Undertoad Friday Aug 11 10:23 AM8/11/2006: Papillon dog adopts, nurses injured baby squirrel
Another via Neatorama.
1... 2... 3... Awwwwwwww!
That's Finnegan the squirrel, who was found injured and malnourished when he was only a few days old. He'd fallen 40 feet out of a tree. He only lived because he fell on top of his sister, who was also falling, and who died. Finnegan was in bad shape. He was brought to one Debby Cantlon, who had a reputation for taking in sick and injured animals.
And that's when Mademoiselle Giselle the Papillon took over. (OK, we'll excuse the cutesy-pie dog name.) M'elle Giselle was pregnant, bedding on the other side of the house, but somehow took a liking to the squirrel. She dragged Finnegan's cage across the house, so it could be next to her own doggie bed. And when Cantlon moved the cage back, M'elle just did it again.
So Cantlon let them hang out together.
And after M'elle Giselle gave birth to her pups, she let Finnegan in to nurse as one of her own.
Actually N-rama points to this page of crazy animal adoptions (which in turn points to this gallery of the Finnigan/Giselle paring). There are eight other animal adoptions on that crazy adoptions page. IotD Friday has already covered most of them. This dog and ducklings I hadn't seen before:
The cat and crow video on the adoptions page is fun.
Happy Friday all!
Trilby Friday Aug 11 10:28 AMI am now officially diabetic.
glatt Friday Aug 11 10:30 AMThe pictures are awfully sweet.
ajaccio Friday Aug 11 11:34 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Undertoad
...
And that's when Mademoiselle Giselle the Papillon took over. (OK, we'll excuse the cutesy-pie dog name.)...
|
Well, it does really fit her custie-pie face!
ukamikanasi Friday Aug 11 02:59 PMUh... that crow is not trying to adopt that cat. It's a baby crow. You can tell by the pink in his beak and the sound of his call. He's trying to be "adopted" by the cat... the part where he's biting the cat's foot is how baby crows feed from their parents beaks.
Elspode Friday Aug 11 03:48 PMAre those ducklings *nursing*?! What the hell is that all about? They aren't mammals.
capnhowdy Friday Aug 11 05:54 PMThe ones at her breast are the males.
sandypossum Friday Aug 11 09:55 PMI have a few more pics of adoptions. Here is a dog (in Russia as I recall) foster mother to orphaned lion AND tiger cubs, and cat foster mother to ferrets.
sandypossum Friday Aug 11 09:59 PM...and a German shepherd mother to tiger cubs, and a dog nursing piglets. Being from a mixed family myself, I approve.
MsSparkie Friday Aug 11 11:09 PMI can't remember if this picture came from this site or not...I've been finding so many great pics around lately, my hard drive better not crash! Well, I do love this picture wherever I got it!
DucksNuts Friday Aug 11 11:11 PMTGIF!!!
xoxoxoBruce Friday Aug 11 11:13 PMWhy would a dog let a fuzzy-tailed rat nears her pups?
Oh, of course.....Mademoiselle Giselle the Papillon....french bitch.
bargalunan Saturday Aug 12 02:47 AMFrench hospitality !
Elspode Sunday Aug 13 02:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by sandypossum
...and a German shepherd mother to tiger cubs, and a dog nursing piglets. Being from a mixed family myself, I approve.
|
You're from a mixed species family? Egad.
Flint Sunday Aug 13 02:37 AMI've raised orphaned kitties and puppies completely by hand. Bottle-feeding, making them go potty, cleaning little dirty eye-boogers, etc.
Soon, my first human baby will arrive. I wonder if my experience will count for anything?
DucksNuts Sunday Aug 13 05:35 AMewwwww eye boogers
neatorama Sunday Aug 13 05:48 AMWoohoo - two picks in a row from my lil' blog! Thanks, Undertoad.
Griff Sunday Aug 13 08:39 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Flint
I've raised orphaned kitties and puppies completely by hand. Bottle-feeding, making them go potty, cleaning little dirty eye-boogers, etc.
Soon, my first human baby will arrive. I wonder if my experience will count for anything?
|
Congrats! Probably not.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Aug 13 02:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by neatorama
Woohoo - two picks in a row from my lil' blog! Thanks, Undertoad.
|
Lil' blog? You're kidding, right? Everybody I know, loves Neatorama.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Aug 13 02:14 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Flint
I've raised orphaned kitties and puppies completely by hand. Bottle-feeding, making them go potty, cleaning little dirty eye-boogers, etc.
Soon, my first human baby will arrive. I wonder if my experience will count for anything?
|
I've been told, previous experience gives you more self-confidence, but each baby is a whole new ballgame. Good luck.
footfootfoot Sunday Aug 13 02:20 PMnurses injured baby squirrel
These are all cute pictures, but I want to know if the caught the nurses who injured the baby squirrel. People can be so cruel.
Your reply here?
The Cellar Image of the Day is just a section of a larger web community: a bunch of interesting folks talking about everything. Add your two cents to IotD by joining the Cellar.
|