Jasper
Jasper's Story
After seeing this and a few other videos of how lively he was, I was made an offer I could not refuse. Once again, the amazing heart of Michael Marchigiani came through again, helping to save another life. He offered to pay for a luxury cage and accessories and sponsor the new addition for the rest of his life. So after a month of confinement for recovery, Mike named the new member of the Family Jasper and he moved into the new cage.
Jasper is not a PET by any means. He was a WILD Adult male squirrel when he was hit by a car. He does not like humans. He is quite aggressive. He tolerates interaction for treats although is very grabby and often scratches if you try to offer anything by hand. He had to be bathed regularly since he has no real bladder control but he does seem to be living a happy and healthy life in captivity where we give him lots of animal enrichment to keep his mind active. He has progressed over the past year to have minor strength in his hind end, not enough to walk properly but more then he has since intake. He will never be released but we hope he will at least have a good quality of life, living a life of luxury, free of predatory and cars and plenty of treats and love. And of course Mike is never satisfied with "good enough" he is always looking to improve and make a bigger and better life for the animals he loves and recently upgraded Jasper to a BIGGER cage with lots of wooden things for him to play and chew which will be replaced as needed.
Granted with his paralysis he can not have the luxury a normal squirrel would prefer as he needs to have precautions taken to assure he is not injured by falling from falling from anything too high. But he gets around just fine and has a blast racing around in his new enclosure!
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