Snow White and the Squirrels (or are they Chipmunks?)

On Sunday afternoon, while the gang was outside gardening (yes, kids too!) we found a little litter of baby squirrels.  We thought that's what they were.  Hairless and eyes still closed - 4 all grouped together at the edge of our grass.  Where did they come from??  The nearest tree (and we have lots of trees on our property) was 15 feet away.  How did these helpless little things get here?

We saw that one wasn't alive - but the other 3 were.  Naomi (aka helper of all living things except her little brother) was on the scene.  Please please please can we keep them?  No way.  I was adamant for about 5 seconds - then I caved. Okay. 1 night only - and then we figure out what to do with them.

So we made a little box for them with shredded newspaper and a small cloth to keep them snuggly warm - and tried to feed them a little milk.  I didn't think they would survive the night without their mama.  Lo and behold, they did.

Monday morning, my friend Steph (aka Snow White of the neighbourhood) saw my Facebook posting of the pic and was here in under 5 minutes.  Ok - let me see them.  Well, she was hooked.  While I was busy calling every possible agency in this area as to what to do with these babies, Steph was figuring out how to raise them.  Gotta love that girl.  I always tease her about her Snowy capabilities.  She lives on the ravine and can open up her doors, sing a little tune, hold out an apple and voila!  A beautiful creature appears.  Seriously.

Well, we finally tracked down someone (an angel) who would take in these little babes - and we found out they were not squirrels, but chippies.  Yep.  Chip and Dale.  Oh yeah.  We only had 2 remaining.

Last night, Naomi said she missed the little guys.  I told her what an amazing job she did with them and that perhaps she may think of volunteering at an animal shelter.  That's a great thing to do!

Here they are:

3 Little Chippies

Keep smiling!