So today, I may have saved a squirrel! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐿" title="Streifen-Hörnchen" aria-label="Emoji: Streifen-Hörnchen"> I ran outside quick to go check the mail when I noticed this little critter was standing in the middle of the road, curled up in a ball, shaking like mad. I approached it carefully, poked it with a box and it didn’t move much. 1/6

I covered my hands with my sweater (poor choice because fleas) and actually managed to pick it up. It quickly jumped out my hands and scurried underneath a car and after a bit of coaxing I got it out. I took it over to our backyard and set it down on the ground, still 2/6

shaking. So I quick ran inside, grabbed some bread (also broke open an acorn https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß">) and brought that back out to try and feed it. Sadly, it wouldn’t eat. So I looked online and it appears squirrels get like this when they haven’t eaten in a while, but I couldn’t let it die. 3/6

So I picked it up, put it in my lap and tried to “manually” feed it. It didn’t care for the food, but it did like the warmth of my hand! I could tell it was pretty cold too. Eventually it actually started eating, but would only eat if I had my hand around it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen"> 4/6

So now here we are, I’ve built a little fort for it around the back on our porch, gave it a plate of food, some water and it’s snoozing away! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☺️" title="Lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht">
Life is precious, help others when you can, and maybe you’ll even make a new friend along the way https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐿" title="Streifen-Hörnchen" aria-label="Emoji: Streifen-Hörnchen"> 5/6

p.s. I’m naming him Conker https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😝" title="Squinting face with tongue" aria-label="Emoji: Squinting face with tongue"> 6/6