Flyers, greys and a chippy!

This little cutie came in Friday to kick off the holiday weekend. He was found on the kitchen floor of a home. He was either brought in by the cat or simply found in the house by it. Luckily he was scooped up before any damage was done! No injuries and in pretty good health, he was sucking down formula like a pro by the end of the weekend. Lisa took over for me on Monday. She's got 2 boys the same age....now she's got triplets.

The number of squirrel residents has increased as well. A brother and sister found by Mike on the ground while on a walk are doing well. The boy had facial trauma and a bloody nose and the female had no visible injuries but was hunched over a little. The flies had already moved in to take advantage of them. After getting warmed up, re hydrated, giving them capstar and antibiotics, and  combing the fly eggs out of their fur, they have improved greatly and are eagerly eating formula.

Both are quite comfortable now! LOL

One more little boy came in last night. He and his litter mates had fallen out of a tree. Unfortunately for 2 of them they didn't get the proper care in time. Luckily a neighbor got the last little boy, Acorn, to me last night. They hadn't been on heat and I think the fact that the neighbor blasted the heat on him and rubbed him to warm him up on the way over may have brought him back from the brink! Nice job!!! He's not out of the woods yet....but now that he is warm and getting fluids he is perking up and  I think he's on the way to recovery.

The beginning of the weekend also brought a chippy into my care. He was found by a huge uprooted tree and suffered some serious trauma, (most likely as his den was uprooted as well), to his face and head. Both eyes were swollen shut and his nose is still a swollen, blood clogged mess. After 5 days of critical care, I am optimistic! He looked terrible when he came in and just based on looks, my instinct was to euthanize. However he was actually pretty active and no other major injuries were apparent as he moved around quite well. I decided to give him the night so I gave him some pain meds and fluids and decided to re-evaluate in the morning.

Well lo and behold didn't he seem a little better! Despite his face looking like a train wreck, he eagerly sucked down pedialyte and anything else I would be willing to feed him with a syringe.  Although he is an older juvenile or adult, he is eating formula and loving it. I think his mouth is too painful to eat solid food just yet, although he has attempted, so he just laps it off the end of the nipple. He's feisty, active, eating like a pig and grooming his face regularly. Both eyes have once again opened and look good. He's cleaned the dried blood, scabs and gunk off his face pretty well, also, and although his nose is still pretty clogged, he's breathing easier out of it. Once I get a better look at any damage to the inside of his mouth and teeth and see how well the eyes are working I'll be able to make a better decision on his prognosis. Now that he's wormed his way into my heart, I can only hope he continues to improve!

Operation mangy fox, the sequel.

Some odd fox happenings here at home. At the beginning of the week I found a juvenile dead out by the feeding stating across my front yard. No apparent injuries or mange. Best I can figure the poor thing either got hit by a car and made his way back to where he felt safe and died, or a coyote encounter. My neighbor had seen one in  my yard that day so it's possible the fox was on the loosing end of a territorial dispute. One quick grab and shake and the fox would be dead of a broken neck within seconds with very little wounds. The coyote, defending the territory and not hunting, would leave it there as opposed to hauling it off to eat.

Some better luck for one of my other resident foxes. A couple weeks ago I had seen her hanging around near some of my shrubs. She does that quite regularly and likes to lay in the sun by them. I happened to have my binoculars so I took a closer look and to my horror I noticed she obviously had the beginning of mange on her legs! So I put a plan in motion to help her out before it became bad enough to affect her health.

With the help of a supply of frozen mice, some ivermectin, and some patience, I decided to medicate her. I injected a mouse with the ivermectin and put it out near one of her "regular" spots.

Contrary to my usual luck, she showed up shortly after I put the first mouse out there! I was all excited until I watched her just sitting there next to the damn thing, scratching like crazy, ignoring it! (the little white thing on the mulch).

A couple minutes later though, and success! She saw it and gobbled it right down! What a relief!

Hooray!! Treatment number one down, she looked over as if to say thanks for the snack and ambled off down the driveway again. Hopefully the next few treatments will go as well. She needs to get some every 10 days or so for about 4 treatments, but luckily I caught it early enough that just that one dose should make a big difference.

This little guy was not so happy about the visit! He opted to rely on the protection atop St. Francis there outside my front door to keep him safe while he watched, in disgust I'm sure, as the fox devoured a distant cousin....LOL

Some of what we've been missing.

Just a little of what we have not been able to see since the computer fried! Some pics of the big kids. Many thanks to James who managed to recover the lost pics! My hero!!

Isles takes a dip in the pool.

 Tumbler the Roman nosed coonie. You can kind of see the bump in her nose from her trauma in this picture.

 Chester enjoys some very casual dining, then decides to see if I just might have something better to offer.

 Doc

 Bama strikes a pose, got it just before the trouble maker to the left of him pounced! LOL

 Sis is pretty much identical to her sister, Doc, with the exception of the missing ear!

 Sis hangs with Legend(right) on the tire...that's Trooper looking on in the background.

 Rocco takes a dip then lounges poolside.

 Du.....I mean Brim with those big ears!

 Soldier...that's Springer in the background.

 Troublemaker Trooper....yes, he is this years Vin!

 Sammy also enjoys very casual dining.

 Spit enjoys a swing on the tire.

 The dining common.

 A final pose by Sammy....who is HUGE I might add!

The gang is doing great and now it's just a matter of finding appropriate release sites for them. It's getting harder and harder to find them and we may be looking at some hard releases this year as a result. :( 

Anyone near the Boston area on land with lots of room willing to donate some space for a while get in touch with me please!



Hurricane refugees.

OK...I'm fed up with Dell....never again! I won't bore you with that. I'm also fed up with Blogger since I just wrote a whole long post here and it didn't save it! So short version....

Here are the cute little babies I got almost 2 weeks ago when their tree was cut down... 

....and here they are with 2 monster babies I took off Laurie's hands (she seemed to get the brunt of the calls for displaced babies from the hurricane) They are refugee's from hurricane related tree issues.

All are happily snuggled in safe and sound together...and how cute are they!?

I lost all my email contacts when my computer fried....so if I neglected to get in touch with anyone, you know why! Melinda & Maddy....I have squirrels...email me! :)