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Saving squirrels and other wildlife adventures with Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

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Raccoons and foxes and baby squirrels, oh my! This March I began an internship at the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Lyons, Colorado. And let me just tell you it is everything I thought it would be! And it puts me one pawstep closer to my dream job as a wildlife rehabilitator. Spring is baby squirrel season, so the majority of my job is feeding these sweet, furry babies. Most of these squirrels were found orphaned because their mothers were hit by cars or caught by dogs. Baby squirrel ready for meds Feeding the babies via syringe This is me at my happiest Nothing quite compares to the cuteness of a baby squirrel burrito! The "Jackson 5" Aren't we cute? Squirrels are fed a squirrel-specific formula every few hours until they are larger, when we start feeding them nuts, sweet potato, pinecones, cheerios, and mineral lab blocks. In just a few short weeks they are moved to outside cages where they will learn the skills they