Our Pet Squirrel Eekie & Dachshund Mauzie

Yes, the cutest pet I ever had!

On November 30, 1984, on the day of my Paternal Grandmother's funeral in The Netherlands, I was cleaning windows outside with my chamois leather, here in Dublin, Georgia/USA.

Suddenly I heard some 'peeping' noise and sure enough no young birds could be around at that time of the year...

So I stepped over the fence, chamois leather in hand, and found Casey the neighbor cat chasing a baby squirrel in the garage of our back neighbors.

Scolding Casey the cat, she let go of the squirrel and I scooped him up.

This is a screenshot from an 8mm movie that is shown below...

Pieter was still at work for Campbell Soup in Chicago.

When husband Pieter did come home from Chicago, by 23:30 o'clock with his new Rollei lens, he made the FIRST Pet Squirrel Photo of 'Eekie' -  Eekhoorn = Dutch for Squirrel so I created Eekie.

He was so very sweet and I got him installed in a crate with hamster bedding and food.
Pieter did build him a cage with real branches so he could exercise too.

On Sunday, December 2 of 1984 we had just come home from a weekend with friends in Atlanta. With the fire place warm and cozy, I sat with Eekie in my lap and had cracked him some pecans to nibble on.

On Sunday, January 6 of 1985, we got a kitty harness with leash that Pieter's brother had bought us.
Via special courier it came straight from Horst, The Netherlands to us!
After our two special couriers went home, Pieter did make some 8mm movie segments in our office.

Me in my morning robe as to not get any pulls in my good clothing!

Here Mauzie–girl is seen with her cat–friend Casey, playing near the wood logs.

They sure enjoyed the outdoors and all its garden critters...

Me in my morning robe as to not get any pulls in my good clothing!
Eekie on Sunday, January 6, 1985 with kitty harness on leash in our office in the evening...

Sorry for the poor quality but you can see Eekie on my back and on the chair with Mauzie.   Eekie on the chair in our office, climbing on Dachshund Mauzie's back! He climbs on the back of the chair and you can see him on my lap while I sit on the armrest of the chair... Eekie our pet squirrel now is climbing all over me, on my head, in my neck and down my back. Very funny pet! He also loved to cuddle and getting kisses, tickling me with his fur! As long as he was outside of his cage, he was a happy camper.

Such a cute little baby!

Oh, I would have a zoo, if they let me...

When opening a Pepperidge farm pack of Sugar Cookies (2), Eekie would climb up on you and nibble around it! Photo shows Eekie doing just that on January 12...

Pieter with Eekie on January 13, in our veranda, just being released from his cage...

Climbing up on Pieter's pant leg... Oh, I also did walk with him outside and he LOVED climbing up a tree on his leash and than getting back on my shoulder!

Mauzie the Dachshund LOVED to be Mama to other pets! Once to a Guinea pig, a kitten and now a squirrel...

Eekie the squirrel loved to go 'dog back riding'... We would walk on the driveway outside when Pieter would be coming home from work. Such a fun duo!

We are so grateful for having these photos as all our photos from dear friend Natacha, our official house blessing on December 3rd and from Eekie on December 1st got ruined by Kodak and we received a new film roll...!

Eekie did climb up on Pieter's pant leg, and helped with writing the weekly letters to Mother Vedder, Pieter's brothers and to his adopted daughter Liz.

Eekie is seriously proof reading!

These photos from January 13, 1985 are the LAST photos we got. Sadly we found him dead on Wednesday morning on the 16th of January. He'd peacefully crept inside his knitted woolen pouch to sleep and after having him for only 6.5 weeks, he was no more... Very sad! While I was knitting Pieter's thick woolen Irish Aran cardigan, he slept in my lap, cuddling underneath my knitting. So when I was done, I did knit him a square and folded it over to sew it shut like a cone shaped pouch. Earlier he'd always used paper towels to make a nest and sleep underneath. Have any of you ever had a pet squirrel?
So happy with the converted 8mm movies by Costco onto DVD (just click it). Their YesVideo program lets you edit snippets and also share them on Facebook or share via email. However bad the quality at times, due to molds over the decades and with us crossing the Atlantic Ocean twice, it is a treasure of fond memories! Thanks for your visit!

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Related links: {My Hand Knitted Irish Aran Men's Vest} | previous post showing from which I did knit Eekie's pouch {World Animal Day 2013 and My First Pets} | previous post showing Mauzie girl my Dachshund {World Animal Day started in 1931 in Florence, Italy} | previous post showing Mauzie with her kitten Bartje and Guinea pig Mira and with the Eifel Tower in Paris...