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Monday, December 12, 2022

Cow Milk doesn't Kill Baby Wildlife, Animals. Wives Tale. By Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

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I posted this 20 years ago in 2001 but it disappeared. Here it is again. It's not just about baby squirrels but baby bunnies, squirrels, skunks, raccoons, opossums, bats....

Wives' tale busted - Cow milk does NOT kill baby squirrels. I've heard this ridiculous wives' tale for the past 20 years. People on the Internet will show you photos of dead baby squirrels. They will tell you that cow milk killed the babies. Cow milk did not kill the babies. The babies were fed improperly or died of some other illness or injury.

The people telling you that cow milk kills squirrel babies will tell you to buy Petag's Esbilac puppy milk instead. Guess what the main ingredients are in Esbilac? You guessed it, cow milk. Below are the ingredients.

Esbilac Powder for Puppies Ingredients: Vegetable Oil, Casein (milk), Whey Protein Concentrate (milk), Dried Skimmed Milk (milk), Butter Fat (milk), Monocalcium Phosphate, Egg Yolk, Calcium Carbonate, L-arginine , DL-methionine, Sodium Silico Aluminate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Lechithin, Monopotassium Phosphate, Magnesium Carbonate, Ferrous Sulfate, Salt, Dipotassium Phosphate, Calcium Pantothenate, Ascorbic Acid, Niacin Supplement, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Folic Acid, Vitamin E Supplement, Silicon Dioxide, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Manganese Sulfate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Citrate, Potassium Iodide, Biotin.

The ingredients are listed in descending order by weight. Here oil is the main ingredient. Number two ingredient is "casein" which is from cow milk. Number three ingredient is "whey" which is from cow milk. Number four ingredient is "dried skimmed milk" which is from cow milk. Number five ingredient is "butter fat" which is the fat from cow milk. You can clearly see that cow milk is the main ingredient in animal and human baby formulas. (I just noticed they spelled "lecithin" wrong)

How did those babies in the photos die? They did not die from cow milk, that's for sure. They most likely died because they were not warmed or hydrated before being fed. They were not fed enough formula or were fed too much. The formula was not introduced slowly which caused diarrhea which caused death. They were aspirated because they were fed improperly. The milk was not warmed, mixed properly or was rancid. Baby died from some other illness or injury. In one photo I could tell the babies died from squirrel pox which has nothing to do with formula. It's a virus.

People have been feeding orphaned baby wildlife and humans cow milk probably since they first started milking cows and goats around 9,000 - 7,000 BC. If cow milk killed babies, we'd have a ton of dead human and animal babies. In the UK they feed endangered orphan red squirrels cow or goat milk with honey and sometimes add an egg. They don't feed commercial formulas most likely because they don't care for the additives, preservatives, coloring agents, anti-clumping chemicals...

Who is behind this wives' tale? I personally feel commercial formula producers are behind this ridiculous story. People who tell you that cow milk kills babies generally recommend Petag Esbilac or kitten formula KMR. Petag probably spread this rumor to sell more product and why not. Eight ounces of liquid Esbilac costs $2.78. A quart of cow milk (32 ounces) costs $2.60. Esbilac is four times as expensive as cow milk. They're making money telling this ridiculous story.

Two years ago I wrote this comparison chart of the various puppy, kitten formulas. As you can see Esbilac is the most expensive by far. They are the biggest selling puppy, kitten formula in the world. They seem to have a monopoly in the pet stores. http://www.animaladvocates.us/formulacomparison.pdf Make that had a monopoly. Things have changed.

Based on my years of experience I personally recommend Fox Valley. It is a much higher quality product, smells/tastes better and is cheaper. The only downfall is you have to order it online but it's well worth it.

Composition of Petag Esbilac verses average cow milk. When I sent samples of Esbilac to the lab the amount of protein, fat, fiber and calories were way off what was written on the package. As you can see based on the labels Esbilac has a little more calories, fat and protein than regular cow milk. If you look at a breakdown of the ingredients, they have the same vitamins and minerals.

Petag liquid Esbilac

protein 4.5% min

fat 6% min

water 85%

900 kcal/kg

Whole cow milk

protein 3.5% min

fat 3.4-4% min

water 87%

730 kcal/kg

I personally no longer use any Petag products because they do not recall their product when it's tainted or rancid. Legally FDA can't force them to recall their product. There have been at least three instances when their formula was killing babies and they refused to recall it. They kept selling the product even when they knew it was killing babies. I will never support a company that does that. More info on their tainted formula here http://www.animaladvocates.us/petagesbilac.htm

*Nowhere did I state that I feed cow milk to babies. I feed Fox Valley. I also have never told people to feed cow milk straight to babies. The point of the article was to show that cow milk does not kill babies. That is a myth. Most of the commercial formulas (Esbilac, KMR...) are made from cow milk. If you think cow milk kills babies, then you shouldn't use any commercial formulas as they are made out of cow milk.

