Skybird |
12-14-22 11:33 AM |
This couple are squirrel rehabbers, I had some contact with them some time ago. They keep abandoned baby squirrels and rescued emergency cases, after the animals are nursed at home and later being placed in an aviary in a nearby commercially-run park-forest with wildlife for a period of time, and then get released upon suitability and individual status. From finding a newborn baby to releasing it if all went well is a job of around 13-17 weeks. In the first few eeks your life runs, all day and night, in 120 minute intervals, due to the need to constantly feed them and stimulate their digestion. Its a full time job, and its exhausting over the months if you are aloien and cannot take turns with somebody else. People finding a squirrel and thinking they can handle it themselves usually completely underestimate the effort needed. It makes a mess of all your time planning, job, and social life, everything. Day and night. And squirrels are extremely individualistic, all have individual characters, and the red ones we have in Europe are a very sensible species and are not the easiest to keep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxnaIuKtLFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVfCKar6tnQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJTinpDERPY
If I would have more space or another free room, and options for an aviary in a suitable forest reserve nearby for the endphase, I would be a rehabber myself, with love. I tick almost all the boxes for rehabbing squirrels: the knowledge, the will, the love, the free time, the stressfree and calm environment at home, the money. Just that I do not have the space. I am sad for that. You cannot keep squirrels in your appartement if you do not completely squirrel-proof if (they are rodents... and they pee everywhere). So I must leave it to care for the three wild ones we have in the garden, whom I know since they were teens, and who I care for and observe since spring 2020. Greet again my three "Nussketiere":Kira, Taro and Sari.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCbsW8PY6LY
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