frankc (12-27-2019), Grinderhead (12-26-2019), Mel1959 (12-26-2019), Mialouise (12-26-2019), Nancy in New York (12-26-2019), QueenP (12-26-2019), stepnstone (12-26-2019)
What a sweetheart!
Merry Christmas little Peter Pan!
And a Happy, Squirrely, New Year!!!!!!
frankc (12-27-2019), HRT4SQRLS (12-26-2019), Nancy in New York (12-26-2019), QueenP (12-26-2019)
He is too cute for words. He looks absolutely amazing. Love that little booger but I can see he's being adequately spoiled by you
frankc (12-27-2019), HRT4SQRLS (12-26-2019), Nancy in New York (12-27-2019), RockyPops (12-26-2019)
frankc (12-27-2019), HRT4SQRLS (12-26-2019), Nancy in New York (12-27-2019), RockyPops (12-26-2019), stepnstone (12-26-2019)
Oh my, it’s time to update everyone on Peter Pan.
He is doing awesome. His skin is perfect and his belly is plump.
Seriously, he really has blossomed into a confident, squirrelly squirrel.
I was concerned because he has been very bored in his cage and he started chewing the bars.
I made the decision to put him in the cage on my back porch. Our weather is fantastic. We are forecast to get to the low 80’s for the coming week. If we have any extreme cold I can always bring him back in for a few days. As it stands now I would like to release him the first week of March.
I prepped the release cage and gave him a ‘forest’ of oak branches. I actually might have put a few too many in there. Sometimes I have trouble finding him in his forest. Yesterday he was transferred to the cage. I gave him his cube with Fluffer fleece and his hammock that his mom sent. There is also a nest box in the cage. He hasn’t entered the nest box yet and it’s clear he isn’t ready to give up the Fluffer fleece so he slept in his fleece cube last night. He doesn’t know that I put 2 Fluffer fleece in the nest box.
Here are pic of Peter Pan taken today. He LOVES being outside. He has already had visitors as the back porch is frequented by the resident moochers.
frankc (01-23-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-10-2020), Mel1959 (01-10-2020), Mialouise (01-10-2020), Nancy in New York (01-24-2020), RockyPops (01-24-2020), stepnstone (01-10-2020)
What a handsome squirrel! It makes my heart sing to think that he will be climbing in the trees, healthy and strong, in the near future! Great job with him!
BTW, great photos too!
See my wild squirrel adventures in the thread "Squirtle's yard!":
https://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/...quirtle-s-Yard!
Loving dad to Sir Max, 2017-2018. There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world.
"Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right."
-Grateful Dead
frankc (01-23-2020), HRT4SQRLS (01-11-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-10-2020), RockyPops (01-10-2020)
Thanks for the good news update on Peter Pan HRT!
Please don't forget some short videos (or long ones) on release day. I love to see them tasting freedom for the first time.
Peter Pan
frankc (01-23-2020), HRT4SQRLS (01-11-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-10-2020), Nancy in New York (01-24-2020)
He looks like a happy camper!
frankc (01-23-2020), HRT4SQRLS (01-11-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-10-2020), RockyPops (01-10-2020)
Peter Pan is a cutie
He looks great and very confident out there among the branches.
I'm so happy for him that he has this chance to strengthen and grow
instead of having to struggle to survive at such a young age.
Step-N-Stone
State Licensed
Wildlife Master Rehabilitator
frankc (01-23-2020), HRT4SQRLS (01-11-2020), Nancy in New York (01-24-2020), RockyPops (01-10-2020)
Peter Pan is looking gorgeous!
Peter enjoying a hibiscus. I think he might even be posing.
Peter Pan is doing great. He finally moved into the wooden nest box in the release cage. I was beginning to think I would need to hang his cube in the tree when he is released. It is completely stuffed with Fluffer fleece and he wasn’t giving that up. When he discovered that the nest box had some Fluffer fleece he decided it was OK to move into it. He has MANY squirrel visitors. They hang on his cage near his food. They remember. Of course, they get handouts so no one is being deprived.
BCChins (01-24-2020), frankc (01-23-2020), Grinderhead (01-23-2020), island rehabber (02-11-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-23-2020), Mel1959 (01-23-2020), Mialouise (01-23-2020), Nancy in New York (01-23-2020), RockyPops (01-23-2020), SammysMom (01-24-2020), Scooterzmom (01-24-2020), stepnstone (01-23-2020), TubeDriver (01-23-2020)
Definitely posing!
See my wild squirrel adventures in the thread "Squirtle's yard!":
https://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/...quirtle-s-Yard!
Loving dad to Sir Max, 2017-2018. There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world.
"Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right."
-Grateful Dead
These photos just make my heart smile!
Peter Pan
You have a release date yet? More or less?
Time for me to start worrying about Peter Pan!
He looks so good HRT!
frankc (01-24-2020), HRT4SQRLS (01-23-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-24-2020), Nancy in New York (01-24-2020)
I’m thinking release the first week of March. No need to worry RockyPops. He will be another little face looking in the French doors.
They think nothing of walking right in when the door opens.
frankc (01-24-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-24-2020), Mel1959 (01-23-2020), Nancy in New York (01-24-2020), RockyPops (01-24-2020)
Peter Pan is a VERY handsome boy!
So many threads, so little time! I think I saw this way back in December but somehow lost it. THANK YOU, QueenP and HRT4SQRLS for all you have done for Peter Pan! I triple ditto everything everyone else said. He is a Handsome Boy! Love all the pics, especially the ones where he's holding his hibiscus. I think you're right. He IS posing, the little ham!
This little guy needs a contract with "Squirrel Beauty" magazine. He's a natural born model!
"In the midst of our lives we must find the magic that makes our souls soar."My darling Scooter, beloved Hami, sweet gentle Simon... YOU are the ones who brought that magic in my life. You've changed the way I see all things around me now and, because of you, I want to be a better person. This is not goodbye, my sweethearts. You be at peace, your work here on earth is done... now you are finally, truly free. Until we meet at the Bridge again, please remember that I will always love you.
The greatness of a nation can be measured by the way it treats its animals.
- Gandhi -
frankc (01-24-2020), HRT4SQRLS (01-24-2020), lukaslolamaus (01-24-2020), RockyPops (01-24-2020)
Peter Pan got a treat today. Wow, he went nuts over it.
BCChins (02-04-2020), Grinderhead (02-03-2020), lukaslolamaus (02-03-2020), Mel1959 (02-03-2020), Nancy in New York (02-03-2020), RockyPops (02-03-2020), stepnstone (02-04-2020), TubeDriver (02-03-2020)