Its four am and two to tiny shih tzu puppies, just over a week old are getting their breakfast. To most people, these are impossibly tiny, but for myself and most wildlife rehabilitators out there, anything bigger than our thumb after baby season is a breeze! Our little pinkie gray squirrel who came to us the size of a quarter is now running around in a cage doing great, preparing for release. We worried and fussed over her for weeks. It can be done, and its such a reward to pull a newborn through those first days. These boys lost their mom to kidney failure and we took them in. They have great little appetites and they are strong babies. They will be going into our own Shelly Housleys care today. She is a master at pulling tiny ones through the tedious time, and these every three hour feedings are rough on me. This morning I am thankful for volunteers willing to uproot their lives for an orphan. We all suffer the same. Annette
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:47:22 +0000
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