{"id":3803,"date":"2023-08-22T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news-squirrel-kit-adopted-by-hen-rescued\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:07:21","slug":"squirrel-kit-adopted-by-hen-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/squirrel-kit-adopted-by-hen-rescued\/","title":{"rendered":"Squirrel kit \u2018adopted\u2019 by hen rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"paragraph-4789\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content-with-summary paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-content-with-summary field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">We are caring for a red squirrel kit who was found under a hen on 16 August at a farm in Tayport.<\/p>\n<p>The squirrel kit is now in the care of our\u00a0National Wildlife Rescue Centre where he will be rehabilitated and released back into the wild.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Scottish SPCA animal rescue officer, Beth Galbraith, said, \u201cWe received a call from a member of the public who advised a squirrel had been coming into their hen house and sleeping under a chicken for several days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe squirrel kit had likely been separated from his mother and had been seeking warmth and comfort from the hen. <\/p>\n<article class=\"align-center media media--type-image media--view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__label visually-hidden\">Image<\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_content\/public\/2023-08\/Untitled%20design%20%2815%29.jpg?itok=e0LieGIW\" width=\"847\" height=\"492\" alt=\"a black hen in a box with straw being lifted up to show a baby red squirrel curled up underneath her\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>\u201cThe hen wasn&#8217;t fussed at all with the new addition! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kit was very thin and dehydrated so is now under the care of our wildlife hospital who will rear him until he is healthy and old enough to be released back into the wild.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a very unusual rescue but also a very cute one!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who finds an animal in distress should call our\u00a0animal helpline on 03000 999 999. Advice on squirrels can also be found on our website <a href=\"www.scottishspca.org\/advice\/squirrel\">here.<\/a><a href=\"www.scottishspca.org\/advice\/squirrel\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are caring for a red squirrel kit who was found under a hen on 16 August at a farm in Tayport. The squirrel kit is now in the care of our\u00a0National Wildlife Rescue Centre where he will be rehabilitated and released back into the wild. Scottish SPCA animal rescue officer, Beth Galbraith, said, \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Squirrel kit \u2018adopted\u2019 by hen rescued - Scottish SPCA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/squirrel-kit-adopted-by-hen-rescued\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Squirrel kit \u2018adopted\u2019 by hen rescued\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are caring for a red squirrel kit who was found under a hen on 16 August at a farm in Tayport. 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