Growth Spurts for Baby Squirrel, Oscar

Now that I'm pouring the enriched food to him, he is growing fatter and much stronger. There is something about a fat baby that everyone loves. As for strength, he is quite the squirmer now and I keep him wrapped in one of his blue blankets and hold him close to the table when feeding so that he, heaven forbid, hasn't far to fall.

It's interesting how the photos show his development when I really don't notice it in real time. But certainly, he is no longer pink and scrawny. He's actually got black fur on his head and more appears on his body daily. His eyes, however, remain closed.

He does appear to be more and more rodent than alien or homunculus.

After his pre-midnight feeding, I put him back in his aquarium, still on the heating pad which keeps him toasty warm, and he did what other babies when they have a full belly and are sleepy, he folded his paws under his chin and dozed off.