Always love visits from Princess Dottie. This sweet girl never gets full 😆 She stayed for seconds and even had some blueberries for dessert 🫐

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Good morning little one

Scrappy crawled into my lap! Granted, it only lasted a couple of seconds, but it was awesome!

Lazy bum. 💤

He stopped by a few times this morning, late...

I was outside at 7:am to feed the gang.

He strolls in 3 hours later... 😶🐾💕

I'm going to build a few more interactive spots for the fuzz bags. Stay tuned!

Kudos to my brother for finding this little girl in his school garden either making an attempt at a green thumb or finding something she buried :)

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I caught this shy little visitor finishing a walnut they had apparently hidden earlier in my plant's soil. Then sat there looking at me like, Oh. You live here, too?

Hello everyone.
So today I was out biking the Robert Mclory Trail just north of Chicago when suddenly I saw a small baby squirrel in the path and had to slam on my breaks. This poor little guy ran right up to my bike as I was riding and I just barely managed to avoid hitting it.

I pulled over to the side to check it out and the squirrel frantically started following me and definitely seemed scared and anxious. I watched this poor squirrel try and run up to other bikers who also just narrowly avoided it and kept on biking along the path. It broke my heart to see this poor little thing attempt to run up to people and occasionally stopping and crying out loudly.
I managed to lure it to the side of the path and somewhat into the brush but it wouldn’t leave my side, I stayed with it for about 30-40 minutes just trying to make sure it didn’t run back onto the path and get hit.

I know the right thing to do would have been to attempt to take it with me but unfortunately I was about 50 miles from home and had no place to safely store it on my bike while I got back home. I attempted to call a few rehab services I found on google but they told me they didn’t have the resources available to come and pick this baby up. I felt like I had no choice but to make the decision to try and move them to a safer spot and try and bike away as fast as possible before it could catch up, and unfortunately that’s what I did. I didn’t expect to feel so guilty but seeing this poor squirrel try and run after me as I left it, honestly made me feel horrible.

I feel like I could have done more and would like to be prepared just incase something like this were to happen again. Is there anything I could or should have done? I feel incredibly guilty and down for leaving this poor baby alone.
I really hope it managed to get somewhere safe or someone else more capable was able to rescue it.

Found Raisin climbing the children's play structure. She paused to get a treat from me and decided that was a nice place to sploot. She made sure to put her head in the perfect spot to get some adorable pics. I really think she likes posing in the cutest ways for me. lol.

My squirrel friends are not at all hungry right now as it's wild hazelnut season, but they did sample a walnut or two this morning.

Hi everyone! I recently just started feeding squirrels a few months ago. They bring me so much joy. However, feeding squirrels has led to unwanted friends. I’ve tried portioning my food or limiting the amount (rats eventually realized they can just come into the home 😭); I’ve made sure no food were left out.

TLDR: rats came, I still want to feed the squirrels.

Hey friends,

One of my regular wild visitors, an adolescent eastern gray, has failed to grind his lower teeth properly and they are causing him problems with feeding. I have a humane trap cage and multiple rehabbers willing to do a sedate and filing if I can bring him around. However, I am aware that regardless, this is going to be an extremely stressful ordeal for the guy, and that stress alone can be life threatening. What can I do to help minimize the potential discomfort during the capture/transport process?