Here's another wives tale. "Animal babies can't digest cow milk but they can digest goat milk. Cow milk has no nutrition."

The truth. Goat milk contain less lactose, 4.2% vs 5% for cow milk. All natural milk has lactose. Goat milk fat content is also much simpler for human, animal digestion than cow milk. The fat globules in goat milk are smaller and easier for our milk fat-dissolving enzyme — lipase— to break into smaller pieces as they pass through our gut. Goat milk may be easier for some humans and animals to digest.

Cow milk has similar nutrition as goat milk. "Nutritionally, goat milk and cow milk compare relatively well. Most vitamins and macronutrients are found in similar quantities. One cup of goat milk has 10 grams of fat compared to cow milk having eight grams of fat. This causes the goat milk to be higher in calories, about 19 more calories in that cup for a total of 168 calories. Being higher in fat, the goat milk is also higher in saturated fat, which we are cautioned to limit in our diets. In fact, that single cup of goat milk has one third of the saturated fat that you need in a day. However, goat milk has a little less sugar, 11 grams per cup versus cow milk having 12 grams per cup. Goat milk is higher in calcium, giving you 32 percent of your daily value in one cup while cow milk gives you 27 percent. Goat milk’s 9 grams of protein per cup is one gram higher than that of cow milk. Cow milk is higher in folate, selenium, and riboflavin as well as significantly higher in vitamin B12. Goat milk has more vitamin A, vitamin C (cow milk has none), vitamin B1, magnesium, and considerably more potassium. Both milks are roughly the same in their amount of vitamin D, cholesterol, and sodium. Overall, goat milk vs. cow milk are fairly equal nutritionally unless you are specifically looking for a higher or lower amount of any of these key nutrients. (Comparisons were made using whole cow milk via USDA nutritional values.)"

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate Services has been in real estate since 1983, over 35 years. She is licensed by the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. Mary Cummins was an agent and broker licensed with the California Department of Real Estate selling residential income, commercial buildings, raw land and homes for Merrill Lynch Realty in Beverly Hills and Westside Properties in Los Angeles before concentrating on appraisals. Mary Cummins currently provides real estate appraisals, expert witness testimony, historical research, legal real estate research for mortgage brokers, banks, lawyers, factors, insurance companies, financial consultants and private individuals. Mary Cummins was born and raised in Southern California. Cummins attended Beverly Hills Good Shepherd Catholic School and Beverly Hills High School. Besides being on the Dean's list, Mary Cummins was a top ten national swimmer and competed on the men's water polo team. Mary Cummins began college at the age of 15 attending the University of Southern California on scholarship, majoring in Psychology/Sociology. http://www.animaladvocates.us http://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdvocatesUSA

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Baby allegedly attacked by raccoon may have been bitten by rats - Animal Advocates

PHOTO REMOVED AS SHOCKING

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Allegedly around 11:00 p.m. mother Ashley Rodgers at 2141 North 22nd, Philadelphia, PA left her 4-month-old baby Journi Black alone in a one room apartment for one minute while taking another child to the bathroom a foot away. The baby's father Samuel Black was not present. During that one minute allegedly a raccoon entered the home, bit the baby then left the home. Mother found the baby on the floor. Baby was rushed to Temple and then to St. Christopher for surgery. Now mother is raising money on gofundme and she wants to sue building owner. This is very suspicious.

https://www.gofundme.com/h4mj2p-jourinis-journey

We've rehabbed raccoons and rats for many years. These appear to be bite marks from a rat. They are not bite or claw marks from a raccoon. Raccoon bite marks leave a dental impression. A raccoon could have bitten the nose, ears, lips off. Claw marks would be five long deep marks. This was clearly a rat or rats.

I personally believe the mother had been out with some friends. She came home at 11:00 p.m. maybe even later and found her baby with rat bites on her face. Maybe the baby wasn't even bitten at the building but another building. Then she made up the story about a raccoon. It's a one room apartment she rented for $375/mo. True, there shouldn't be rats in the room but she had to have left the baby alone which is against the law. That baby would have been screaming. It would take a rat a while to bite, eat that much of the baby's face.

