We fed this little guy some Gerber baby food, like strained apples or
something like that. I know it wasn't milk. I don't remember exactly as it
was 6-7 years ago. I've seen film of people taking care of young otters.
They had to dress in long black shrouds so the creatures won't bond with
them.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Willie Wonka" <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:57 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Speaking of Squirrels...
> John,
> They are cute...and very likable creatures (almost as much as the
> hedgehogs...:). I think the one that sat on your knee was scared. When
> scared, they are very "irrational". I had an incident with a young
> squirrel in an open field once. It was so scared that saw the only
> possible way to run away from me by going between my legs...
> You probably gave it cows milk, which is bad for squirrels, because it
> does not have the right nutrition for them. Also, they can't keep their
> body temperature and need constant source of heat, which was the probable
> cause for it to pass away.
> As I said in my previous mail, we would have liked to keep him longer, but
> that would interfere with the proper release and we couldn't . The doctor
> told us that he was about to open his eyes, which was kinda upsetting for
> our son, because he wanted the squirrel to see and remember us...:)
> Boris
> P.S. I know that lately I have been braking all kinds of grammar rules,
> but I can't figure why either...
>
>
> John Hermanson <snip>
> Very cute. We had a similar incident in our back yard. A baby squirrel
> came hopping up to me as I sat at the picnic table. It climbed up my
> jeans
> leg and sat on my knee looking at me making a little 'chuck' sound. We
> tried feeding with a dropper, but maybe he was pushed out of the nest (for
> a
> reason). He passed in a few hours.
>
>
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