Let's Paint!!

Who knew we had a couple Picasso's and Van Gogh's on our hands?!?! The babies are 7 weeks old now. They had a busy day last Thursday the 22nd. They got up bright and early to be on the SAD morning radio show with Scotch and DUI on Rock102. They got to freak out all the dj's as they ran up and down DUI's arms. I never realized how scared people can get from cute baby squirrels. I think it just had to do with the fact that squirrels generally are not in a radio station. After that, the babies went back to the zoo and did an art project. The paintings were done to show them off at our "Creature Creations" event at the zoo coming up in July. They will be available for purchase if anyone is interested. Below are pictures of the babies and their paintings.





"Oliver"



"Owen"



"Grace"



"Tawny"



"Liberty"

Mastered the Art of Playing

Now that they have figured out what their feet are used for, they have began to play non-stop! At 6 weeks old they are still able to be handled, but very carefully. Their little toenails are getting very sharp and they can cling to anything! They have even gotten enough confidence in themselves to start leaping from place to place. One evening "Oliver" was sitting on my legs as I was feeding the other babies and he jumped from them onto my shoulder! Very impressive! I think he even surprised himself on what he could accomplish! Right now they are still eating every 4 hours and have worked up to eating 8-9 mL of formula at each feeding. They have also started nibbling on some rodent chow and yams. Here are their pics at 6 weeks old...





"Oliver"



"Owen"



"Grace"



"Tawny"



"Liberty"