A baby squirrel's first game of peek-a-boo

Name: A baby squirrel's first game of peek-a-boo
Uploaded: 2023-02-25T22:30:23Z
Duration: 4 min 5 s
Description: The people who found Brucey waited by a tree for her mother to come for her. Her mother never showed.

The people who found Brucey waited by a tree for her mother to come for her. Her mother never showed. more

So they took the tiny squirrel home and raised her themselves. Brucey, an Eastern gray squirrel, took to them, and she learned to trust them.

Now she lets her human parents pet her and scratch her, and she wants to be held. She loves to climb, and she loves to play. Like any baby squirrel she is curious about everything, and she likes attention.

An adult squirrel with brown fur and a white underbelly sits on textured fabric indoors during daylight. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — The people who found Brucey waited by a tree for her mother to come for her.

She's a nibbler, too. Put a finger near her and she gives it a light nibble, all in fun. "It doesn't really hurt, she just does little bites," her mom says. When she's happy, she purrs like a kitten.

Then comes peek-a-boo, her first game of it with her family. Brucey ducks down behind the chair and waits. When she pops back up to greet her mom, she gets a soft bop on the nose. "It's like whack-a-mole," her mom says, "but it's tap a squirrel."

Brucey, a small squirrel, sits upright on a textured surface facing forward, her front paws resting on it. A headline runs in white letters across the lower third. — Brucey comes back up from behind the chair to greet her mom, and a nose bop is coming.

Brucey is eight and a half weeks old and new to the game. When her mom puts the phone down and looks her in the eye, she stays up longer. She seems to like that better.

"Well, that was fun." When the game winds down, Brucey gets all the pets she can handle, settled into one hand until she has had her fill.