unexpected visitors have dropped by

literally!

yesterday, we discovered two little creatures in our yard. not sure how on earth they could have survived a fall from the tree that we found them under...

but they were alive and squeaking and we weren't quite sure what to do.

after a few phone calls last night, thinking we were dealing with possum, we had decided to put them back outside and hope that the mother would return.

we couldn't do it. we kept them in their box and made some more phone calls this morning. after emailing some photos, we discovered that they are baby squirrels.

i have never heard of the term squirrel rehabilitator. but now, i've spoken with several, all of them very sweet & helpful. we were told to wrap up a bottle filled with hot water and put it in the box...and then cut up some t-shirts (these are some stylin' baby squirrels in their pink gap logo shirt LOL). then we were to carefully attach the box to the tree so that mama could come back...but i couldn't figure out how to do that and so we went for the next closest tree that actually had reachable limbs and i wedged the box in place and then we waited.

i wish i could say that mama squirrel came back...

but it started to sprinkle...then more rain...and then downpours...

and so we brought them back inside & made some more phone calls.

the story ends at the animal hospital up the road. we dropped the babies off this afternoon and hopefully they will be able to recover, though we've been told it's not probable :(

bobby can put on a tough front, but he confessed that he was up all night worrying about the little ones. he drives me crazy, but i love that man!