A Squirrely Tale

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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

sibs 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.

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