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Uploaded by on Nov 2, 2006

raising baby squirrels to be released at a wildlife rehab center

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  • Just one question:  you're wildlife rehab efforts are admirable, but if you're releasng these squirrels back into the wild when they're old enough, why are you touching, holding, and playing with them? Shouldn't they learn to be afraid of us humans, for their and our sake?

  • @threeby8887 Good question. All babies (human and non-human)need nurturing for emotional development.

    Once babies are fully weaned, they are put in pre-release cages with natural foods and environmental things (tree branches, dirt to bury nuts etc.) and very little human contact. They "wild up" real fast! Then they are "soft" released which means they are released where they can be supplementally fed while they learn "the ropes"

  • Squirrels Rule!

    You give them names? how do you recognise which is which

  • Yes they do!!

    Normally at the rehab center we didn't name the ones we raise and released (we both get too attached!) Sometimes we put little dots of non toxic paint on them to tell who was who. That helped to know who had and hadn't been fed:)

  • Oh my freakin GOD! If they were any more cuter I think my head would explode!!!

    Living in Australia sucks, we don't have anything cool like that!

  • Thanks for your cute reply:)

    Yes, I friends from Australia and they all love squirrels and wish they had them!

    But you have some pretty cute animals too:)

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  • *SO STINKIN' CUTE!*

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  • a baby squirrel trashes a kitten....and that's saying a lot

  • omg i so so so so so want to have a squirrel as a pet they are so cute i love them ... we have sooo many squirrels out side our apt

  • so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Nope no squirrels :(

    We have possums and something called a 'squirrel glider' which is pretty much a flying possum lol but no actual squirrels. We don't have chipmunks or raccoons or skunks either. Nothing cool. Just kangaroos that try to drown people lol.

  • is there no squirrels in australia ?

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