all 5 of them at the same time. I miss them terribly as the babies they were when I could pick them up and play with them. But I realize that this is what all the work and worry was for and everything I wanted for them from the beginning.