Tuesday, April 3, 2012

A bunch of squirrels

We have several baby squirrels right now.  They are so cute, and its hard to resist the temptation to pick them up and hold them.  But we don't want them to be socialized to humans.  We want to keep them wild so that when we release them they will stay in the wild and not get to close to people. 

We haven't gotten any calls about baby rabbits, and that surprises me.  Truthfully, I'm grateful, because baby rabbits are hard to care for and they too often don't make it.  I hate to see them die.  And if no one is calling about them, then rabbit mothers must be doing okay and able to raise them without getting hurt. 

Over the weekend we made some changes to Smokey's cage.  She is our female raccoon that we keep and take to shows.  Although we won't be taking her to any shows soon.  She's likely pregnant and not very happy having people around.  But her cage was a mess and needed some work.  So we got her out and went to work.  We put in a better bottom to keep her up off the mud.  We repaired her nest box, which is critical for her to have babies. 

And our female fox, Roseanne is definitely pregnant.  She is due in the next few weeks.  It's not possible to know exactly when she is due without a trip to the vet.  As long as she is doing well, we don't want to stress her out.  We will of course bring her and her babies to the vet once they are born for a check out.  Later this year, we may need to find some new homes for some of the babies. 

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