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Found cold and motionless beneath a tree as an infant, Nugget the squirrel leaped into life. After growing into a young squirrel, he was released beneath the tree where he was found.

 

Baby squirrel in a basket full of fleece
Nugget the baby squirrel arrives at Earthfire
Baby squirrel feeding from a bottle
Nugget finds utter peace and bliss in eating
Baby squirrel feeding from a bottle
Jean and Nugget
Rehabilitator trying to feed a baby squirrel
Nugget wriggles to let us know that we’ve put the wrong nipple on the bottle.
Rehabilitator trying to feed a baby squirrel
“Wrong Nipple!”
Baby squirrel feeding from a bottle, looking blissful
“Ah—much better!”
Baby squirrel feeding from a bottle
Nugget eats…note the acute dexterity of her little fingers
Jean nurturing Nugget
Baby squirrel with a very full belly after feeding
A full and content squirrel belly
Baby squirrel feeding from a bottle
Nugget, bigger now, sucking more mightily from the bottle as she stretches, ending with a content, full squirrel belly.

More Stories About Nugget:

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Nugget the Squirrel

— by Susan Eirich, Ph.D. — Her sleek, incredibly agile body stretches to the limit in her reach for the bottle, for sustenance, for Life. Nugget, an orphaned 5-week old squirrel, wriggles and chitters in rage. It is the wrong nipple! Nothing i ....Read More

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