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    We’ve made it 5 days now , and she’s now taking full strength Fox Valley. Her body mass is trying to catch up with her almost disproportionately long and extremely flexible (??) rear legs. Like I mentioned before, my other 3 Greys were older babies when they came, and I don’t remember their back legs looking this, I guess the word would be twisted ? They aren’t frozen in this position, but her feet and tarsal bones seem to want to stay curled and facing the wrong direction. Probably totally normal, just asking. See pics:

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    Default Re: Are her legs normal ?

    Are those little toes always curled?
    Not sure about the legs, they are pretty flexable
    at the age, so for me at least it's hard to say.

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    Her toes can stretch, and her feet can place and seem to move in a sort of beginners walk motion. But when she’s held, they just automatically go into the facing backwards position. Maybe I’m just over examining; my firstborn was so bow legged, and as a toddler he walked like a duck lol. He’s still severely toed in; PT never worked. Well, we will see how she grows out; she’s just all legs , like what I would imagine a baby spider monkey would look like... maybe she’s ok!

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    I have seen that before, the squirrels turned out fine. I would just keep an eye on it as she grows. If there are no neuro-symptoms, I would not be worried at this point.
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    Looks like it’s just part of her instinct to curl into a ball.

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    Ok! Hopefully that’s it

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    Yes, completely normal. When Momma picks them up to move them, they wrap around her neck like a baby squirrel collar. Your girl is ready to hang on, if you decide to run through the trees. .

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    Squirrel feet can rotate completely in, that's how they hang on to a tree trunk, upside down.

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    Wow, it’s like yoga ! Ok, I guess just never had a normal grey baby; not sure what normal looks like here .. As a kid , I could literally run through the trees lol. But today, I’d be lucky to climb one if a bear was chasing me

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