This research article is about rat bites on humans. It generally happens with babies, disabled or elderly left alone and unsupervised. Rats leave "multiple 3-4 mm long sharply demarcated, slightly curved incisions on face, ears."

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/1379269?redirect=true

Below is a pic of a baby bitten by rats. This baby was left alone. Same short incisions.

PHOTO REMOVED AS SHOCKING

journi black, ashley rodgers, samuel black, 2141 n 22nd st, philadelphia pa pennsylvania rat rats, bite bitten raccoon gofundme child protective services, cps,child neglect

Below is a pic of a woman bitten by a raccoon. You see the dental impression.

woman bitten in leg by raccoon dental impression powerful bite

Below is a pic of baby bitten in the face by a raccoon. This is a year or two afterwards. Raccoon ripped off nose, ear and cheek.

PHOTO REMOVED AS SHOCKING

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This is the police department for the address. I think instead of giving this woman money Child Protective Services should be called.

22nd District
PSA 1
Email PSA LT Staycee Harris
17th St and Montgomery Ave.
Google Maps
215-686-3220
police.co_22@phila.gov

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

Friday, June 30, 2017

Crow rescue - fledgling crows are not baby, babies, orphaned, injured. - Animal Advocates, Los Angeles California

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We don't rescue crows as we only rescue native wildlife mammals. We have permits for all native small mammals coyotes, bobcats, foxes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, squirrels, gophers, rats, mice, voles, moles ... all the way down to bats. This information is for educational purposes so we can just send someone a link instead of writing an individual response. During crow fledgling season we get 20 emails a day and ten calls.

Here in Southern California it's fledgling crow season from about June to July. Crows like most birds need to fledge on the ground from three to seven days to build their strength to fly. During that time they will hop around and fly maybe a few feet up in the air. Eventually they will be able to fly higher and higher and finally fly to a tree. Their parents and sometimes their entire family will be near protecting them. Parents will continue to feed them while they are on the ground. Eventually mom and dad will refuse to feed so the baby will find food on his own and eat it on his own.

Below is video of a fledgling crow. Notice the blue eyes. Adults have dark brown eyes. Notice the pink, red mouth when he gapes. Adults have black mouths. Listen to the call. It's very distinct from an adult crow call.

Now this is a baby crow, a nestling. Nestlings don't have all their feathers. They should be in the nest only at this stage. A young baby crow, only a few days old. Photo by Melanie Piazza at Wild Care. If you find this on the ground and can't get it back into its nest, call a wildlife rehabilitator to take it. Their nests are generally pretty high and impossible to re-nest.

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Here is an adult crow. Dark eyes, all feathers, dark mouth (you can't really tell here).

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Below is a parent crow feeding her fledgling babies.

Now if you see a crow with one wing hanging lower than the other, unable to stand, blood, bone sticking out, obvious injury, contact a rehabber at the links below. If you do pick up a fallen nestling or injured crow, the family, parents, mate may swoop your head. They are just protecting their family member. You will hear the family screeching at you generally before they swoop. Protect your head with a hat. Place the bird in a pet crate with newspaper on the bottom. Put a towel over the crate to keep it dark. Place the crate in a quiet, darken place away from other animals and humans while you find a rehabber. Thanks so much for caring about crows and wildlife!

In SoCal try California Wildlife Center. In NoCal try Wild Care. Here is a list for other wildlife rehabilitators in the US and the world by country, state, county and city.

http://www.mary.cc/How%20To%20Locate%20a%20Wildlife%20Rehabilitator.html

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

"Beverly Hills Vet" television series by Animal Planet on Discovery - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

"Beverly Hills Vet" was a television series made by Animal Planet on the Discovery channel. This episode "Julianne's Choice" was from 2003. Mary Cummins played herself. The star and host is Katrina Warren a veterinarian from Australia. In this jepisode a kind man finds an orphaned baby squirrel, brings it to Mary Cummins who raises it for release back into the wild.

Video will be posted later. Here are some stills.

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* The video is not 100% what actually happened. Some scenes had to be rearranged due to time constraints. Some were reenacted for the same reasons. Sound effects were added in some of the edited parts.

LOS ANGELES, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In Animal Planet's new series BEVERLY
HILLS VET, Katrina Warren, the dynamic Australian veterinarian and expert in
animal behavior, lands in Beverly Hills to take viewers on a whirlwind trip
around Los Angeles where she prescribes cures for animals with unimaginable
oddities and meets their equally eccentric families. The biggest challenge
Katrina faces is figuring out if some pets' real problem is the one they can't
shake ... their owners. Viewers learn how Katrina Warren diagnoses these
animal anomalies and if their commanders will obey when she comes to the L.A.
area's rescue in the world premiere of BEVERLY HILLS VET on September 2, 2003
from 8-9 p.m. (ET).

