ebonlock: (pyewackett)
Ok so I go home thinking Alpha has scampered off to live with the grown up squirrels, but I spot him immediately in the middle of the courtyard. As soon as he sees me he runs over, hops onto my foot and curls up as if to say, "Hi mom."

**Ellie melts into a gooey puddle**

I start to walk away to go get him some food and he starts to climb my pant leg as if to whimper, "No, no, no, don't leave me!"

When I come back he forgives me after a few sesame covered almonds. I leave him to dash back inside and feed the cats, then rush over to Pet Club to buy him a little house for the evening. I set it up so he's got a little cloth covered area to hide under, picked him up some special food and set him up with a water dish. He spurned everything but the banana chips, and demanded more almonds.

I share with you now Alpha hiding under his den and grabbing sesame covered almonds: )

When I came back with the cage and a pair of gloves to scoop him up with, he was over with a larger squirrel digging through the leaves and making disgruntled noises. As I approached him he ran over to me and climbed up my leg again chuffing a little in a way that I interpreted to mean, "Mother, I can find no almonds here, where are they?"

He went in the cage with less effort than Kage and Pye going into their cat carriers. The best moment, though, was when he spilled a little water accidentally and went, "Oooh! I'm thirsty!" and started licking it up. Then he belly flopped into the water dish, would stick his face into it to try to drink and sneeze instead. He knew there was water down there and that he was really thirsty but couldn't quite figure out how to drink it without getting his nose wet in the process. Beyond cute.

So tomorrow I take him to the office, my coworker has raised many squirrel babies and has offered to take him on. As he'd last about 5 minutes in my apartment with Kage and Pye, I've happily agreed. Though I'm seriously going to miss the little fella'.
ebonlock: (pyewackett)
So I went out for my evening walk tonight and was about halfway through it when I met a most interesting little fellow. It was a skinny little baby squirrel making distressed noises and looking entirely lost. Instead of fleeing from me, he huddled near my feet as if for protection and refused to be chased off into the underbrush. I walked a few yards away hoping he'd scramble along on his way. He didn't.

Well what on earth could I do? I couldn't just leave him there right near the road, skinny and frightened. So I took off my sweatshirt and bent down next to him. He leapt into it so I figured that was a sign. I took him home and gave him a slice of bread. He acted like it was manna from heaven.



He made it through a good deal of the slice, until he'd nibble a bit, then start to nod off, wake up and nibble some more. Finally he crawled back into the folds of my sweatshirt, curled up and promptly fell asleep.

I couldn't bring myself to oust him so he's on my front porch right now, curled up absolutely adorably and feeling full and safe for the first time in who knows how long. I figure a sweatshirt is a small price to pay for that. I know I'll sleep better tonight knowing I helped him at least make it through the night. I wonder if he'll still be there in the morning...

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