I was bringing Spanky outside for exercise and sun today, and he was feeling frisky and wanted to play, so I obliged him. Little squirrels need this interaction that they would normally get from their siblings, which teaches them defense and predator avoidance skills, such as dodging and leaping. There are no other squirrels here his age for him to play with, and the older squirrels would hurt him.
@Exzeluke Well, nobody said it couldn't also be cute. That's one of the reasons I love raising orphaned squirrels, as tiresome as it is.
PhrynosomaTexas 2 months ago
I know this is serious, important work with Spanky but all I could think was "AWWW, how cute!" :-)
Happy New Year, and thanks for the smile today. Cheers, Kathy
Exzeluke 2 months ago