My little boy Pipsqueek is about 8 mos old now and I've had him since his eyes were closed (rescued in terrible shape). I raised him on a homemade milk replacer formula (milk, cream, egg yolk, a tiny bit of corn syrup). He is fluffy tailed and as adorable as anything can be. He is very sweet. He loves helping me with laundy, running around, and trying to convince us he is starving to get more nuts (he isn't starving). He enjoys my phone, playing with water if I turn on the sink faucet a little, my laptop keys (yeah laptop closed is good) and running and climbing on all the furniture. I didn't plan on him joining the family I just didn't realize how personable and smart he would be.
He doesn't seem like he has any wild instincts and is fine being petted and loves being talked to. I read some scary things about local rehab places. If he starts acting more wild I'll try to figure out how to slowly get him used to that. I'm not sure when he will get more wild, but he just integrated into our life really well.
He is in a 3 high critter nation cage, and I just got another 2 levels to make him an outside cage with a tunnel from his existing cage. Is that enough space for him if he has daily exercise too? I could add a couple more levels to the outside part if it would be better. He has a large wheel too from someone who makes them on etsy. I think he is okay with his cage because when I ask him to go back he runs right into it.
Is his diet ok? He sort of eats a picky Henry's block in the am when he is really hungry but he doesn't like it, then he gets during the day 2 nuts, leafy greens like kale/chard/romaine, a few seeds, and a little tiny piece of whole grain bread. We also try to give him a variety of fruit but he just started refusing to eat it (grapes, melon, banana, berries). I give him food at breakfast, a snack every couple hours, then dinner in the evening. Does he need fruit? He doesn't seem to like wild food like dandelions and rose petals etc. I haven't tried bugs or meal worms yet but I could try that.