The Squirrels

I am getting rid of the "Squirrels" tab at the top of the blog-breaks my heart alittle, so I am moving this post to right here:

One evening in November of 2007, Jeff was browsing the online bulletin board for BYU-I.  Usually Jeff's browsing is safer than when he is looking on the Internet for ostriches, jets, and commercial buses.  Usually.  Usually there aren't two sugar gliders for $50, cage and food included.  And Jeff likes a good bargain.

 They are (left to right), Rishu, Stunk, Furbat, and Paws.

So he brought home our little squirrels, where they've enjoyed traveling with us to quite a few places, climbing on our faces at night, eating whatever they get their paws on, and barking at random hours in the night.  Two squirrels quickly became four, and then we took the Dad to a visit at the Pet Pocket Hospital.. and now we can be sure the population will remain the same.

This last Spring (2013) we decided we finally had to find a home for these little guys.  It literally broke my heart.  We moved (not happily) to a new home and there wasn't really anywhere to put the squirrels.  The garage would be too cold and then too hot and our living room doesn't have a lot of extra room.  We also would be gone the whole summer and I would be gone for a month in April.  I put an ad up and interviewed a few families (one took them home for the weekend), until I found someone who was just right for them.  I've been texting her and getting updates on how the squirrels are.  They're doing fine.  I still miss them and haven't got out of the habit of saving little bits of fruit and treats for them.

You can read more about our squirrels by following this link here.