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#41 Postby petal*pusher » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:16 pm

I know....I was just chiding witch ya Reaper!

My family raised several different species of "wild" animals too....I was surprised when you mentioned owls...we had 3 little ones that survived also! My Father's goal was always to release them back into their natural habitat....that's why I let our squirrel go. She stayed around for a while, but was always very tame with us.

We raised an abandoned red squirrel when I was a youngin'....he was a corker! That kind of squirrel is very nervous....and his actions were hillarious!

Feederband....it's fun to read the updates on your little fella!........p :wink:
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#42 Postby Stephanie » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:05 pm

feederband wrote:
gtalum wrote:
feederband wrote:Yeah I thought there was something majorly wrong...I got to the cage and he was just sitting on his box yelling as load as he could...I fed him and right back to sleep he went...


Interesting. Replace "cage" with "crib" and I could swear you were describing our 6 week old daughter. :D


I'm quickly learning that it demands about the same... :D


:lol:

I also love the updates. "Mr. Jingles" thinks your his Daddy! :lol:
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#43 Postby feederband » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:12 pm

Updated pick...

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#44 Postby dizzyfish » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:54 pm

Love the new pic feederband. :D Thanks for keeping us updated. That reminds me - I need to put some food out for my wild ones.
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#45 Postby CajunMama » Sun Oct 15, 2006 1:28 pm

I'm really enjoying this saga of "our" Mr. Jingles :lol:

This reminds me of watching the bald eagles and their nest this past summer. Although the eggs weren't successfull all the viewers got a sense of the eggs being "ours".

Mr. Jingles is becoming "our" squirrel and many of us look forward to the updates.
Thanks Feederband. Keep the updates coming!
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#46 Postby Stephanie » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:46 pm

What a cutie pie!! :D

We have about 6 or 7 squirrels that call our backyard home. There's a big nest in one of the trees. Anyway, I do put out birdseed and we through unsalted peanuts out to them. This afternoon I saw one sitting on a patio chair. I think he was giving me a hint... :lol:
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#47 Postby feederband » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:58 am

Well sorry folks the story is over but not a sad ending...Last nite Mr. Jingles started to get sick and would not eat much...I called the rehabber and he found one closer to me...The question was would he survive the night...He did and was eating better....

I didn't want to spend all of this effort and have him die on us so I just came back from the rehabber and left Mr. Jingles with them....They placed him a cage with a batch of 6 baby's he got on Thursday ...They are about a week younger that MJ but he snuggled up with them and fell asleep like he was part of their family

Anyways good luck Mr. Jingles... :D
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#48 Postby CajunMama » Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:05 am

You're a good person, feederband. Hope mr. jingles adapts to his new home.
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#49 Postby dizzyfish » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:15 am

That was very kind of you feederband. I'm sure it was hard to leave him there. :( But he will now have brothers and sisters to grow up with.
As CajunMama said - you're a good person.

Best of luck Mr. Jingles! Hope you find a wonderful backyard to hang out in when you grow up. :D
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#50 Postby Stephanie » Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:15 am

feederband wrote:Well sorry folks the story is over but not a sad ending...Last nite Mr. Jingles started to get sick and would not eat much...I called the rehabber and he found one closer to me...The question was would he survive the night...He did and was eating better....

I didn't want to spend all of this effort and have him die on us so I just came back from the rehabber and left Mr. Jingles with them....They placed him a cage with a batch of 6 baby's he got on Thursday ...They are about a week younger that MJ but he snuggled up with them and fell asleep like he was part of their family

Anyways good luck Mr. Jingles... :D


:cry: - this is a happy cry feederband! You did the right thing and you were there for him in the meantime while his new "adoptive" family was found.

You will have wonderful memories of Mr. Jingles and of the love and care that you gave to him. Good job! :D
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