couple of pictures of one of my orphans I am currently hand rearing. she is a grey squirrel (yeah I know, vermin, tree rat etc, I don't care) that was picked up by a cat when she was about 3 1/2 weeks old, didn't even have her eyes open. she was taken to the vet who in turn put her on the wrong medication then sent her to me. she had puncture wounds to her back and legs, and was unable to move both back legs. she is now 5 weeks old and thriving. her legs work almost perfectly again, she is off the antibiotics and the bite wounds have compleatly healed up. she has just started to get the proper squirrel hyper active attitude and will sit and scream if she is left on her own in her box too long. as such she is currently asleep on the back of my neck instead! thankfully squirrels are usualy fairly easy to rehabilitate.

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David

my collection:
3.7.0 Leopard Geckos
2.3.1 Crested Geckos
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
2.0.0 Blue Tongued Skinks
1.1.0 Green Anoles
1.1.0 American Green Tree Frogs
0.1.0 Columbian Boa Constrictor
1.0.0 Normal Corn Snake
1.0.0 Amelenistic Corn Snake
0.1.0 Dione's Rat Snake
1.0.0 Everglades Rat Snake
0.1.0 Grey X Everglades Rat Snake
1.0.0 California Kingsnake
0.0.1 Giant African Land Snail
1.0.0 Kestrel
2.0.0 Cats
plus whatever wildlife the orphan season brings!

how can anybody call something that cute 'vermin'.

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AWWW so cute!! congradulatulations for rescuing her many would have left her to die being a pest and all...she is soo cute..u must be chuffed she survived xx..( stupid vets)

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lots and lots..

I am pretty pleased with how well she has recovered. when she first came in no one held out much hope for her to survive the night, as is the case with most cat attacks. even if she did we were expecting to have to put her down anyway because eveyone expected the damage to the legs to be permenent. the vets sticking her on baytril didn't help (great all round antibiotic, usualy very safe, but you can't give it to youngsters as it stops bone growth. vets know this, but conviniently forget when dealing with wildlife because it is easier than finding something else.) but she has proven everyone wrong and is determind to fight.

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David

my collection:
3.7.0 Leopard Geckos
2.3.1 Crested Geckos
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Chinese Water Dragon
2.0.0 Blue Tongued Skinks
1.1.0 Green Anoles
1.1.0 American Green Tree Frogs
0.1.0 Columbian Boa Constrictor
1.0.0 Normal Corn Snake
1.0.0 Amelenistic Corn Snake
0.1.0 Dione's Rat Snake
1.0.0 Everglades Rat Snake
0.1.0 Grey X Everglades Rat Snake
1.0.0 California Kingsnake
0.0.1 Giant African Land Snail
1.0.0 Kestrel
2.0.0 Cats
plus whatever wildlife the orphan season brings!

i want a sirrel!

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aw looking gorgeous and healthy. well done you. And tbh i don't care if people consider them vermin, every animal has the right to a chance in life


Katie

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"When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity." George Bernard Shaw

My Animals0.1.0 Snow het hypo - Lumi1.0.0 Anery het hypo,amel - Calix
0.1.0 Creamsicle motley - Tanis1.0.0 Classic Corn - Oakley1.0.0 Royal Python - Kovu0.1.0 BRB - Iris1.0.1 Horsfield tortoises - Deemo + Kiara0.1.0 Whippet X - Lady0.1.0 Cat - Sophie0.4.0 Rats - Ruby, Ghost, Rolo + Puck 1.0.0 Hypo Beardie - Maximus

apart from hamsters n mice

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Because they have dramatically decreased the population of the native uk red squirrel

aaaw bless its soooo cute, i love squirrels, spesh the red ones aaaw
well done u

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1.1 leopard geckos, 1 mouse, 1 german shepard/labrador cross, 100 gal marine tank, 2.1 Stenodactylus Stenodactylus 0.1 lesser wonder gecko, 1.1 bibrons gecko, 1.1 rainbow lizard, 1 fire red crestie, 1 gray dalamtion crestive (both babys) (soo to be arriving... 2 baby velvet geckos, 2 baby fat tailed geckos, 1.0 R.auriculatus, 1.1 G.splendens, 0.0.1 G.luii, 0.2 G.lichtenfelderi, 1.1 B.geitaina

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