Throughout the series' episodes, Katrina analyzes a parrot that hates his
new owner so much that he uses four-letter words to tell her so and an alpaca
that can't seem to stop banging his head on the wall. She treats "Bitey," the
snake, who lives up to his name and the pampering couple living with "Ribbet,"
the 200-pound pig that needs to visit "Little Orphan Hammies," his favorite
pig camp more often to help him leave is brutish home behavior behind.
Katrina even uses hidden video to spy on a schnauzer that raids the
refrigerator when no ones around to catch him in the act!

Soon after her arrival in California, Katrina is not only faced with the
difficulties of moving to a new place with quite different and unusual people,
but is also confronted with correcting the weird behaviors of exotic pets
she's never seen in her Australian homeland. Katrina is so determined to
offer owners every possible solution to their pet's problems that she ends up
making many human friends along the way. She finds specialists across Los
Angeles, who lend their advice to help her make the best diagnosis. For
example, she meets Ian, the herpetologist who really knows his way around a
snake; and Susie, the pig expert from "Little Orphan Hammies" -- where pigs
without a home find refuge. All in all, Katrina's just the woman to make
people and their pets happier together.

BEVERLY HILLS VET is produced for Animal Planet by Fox TV Studios in
association with Painless Productions. For Fox TV Studios, David Martin is
executive producer. For Painless Productions, Jim Casey and Joe Carolei are
executive producers, Katrina Warren is co-executive producer and Jacqueline
Bender is supervising producer. For Animal Planet, Jeanie Vink is executive
producer and Kelly Lueschow is associate producer.

Animal Planet, available in more than 81 million homes nationwide, is the
only television network dedicated exclusively to the connection between humans
and animals. The network's original programming brings together people of all
ages by tapping into a fundamental fascination with animals and providing an
entertaining mix of programming including original movies, adventure series,
sports, drama and sitcoms. Discovery Networks, U.S., a unit of Discovery
Communications, Inc., operates and manages the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal
Planet, the Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids, and a
family of newer, targeted channels. The unit also distributes BBC America.
Visit Animal Planet on the Web by going to www.discovery.com and clicking on
Animal Planet.

SOURCE Animal Planet

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Pesticides cause baby squirrels, opossums, raccoons to be born with no eyeballs - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

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We've been getting in orphaned squirrels, opossums with missing eyes for quite a few years. The tree squirrels end up with no eyeballs due to pesticide spraying of their nest while the mother is pregnant. The opossums end up with no eyeballs due to mother ingesting snails poisoned with Snarol.

Recently we've been getting in orphaned raccoons missing eyeballs. If they are missing both eyes, they won't survive and must be euthanized. Same with tree squirrels as per the California Department of Fish & Wildlife. We used to keep them in our sanctuary if they were happy. Generally orphans that are born disabled are fine with their disability as it's all they ever knew.

Because the babies are deformed the mothers dump them out of the nest, den to die. Mom can't waste her milk on a baby which will not be able to survive. Sad situation. This of course means more orphans for us to care for.

If the animals has one eye, he can be rehabbed and released. Missing both eyes we now must euthanize as per Fish & Wildlife. Please, help us rescue and release the babies that we can. Thanks.

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Squirrel got loose when someone tried to hand her to me. She didn't go far as the door was locked. Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

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A woman dropped off a squirrel to me. Woman lost control as she handed it to me. The door is always locked when people drop off animals. Little squirrel didn't go far. I found her hiding in the printer.

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

How to safely help dying baby sea lions - Mary Cummins Animal Advocates Los Angeles California

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You've all heard about all the baby sea lions dying on the beach. There is no more room to rescue them. They are rescuing the ones with the highest chance of survival and leaving the rest on the beach to die. They are also leaving all adults no matter what at the moment.

Some assholes are throwing rocks at, kicking, taking their pics with the dying animals. Others are trying to rescue, give water, feed them. All of these things are bad for the sea lions and illegal. They are too weak to eat or drink. They can also bite especially the adults.

There is something you can do to make the last hours of the baby sea lions' lives more peaceful. Get some stakes, caution tape and print out the marine mammal warning sign below. Place four stakes in a square about ten feet apart around the baby sea lion (don't get near adults as they are too dangerous). Tie caution tape near the top of the stakes so baby can move if he wants to but people can still easily see the caution tape. Staple a print out of the marine mammal warning sign on one stake.

