Mac

This afternoon, as I was pulling the car out of the 

garage on my way to pick up the kids from school, 

I saw something clinging desperately to the side of 
our house.

I got out of the car to investigate and found our old 

kitty, Roxy, lying in wait beneath an obviously 

terrified baby squirrel.

While trying to shoo Roxy away, which was NOT 

easy, the baby squirrel scurried 

over to a windowsill. He was shaking and crying in fear.

The little guy was tiny, about the size of a 

hamster, and Roxy was still relentlessly trying 

to get to him. By this time I was running late, 

so I locked Roxy in the garage. I took an 

old towel, thinking that I could possibly try 

to capture the little guy and take him over to 

a tree. But the poor little thing was terrified 

and cried out in fear each time I tried to 

get near him. It broke my heart because I 

knew he was crying for his mother.

I left the towel on the windowsill because I 

thought it might offer him a place to hide. 

I hoped that his mother would hear him crying 

and come to retrieve him...

When I returned to the house with the kids 

two hours later, the baby squirrel was still 

hiding in the towel on the windowsill.

Luckily, I had the animal whisperer with me. 

The Boy...well, he has a way with animals. 

Remind me to tell you some 

stories about him and animals sometime. 

Anyway, as I was saying, 

The Boy was here. He walked up to that tiny 

little terrified squirrel and he talked softly 

to him. He gently picked him up and carried 

him inside, intending to put him in the 

empty aquarium until we could figure out 

what to do with him.

That tiny little squirrel obviously sensed a 

kind spirit in my boy and felt safe. He scampered 

up The Boy's arm...

and he perched on his shoulder. He clearly 

felt quite comfortable with The Boy....

Then The Boy settled down with the little fellow 

and patently coaxed him to eat a little bit of 

watered down formula...

The Boy has settled the sleepy baby squirrel, 

now named Mac, into his new, temporary home 

in the old aquarium. We hope to be able to 

keep him alive until this weekend, 

when we will try to get him 

to a wildlife rehabilitation center.