I start volunteering at Wildlife Rescue today and OMG I almost died from the cuteness.
There was squirrels from tiny babies with their eyes closed up to about 5 weeks old, and they all generally LOVED their food! They'd sit in your lap, and hold onto the syringe I was feeding them with and just suck suck suck while looking up at me. These guys easily fit in my hand. When they got all the food they were allowed, I'd take the syringe away and they'd try to crawl all over me while I tried to stimulate them to urinate/defecate. Once I started stimulating them, they'd stop squirming and go into a little trance - so cute!!!!
Then there was older ones from 5 weeks up to about 8 weeks, who were a little more scared of people, but generally pretty good. They were eating some solids, but still being supplemented with syringe feeds. They were so cute - snuggling up in a ball with their tail around them, doing really cute yawns, wrestling with each other, grunting at me if they didn't want to be fed...
There were also hummingbirds which are so pretty! They were all older, so they just had a syringe with no nipple bit, and would suck out "nectar" themselves. One came in who'd been found on a sidewalk alive, but not flying, so the vet tech fed him, and he was sooooo pretty. He had black feathers around his neck, but when they caught the light they became bright, fluroescent pink! I love hummingbirds...
There were also baby dove type birds, and I had to put a tube on the end of the syringe, feel their crop ( bottom of their neck) to see how full of seed they were, then shove the tube down their throat, into their crop, and syringe the food into them. That was kinda gross, and I was worried I'd get the tube down the air hole rather than the food hole, but it was fine, and I'm sure I'll get the hang of it!
I can't wait until next week! I'll try to take my camera to get some pics.
There was squirrels from tiny babies with their eyes closed up to about 5 weeks old, and they all generally LOVED their food! They'd sit in your lap, and hold onto the syringe I was feeding them with and just suck suck suck while looking up at me. These guys easily fit in my hand. When they got all the food they were allowed, I'd take the syringe away and they'd try to crawl all over me while I tried to stimulate them to urinate/defecate. Once I started stimulating them, they'd stop squirming and go into a little trance - so cute!!!!
Then there was older ones from 5 weeks up to about 8 weeks, who were a little more scared of people, but generally pretty good. They were eating some solids, but still being supplemented with syringe feeds. They were so cute - snuggling up in a ball with their tail around them, doing really cute yawns, wrestling with each other, grunting at me if they didn't want to be fed...
There were also hummingbirds which are so pretty! They were all older, so they just had a syringe with no nipple bit, and would suck out "nectar" themselves. One came in who'd been found on a sidewalk alive, but not flying, so the vet tech fed him, and he was sooooo pretty. He had black feathers around his neck, but when they caught the light they became bright, fluroescent pink! I love hummingbirds...
There were also baby dove type birds, and I had to put a tube on the end of the syringe, feel their crop ( bottom of their neck) to see how full of seed they were, then shove the tube down their throat, into their crop, and syringe the food into them. That was kinda gross, and I was worried I'd get the tube down the air hole rather than the food hole, but it was fine, and I'm sure I'll get the hang of it!
I can't wait until next week! I'll try to take my camera to get some pics.
