Okay, to ease the anticipation from the previous entry, I no longer have the baby flying squirrel. When I went out for my bike ride Tuesday night, I put my cat in the house and left the little squirrel in the soft cloth it was sleeping in out next to the tree outside where I found it that morning. My reasoning was that maybe...with the cat gone...that maybe the mother might come back to look for its kid. That's what I was hoping for anyway. I gave the little guy a good long drink from the mixture I had and he gulped it down pretty good, then he went back to sleep. I hated doing this but I felt that he might not last very long if I didn't improve his diet real soon. I didn't have the 30 or so days to support him until his eyes opened up. AND I had a cat in the area. Nothing else was coming up as far as handing him off to someone who could care for him. I felt this was the best (but not great) way to handle it. So I left him at the tree, cuddled up, and went for my ride.
I got back about two hours later and I went to the tree to check on him. He was gone, as in he wasn't there anymore. The cloth looked like it hadn't been touched and I picked it up, noting nothing was there. I looked around carefully in a 3-4 circle around the tree as it got dark and couldn't see any evidence of him around at all (I would check again the next morning and find nothing). So that was it. I am going to think that his mom found him and took him in and that he's fine. There are no other cats in the neighborhood so I know that wouldn't be a reason for him to be gone. But as to birds, owls, or other predators, I don't know. I hope he's home or if he's not....that it happened quickly. Of course, I had second thoughts about leaving him out there and that maybe I could have taken care of him. But too late now. I'll just hope he's fine and will be flying above my head someday in the trees. I won't forget him and I'll feel some guilt about the whole thing for a long time.
Thursday I'll be an extra for the "Front of the Class" Hallmark movie. I have to show up at 6:30 am and could be there until 6 pm. I hope they have a decent food cart!! I need to make sure I have a good breakfast before I leave...and walk the dogs...
Jonnene made it to Kansas City and should be back sometime after I finish my movie star work. The trip up there was uneventful and that's the way we like it! I spent most of today working in the yard. I'm also a mentor for a high school student on his senior project...that might take some work but our first meeting was this afternoon. He has lots to learn and I hope he pays attention!
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