Goodbye little Scritch.

Well, I'm saddened to report we had to let go of our little Scritch. She put up a brave fight, but unfortunately I had to do what was best for her. Not an easy decision by any means, and the part of this work I hate most!

The squirrels are doing great. This little girl came in from the ARL and had no problem settling in with the gang! Laurie took the younger group of 5 (including the little red!) and this girl is now in with the older group of 8 and loving it!

Some good news for a change.....It appears all my fox have not disappeared! Looking a little scrappy, but I'm thrilled to see it!

Here was another lovely surprise! It's not often I see the deer, and when I do it's always an adult!

The first release!

Well 11 of the gang are on their way! The ARL 5, the 4 fosters, Chanel #5 and one of the Fast 5 were released this past Sunday. Although the cage is there and set up, we only put them in their initially to let them get acquainted where the den boxes were in case they needed them. The door was left wide open and once they inspected all the den boxes.....they wasted no time venturing out!

As usual it was tons of fun watching them climb and play until they all eventually ventured deeper into the woods.

Gimpy, Fitchy and 4 of the Fast 5 have a little more breathing room in their pen now!

 

On a darker note...Monday night I discovered Scritch huddled on one of the den boxes, not doing well at all. We have no idea what is wrong with her, however it appears she may have fallen and has severe head trauma. She is very neurologic, with nystagmus and seizures. I can not find any wounds or injuries and to be honest feel pretty helpless. All I can do is give her supportive care and hope for improvement soon, or I may have to make a decision I dread making. Fluids and prednisone and really hoping the symptoms are due to a concussion......and that they improve! The rest of the gang are perfectly fine....it all just points to head trauma.



A week of squirrels.

Lots of squirrel calls this week! Last weekend started with a poor baby from the Animal Rescue League. I will spare you the details on the poor little guy, but unfortunately, he had to be euthanized.

 

Almost had a couple of reds to go with my little red girl, but the caller was in New Hampshire and got them to a closer rehabber. Not that I want more orphans mind you, but little Red is going to need some siblings of her own kind!

 

Then there were these adorable babies. They had been orphaned since at least last Friday, when the woman started hearing them crying in their tree. Over the course of the weekend they started popping out of the tree, one taking a tumble that caused some trauma to the nose. They took them in and by the time she contacted me Tuesday morning I was at work and worried enough that I didn't want them to wait until I got home to bring them to me. Luckily Mary was around to save the day! She took them in, got them warm, hydrated and out of danger! Whew!! I picked them up on my way home and have to say they weren't as bad as I expected.

All 5 are doing great and they have all opened their eyes since last weekend.

 Even the poor little boy with the injured nose is great! It's already back to normal, no more bloody nose and snuffling. In fact if I hadn't marked them, I wouldn't know the difference between them now!

 Needless to say they are quite content now, gaining weight, and all 5 are even shredding rodent block already. Yup, they are going to be just fine!

Food coma's make the cutest squirrel pictures!

It always amazes me how a full belly can change these guys from total squirm balls into down right, unconscious, sleep anywhere in any position, totally content creatures!

These are the adorable new babies....squirrel season #2 is in full swing! There is a litter of 3....2 boys and a girl...that were found on the ground with some minor bites to their tails. A single girl Mary had that was the perfect size to go in with them, and a cute little red. She's a single who needed the comfort of others and this gang is the closest in size.

As you can see, Red has no problem fitting in, and her step-siblings were more than happy to welcome her. 

Watertown, the young coonie brought to me by the ACO was released last night. The woman who found him on her balcony was more than happy to let him return back to his home territory. Turns out there were 3 others peeking in her balcony door the other night....perhaps still looking for little brother? He very un-ceremoniously walked over to the tree in the yard and climbed up out of sight. I have no doubt he would catch up to his crew later on!