Stay on the beach and guard the sea lions. Have your video camera handy in case people try to harass or harm the sea lions. If you see someone harassing them and you believe it's safe for you to approach the person, tell them it's a crime to harass marine mammals with fines of $10,000 per incident. Here is some information about enforcing the Marine Mammal Protection Act. http://www.elephantseal.org/fordocents/Docent%20Handbook%202014/Tab%204-3%20Marine%20Mammal%20Harrassment-statement.pdf

When people approach use the opportunity to talk about the sea lion crisis. It's caused by change in ocean temperatures which is causing the fish they eat to move farther off shore. Mothers have travel longer distances to get food then they have to come back to the islands to feed their young. Mothers and babies are starving and end up being pulled by the currents and washed onto the shore to die.

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Remember, always remove all your stakes, tape and signs when you leave the beach. Reuse the stakes, tape and signs. Wear a hat, use sunblock, bring your own water in a reusable bottle.

Supplies:

25-Pack 36-in Wood Landscape Stakes $13
Couple rolls of caution tape 3" x 1,000' $3.99
20 8"x11" printed out Marine Mammal warning signs

Do not get near adult sea lions. They are too dangerous even in their dimished condition. If you see someone getting near an adult, warn them and quote the law. Thanks.

Mary Cummins
Animal Advocates
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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Babies need new beds! Raising money for incubators for baby wildlife. If you can't donate, please share. Thanks! Animal Advocates.

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We're raising money to buy some of these professional incubators. We've been using tupperware containers with heating pads underneath for over 30 years. They new heating pads turn off. The older ones would sometimes melt the underside of the container or shelving underneath. It's time to get something better. The mechanical base model is $375 but we need the bigger size which is $525.

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We'd really appreciate it if you could make a small donation toward our incubator fund. You can donate via PayPal to donate@animaladvocates.us or click this link.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=58WN7JLLXNRMU

You can also send us a check to Animal Advocates, 645 W 9th St #110-140, Los Angeles, CA 90015-1640. Thanks so much!

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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Reuniting, rescuing baby squirrels - Mary Cummins, Animal advocates, Los Angeles

Reuniting, rescuing baby squirrels - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, Los Angeles, California, real estate

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We get quite a few of these a week but I'll just share one. A woman found some baby squirrels and with the help of our website reunited them with their mother. Please, share this so others can reunite baby squirrels. It's our second baby squirrel season and everyone is getting full. Every baby reunited is a baby saved.

"I want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU for posting the page about reuniting baby squirrels with their mother. My cat, Russy, brought one of them to me this morning unhurt...he was so gentle. I took the baby into a dishtowel and stood, mind racing, what should I do now? I heard an adult squirrel raising cain over by the fence, so I figured that was the mama, knowing her baby had fallen from the nest. I went to investigate and found another one, my other cat Pee-Wee was touching its tail and making it squeal. I picked up that baby and put it in the towel with the other and they cuddled up. Neither baby seemed to be hurt, which was just amazing to me.

My first thought was to take them to the vet...then I thought, No, they're so busy out there...Google the problem. So I did. and I clicked on your page and did everything you said to do. I found a box, rigged it with twine so I could tie it to sturdy branches in a dogwood tree next to the big maple nesting tree. Then, was the task of getting the babies to turn loose of the towel so I could put them on the leaves I'd put in the box for them. they held on to
the towel, then they held on to my fingers, and I just teared up...little babies, so vulnerable and trusting..

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I left them but have been coming back to check on them about every 2 hours today. At 3:30 I heard the mama squacking, I figured she'd noticed the box, with the still sleeping babies inside. I came back inside and when I went back to check on them at 5:00, I got close to the tree and Mama ran about half way up the tree and stopped and looked directly at me. I stopped, too. She skittered on up the tree and I went on to check the box again...this time it was empty! She had taken her babies home! I was ecstatic! Thank you so much, again...I would have been devastated if this had turned out any other way.

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I'm still blown away by the fact that my two cats that found them chose not to make them breakfast. My old cat, Russy, has a newfound place in my heart for his kindness and intelligence on knowing what to do to save these babies. Ya gotta love that..."

Thanks so much for reuniting the baby squirrels!

Here is our article on reuniting baby squirrels. Please, share this note.
http://www.mary.cc/squirrels/reunite.htm

Mary Cummins
Animal Advocates
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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

Mary Cummins

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