Jack Learning To Climb

This is going to be a short post.  It's mostly to share a video my hubby took when Jack was first learning to climb.  It is a bit blurry at parts, but totally worth watching because it is out of this world CUTE!

Direct Link to Video https://youtu.be/OXSH5mJHvT4

Is that not adorable??  I do have one photo for those who can't watch videos.....

His first time hanging upside down on his branch!  Cute!!!!

Weaning Jack

Want to know what is the cutest thing ever??  A baby squirrel learning to eat solid foods!!!!!!!  Jack was so cute when he first started learning to hold things in his paws and to taste new solid foods.  I'll let the photos and video speak for themselves.  :D

He was trying so hard to sit up with the food in his paws.

He very quickly learned to carry his food off and hide it.

It's so crazy the things he does that all squirrels do even without a role model showing him.  Instincts are strong in these little guys!

See the apple slice between his paws?

Then he picked it up and I almost died at the cuteness!

He had to learn to eat his rodent food and squirrel block before he was allowed to have tastier things because they get very picky, very quickly.  Yes I used a terracotta pot for his first house lol.

He eventually got to start tasting new things like the apple above and these greens.

 I'm mean, I put it on his head hehe.  He wasn't sure what to do. 

 He quickly mastered sitting up and eating from his paws!  So cute!
Smart guy was using the cage to prop up on while learning his balance.

Check out this video of him learning to eat his rodent food.

Direct link to video https://youtu.be/ZZKwZo9HWTs

I wish I had gotten more pictures of when he was a baby.  He was so cute!  That's all for this post.  Next post is of him learning to climb.  :)

Oh I almost forgot, the things he's learned to eat so far are his squirrel block, two kinds of rat food, collard greens, kale, strawberries, papaya, apples, sunflower seeds, acorns, pecans, lettuce, carrots, sweet potatoes, raspberries, blackberries, etc.  I know I'm forgetting stuff.  He always has his salt, mineral salt, cuttlebone, deer antlers, etc. available for calcium and wearing his teeth down.  Squirrels can die from calcium deficiencies so it's very important he get lots of calcium.  He also is only allowed a limited amount of seeds and nuts because they can cause obesity in pet squirrels.  The main part of his diet is his squirrel block and rat food because they are formulated to keep him healthy.  Then he gets healthy fruits and veggies.  Nuts and seeds are snacks.  I may talk more about squirrel diet later, but I have to run.  I'll try to post again soon.

2016 Reading Challenge - Book Scrabble - October

October was..... I don't know.  I didn't get much reading done though, that's for sure.

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I loved Muffins and Mourning Tea which I knew I would.  It is book five in the Oxford Tearoom Mystery series that I love so much.  This one was no different.  It was awesome!

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It took forever to finish this book and that's the main reason I didn't get much read in October.  It was a good book, but it just could not hold my interest.  When I'm really stressed out it takes a good book to keep me interested.  I just had a lot going on...  this book does fill the H book category though, so I'm getting close to finishing the whole alphabet.

Also I forgot to mention a book I read... I think in September.

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This was a short story, so I don't know if I want it to count for my list, but if I can't find another X book, it may have to.  I actually really liked this book and I normally hate short stories because they just aren't long enough for me to get invested in the characters.  This one was really well written though and I enjoyed it.

Sorry for the short descriptions.  It's hard to write about them when I wait so long to make the post.  I need to do better about staying caught up but I'm so busy, it's hard.

So the points for October are M=3 and H=4, so 7 total.  Also the X is 8 points.  All I have left for the alphabet is D, which I'm in the middle of right now.  Other than that it will be just keep on reading to accumulate points.  I also might try to find a full length book for X.  Any suggestions?

I'm thinking about not doing a challenge next year and spending my reading time on blogs instead, because I don't have time to do both... I may still do a monthly post on the books I read though because this has been the only way I've ever successfully kept track of what I've read.  I've been trying to keep book lists since I was a kid and never did keep up with it.  It's too bad because it would be awesome to know how many books I've read in my entire life.  I know it's a LOT!!  I read more when I was a kid than I do now lol.