Finnegan The Squirrel

Debby Cantlon, who plans to release Finnegan, 

the young squirrel, 

back into the wild, 

bottle-fed the infant squirrel after 

it was brought to her house.

When Cantlon took in the tiny creature 

and began caring for him,she found herself with 

an unlikely nurse's aide: her pregnant

Papillion, Mademoiselle Giselle. 

Finnegan was resting in a nest 

in a cage just days before Giselle

was due to deliver her puppies.

Cantlon and her husband watched as 

the dog dragged the squirrel's

cage twice to her own bedside 

before she gave birth.

Cantlon was concerned, yet ultimately 

decided to allow the

squirrel out and the inter-species 

bonding began. 
 

Finnegan rides a puppy mosh pit of sorts, 

burrowing in for warmth

after feeding, eventually working his 

way beneath his new litter mates. 
 

Two days after giving birth, 

mama dog Giselle allowed Finnegan

to nurse; family photos and a 

videotape show her encouraging

him to suckle alongside her litter 

of five pups.
 

Now, Finnegan mostly uses a bottle, 

but still snuggles with his

'siblings' in a mosh pit of puppies, 

rolling atop their bodies

and sinking in deeply for a nap.
 

Finnegan and his new litter mates, 

five Papillion puppies,

get along together as if they were meant to.
 

Wouldn't it be nice if we could all 

get along like Finnegan and the gang?
MORAL  OF THE STORY:  Keep loving everyone . . 

even the squirrelly  ones!