Saturday 24 December 2011

[www.keralites.net] Finnegan the Squirrel

Finnegan The Squirrel


The Moral of This Story is the Best Part!!!


Debby Cantlon, who plans to release Finnegan,

the young squirrel, back into the wild, bottle-fed

the infant squirrel after it was brought to her house.

When Cantlon took in the tiny creature and

began caring for him, she found herself with an unlikely

nurse's aide: her pregnant Papillion, Mademoiselle Giselle .

Finnegan was resting in a nest in a cage just days before

Giselle was due to deliver her puppies.Cantlon and her

husband watched as the dog dragged the squirrel's

cage twice to her own bedside before she gave birth.

Cantlon was concerned, yet ultimately decided to allow

the squirrel out and the inter-species bonding began.





Finnegan rides a puppy mosh pit of sorts, burrowing in for

warmth after feeding, eventually working his way beneath

his new litter mates.

Two days after giving birth, mama dog Giselle allowed

Finnegan to nurse; family photos and a videotape

show her encouraging him to suckle alongside

her litter of five pups.  Now, Finnegan mostly

uses a bottle, but still snuggles with his

'siblings' in a mosh pit of puppies,

rolling atop their bodies, and

sinking in deeply for a nap.

Finnegan and his new litter mates, five Papillion puppies,

get along together as if they were meant to.

Finnegan naps after feeding.

Finnegan makes himself at home with his new litter mates,
nuzzling nose-to-nose for a nap after feeding.

 


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