Little Stinkers

Everything is so much easier with all of the squirrels either outside or in the barn. I have been making up the fox food dishes lately. Between the 5 foxes (two went to another rehab today because we don't have enough outdoor fox cages), they get a can of dog food, a few scrambled eggs, and sometimes frozen mice, cherrys, and blueberrys (or a can of fruit baby food). The tack room in the barn that houses squirrels and skunks was cleaned and swept out now that most of the squirrels are in the outdoor cages.  Forest Gump, one of the squirrels outside was brought in and put under so that his teeth could be clipped and another squirrel that has been having leg problems was treated. Also, the vicious little chipmunk with puncture wounds and half his foot missing had maggots in his foot. They were removed. Ruddy, the head trauma fawn ran last week! Which means that he is releasable. The flyers are enjoying being in their outside cage. I put ointment on one of the skunks eyes because it wouldn't open. Baloo, one of the fawns, has had an abscess on his face and that is being treated every day with ointment and some other cream that goes over it.

Today, Hope was supposed to be going to a meeting but it ended up being canceled last week. But since it was planed out beforehand and there were two more volunteers there today then usual, she took the day off to go on a date with her husband. She runs the rehab every day from 11-4 and then 7-9 ish and deserved the time for herself for once. We didn't mind, and with all of the teamwork we finished all the animals really early. Marie, Nick, and Ashley did all the squirrels, Kelly did the fawns, Jess did the raccoons, and I did the fox and opossums. We sorted through some cages and played with the fawns for a while while we waited for the next fawn feeding. Here are some pictures from last week and today.

6  week old skunks

Feeding Eyore

Feeding Roo

Daisy

Baloo with the abscess on his face

Rose and little Prince-who came in yesterday

Flying squirrel

The basket I strung up and drilled into the ceiling

Their outdoor cage that I designed for the flyers

Flyer peeking out of the nesting box

Half of the racoons having a taste of being outside

Leia and Padme

The squirrel cages that we picked up last week

Yoda

Learning how to be a squirrel outside