08/24/2026
It’s been a while since we have done a Stewy update! Stewart is one of our sanctuary squirrels who was kicked out of his nest as a baby. Our guess is mama knew that something was wrong with him and that can be the brutal part of Mother Nature is they will abandon babies who aren’t 100% healthy.
He has cerebral hyperplasia which means his cerebellum did not develop all of the way. This causes issues with his motor function, he also has different color variations-considered a blonde eastern grey squirrel, which can be common with genetic mutations or inbreeding.
Stewy has had such an amazing journey with us and just makes me love him that much more. His coordination and strong will to do life just continues to go leaps and bounds over what we thought he would at one point. He overcame spells where he was having seizures and loosing weight dramatically- we thought that was the end for him but he pulled through that and continued to get even stronger than he was before all of that.
He is very much one of our little miracles, and love watching him thrive and play with his cage mate Timmy, who is also a forever baby with us too with a spinal injury that went untreated being with the person who found him for several weeks before getting him help.
This picture of Stew was last night after his bath. I mean just look at that face!!!!! Him and Timmy have to get baths every week, with both of their disabilities and injuries both tend to tee tee everywhere even on each other at times. 🤫😂🤫
We have about 25 different animals with us that have different disabilities and with us forever. Keeping up behind each other their special needs and quirks alone is a full time job on top of the babies being rehabilitated.
The sanctuary guys always hold on to our heart strings a little tighter, we spend a lot more time with them and are able to spoil them knowing they aren’t going back into the wild. A huge chunk of my day and night is walking into a room to put something away or feed other babies and then seeing the ones that are not able to be released and they sucker me in to pets and mini play sessions- getting me completely side tracked from the tasks at hand.
We do definitely need to get our website updated for the sponsorship opportunities for all of our sanctuary animals, the sponsorships go towards their annual vet visits, toys, treats, normal food costs, and anything else you would like special to go to your sponsored friend.
We will have to get some more updated videos of Stew and Timmy playing and how much better Stew is able to get around since his last video months ago.
We hope everyone is having a great weekend!
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