8/20/2004: Baby squirrel rescued from hurricane

Undertoad · 08-20-2004, 09:11 AM

Happy Friday! They aren't sure how many days old this little guy is, but it's definitely days and not weeks. He was dropped off at an animal rescue facility in Punta Gorda, Florida, the day after Hurricane Charley rolled through.

Cyber Wolf · 08-20-2004, 10:04 AM

Awwww look at him! He's got the beady-eye look going for him already.

99 44/100% pure · 08-20-2004, 11:28 AM

[99's cat, Freddie] Oh, goodie! In a few weeks he'll be ready to eat! [/99's cat, Freddie]

garnet · 08-20-2004, 12:39 PM

Wow, he's tiny, but has a huge head! I'm not sure if he qualifies as cute quite yet, but I'm sure it won't take long.

Trilby · 08-20-2004, 01:12 PM

So tiny to have survived such a storm--his mommie must've had the babies well covered. Isn't it amazing such a helpless thing survived! If he were a baby racoon he'd be a Rocky for sure.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-20-2004, 01:45 PM

I've mentioned before, a friend of mine runs an Urban Wildlife Rehab Center up in MA. She has trouble understanding that most people consider these critters vermin, in the city. I just smile and give her money.

Leah · 08-22-2004, 05:13 PM

What a wonderful person your friend is Bruce, I wish we had raccoons over here in Oz, I love them. We do however have our own cute wildlife, I used to help rescue them through an organisation called WIRES. Hope that little fella lives.

chrisinhouston · 08-23-2004, 10:26 AM

I had a friend who was a wildlife resuce person. She had a squirrel that size and explained to me that not only do you have to feed them almost constantly but one must also message their tummies to get them to expel the waste as these organs don't do it on their own at that stage. It's a fulltime around the clock job!

08-20-2004, 09:11 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/20/2004: Baby squirrel rescued from hurricane Happy Friday! They aren't sure how many days old this little guy is, but it's definitely days and not weeks. He was dropped off at an animal rescue facility in Punta Gorda, Florida, the day after Hurricane Charley rolled through.

08-20-2004, 10:04 AM	#2
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Awwww look at him! He's got the beady-eye look going for him already. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

08-20-2004, 11:28 AM	#3
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	[99's cat, Freddie] Oh, goodie! In a few weeks he'll be ready to eat! [/99's cat, Freddie] __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

08-20-2004, 01:45 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I've mentioned before, a friend of mine runs an Urban Wildlife Rehab Center up in MA. She has trouble understanding that most people consider these critters vermin, in the city. I just smile and give her money. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 08-20-2004 at 01:47 PM.

08-20-2004, 12:39 PM	#4
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	Wow, he's tiny, but has a huge head! I'm not sure if he qualifies as cute quite yet, but I'm sure it won't take long.

08-20-2004, 01:12 PM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	So tiny to have survived such a storm--his mommie must've had the babies well covered. Isn't it amazing such a helpless thing survived! If he were a baby racoon he'd be a Rocky for sure.

08-22-2004, 05:13 PM	#7
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	What a wonderful person your friend is Bruce, I wish we had raccoons over here in Oz, I love them. We do however have our own cute wildlife, I used to help rescue them through an organisation called WIRES. Hope that little fella lives.

08-23-2004, 10:26 AM	#8
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I had a friend who was a wildlife resuce person. She had a squirrel that size and explained to me that not only do you have to feed them almost constantly but one must also message their tummies to get them to expel the waste as these organs don't do it on their own at that stage. It's a fulltime around the clock job!

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