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Hello, Everyone!! I have been following this board for about 2 maths. I have learned so much for raising a healthy squirrel. I live in Florida and this past Sept we had hurricane Irma come through. The day after Irma went through, we found 2 pinky grey squirrels lying on the ground. One was dead and the other alive. Have never helped nurse a squirrel before, so I learned instantly via the internet. I found Mary CC's web page first and learned about immediate hydration after doing a skin pull test to determine how dehydrated the baby was. The baby wasn't to dehydrated so I did Pedialyte every 3 hrs through the night and until the next afternoon. Mary's page said to feed Esibilac puppy formula.I found it and began feeding the the baby following feeding schedule on Mary's page. I never learned about the bad formula until I began browsing this board a couple mths ago. Fortunately, our formula was the new with probiotics. The baby grew big and strong. We tried contacting rehabbers but because of all the squirrels effected by the hurricane, rehabbers were overwhelmed. I raised this baby myself and 2 weeks ago at the age of 14.5 weeks got to climb the tree for the first time. I released in my yard because I have a huge Oak tree. Plus the baby was born in this tree. Our release technique wasn't text book by any means but it worked and our baby has dreys built in the tree and comes in and out our open bedroom window to visit and get treats, HHB's Peanutbutter sticks. We leave outside blocks and pellets, HHB's Hi Protein and Oxbow, that she continues to eat daily. Her diet after weaning was all the wrong things. I learned nutrition from this board and she was released so healthy. She makes us so proud. Just wanted to thank all of you. Thank you!!
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I was in Publix recently buying acorn and butternut squash. The lady asked how I cook it. I said I have no idea, it's for the squirrels. She laughed and said we have squirrels too. 
Originally Posted by HRT4SQRLS
Rico looks very healthy and happy!
There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world.
Hey, don't worry about it. It's very common. There aren't many boys out there named Sue or Sally or Emily. Nobody gets that one wrong but MANY get the girls wrong. Right now there are female squirrels named Ralph, Frank and the one that still brings a smile to my face is Moose. Moose was a boy for several years. Many of us actually met Moose and she didn't say a word. She was a non-release here in FL. When she passed she was still Moose. 
. What a great job you did and how wonderful to have the perfect gray squirrel daughter! You can’t ask for a better scenario than to have her be independent but still choose to be a part of your lives! Kudos to you! 
