Wednesday 19 September 2012

saving a squirrel



Little did I know when I put my squirrel patterned socks on this morning, that I would be embarking on a squirrel saving adventure. Mark & I saw this little squirrel outside the library after we'd popped into the village. I was fascinated that I could get so close to him, and then after taking these photos realised he was injured. We deliberated over what to do, as he kept trying to climb the tree but every time tumbled back down. We settled on popping in to tell the vets on the way home.

The vets gave us a box. We went home, unsure of what to do. But both felt sad at abandoning the poor little squirrel. So we armed ourselves with crackers (what else for a squirrel? we had no nuts!), 2 tea towels and the cardboard box. Mark got some thick gloves from work, and we set about saving him. Mark picked him up and put him into the box, and we took him to the vets, where he has hopefully now been seen to & is resting. We will call up tomorrow and find out :)

We both feel better for saving him, and have officially named ourselves squirrel heros :) haha, hope you are all having a lovely day.

8 comments:

  1. Aww how sweet! I hope your little friend is Okay!!

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  2. Han this is so sweet you will have to do a update so we all know how it is doing xx. Gemma

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  3. aww this is so cute! you must update us on how he is! x

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  4. Yes we need to know how little squirrel is x

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  5. SQUIRRELS! LOVE those little buggers!

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  6. aww this is so sweet! i'm fascinated by squirrels, i witnessed one break into our rabbit's food plastic container the other day, it literally opened the lid haha i was so shocked! x

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  7. Aw, this is such a lovely story :) That was so wonderful of you two to do that for the little guy- I'm sure he's very thankful. I love animals so much so I think I would've tried to do the same. I once saw an injured deer and I felt so bad about it...I called the wildlife people but it was late at night and by the time they came out (if they even did), the deer was nowhere to be seen...I hope the little guy was okay, but his leg seemed to be pretty badly hurt. :(

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  8. Oh gosh, how cute is this story? Will they tell you if he/she is alright?

    Also, not sure if you've heard of Shana Logic (www.shanalogic.com), but Shana is a super cool lady that sometimes posts about her squirrel saving - she's a licensed squirrel rescuer, or something to that effect. Very cool!

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