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For about as long as she can remember, Debby
Cantlon
says, friends and strangers have brought her
animals in need. So it wasn't much of a surprise
when someone asked her
if she'd care for a newborn
squirrel found at the base of a tree somewhere near
Trenton.....
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 Papillon,
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, and 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.
Finnegan naps after feeding.
Finnegan makes himself at home with his new litter
mates,
nuzzling nose to nose for a nap after feeding.
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