Spike has to wear an uncomfortable hat while trying to eat

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  • @chelonianmobile
    @chelonianmobile 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +203

    Such a shame they're not as huggable as they look.

  • @zuo
    @zuo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    i’m jealous of that whole Disney movie you have going on your porch

  • @buckweevil
    @buckweevil 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +271

    It takes gumption to fall asleep on a porcupine.

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      They kind of look soft though. I would pet. ☺💖

    • @inscrutababble1932
      @inscrutababble1932 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      It takes another porcupine.

    • @logan5girl405
      @logan5girl405 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I didn’t know they ate nuts are they omnivores?

    • @walquirialobato5313
      @walquirialobato5313 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@logan5girl405 , hi. They eat peanuts and various fruits.

    • @mr_silver_eyes
      @mr_silver_eyes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Unless you’re another porcupine.

  • @noradinneen1
    @noradinneen1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

    How utterly adorable! Porcupines, chipmunks, squirrels & a rabbit! All on your deck! You're so lucky!

  • @rating9392
    @rating9392 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Squeak is like "I know my mother, she's right here!"

  • @LendriMujina
    @LendriMujina 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    Man, Spike is so uncaring about her own kid that you mistake her for someone totally unrelated.

  • @WendyCobb-kl7ns
    @WendyCobb-kl7ns 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    How cool! What a privilege to be able to have all these amazing animals around!

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      We feel very lucky they chose us.

  • @HueMan849
    @HueMan849 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    Excuse me while my head explodes from the cutest footage of anything I’ve ever seen

  • @seawall103
    @seawall103 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

    I was waiting for some goofy toy hat, then i realized squeak was the hat 😂

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Spike did wear a little witch's hat for Halloween (I think the video was called "Spike the Porcupine is Ready for Halloween") and she wore a hat for her first snowfall ("Porcupine Wearing A Toque to Stay Warm During A Cold Canadian Winter").

  • @paigemaddi
    @paigemaddi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    Squirrels and chipmunks are sweethearts too ❤

    • @mr_silver_eyes
      @mr_silver_eyes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I dare you to look up squirrels eating donuts, it’s the cutest footage you’ll ever see!

  • @Kalyahna
    @Kalyahna 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    The rabbit stopped by to ask for more sweet potato!

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      @@Kalyahna And he wasn't disappointed.

  • @sunflowerhandler
    @sunflowerhandler 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    you folks are so good to keep track of all these lil fellas, you seem to have a big heart

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thank you!

  • @janewright2800
    @janewright2800 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    What a joy to have all those adorable animals around you! Squeak is just sooo cute💞

  • @Popularloner86
    @Popularloner86 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    Oh my goodness the noises it's making is so cute ❤❤❤

    • @joyousdog1
      @joyousdog1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I had no idea that porcupines made such lovely sounds!

  • @mcapril291
    @mcapril291 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Spike for mother of the year!😂

  • @DarkNova50
    @DarkNova50 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "Where is your mother?"
    "Right here, and I don't give a fuck."

  • @MyaYard
    @MyaYard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    All your visitors are so cute! Surprised to see the chipmunk go that close.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@MyaYard They'll climb you. You can pet them.

    • @MyaYard
      @MyaYard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@joels7605 I would love that! ...maybe not on the days when I'm wearing shorts though🤔😆

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@MyaYard They think toes look a lot like peanuts.

    • @MyaYard
      @MyaYard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@joels7605
      😬🥜

  • @Ncfc-ek8il
    @Ncfc-ek8il 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I knew nothing about this particular animal until I saw your close ups.They are lovely guys and gals arn't they? Thankyou for giving them a helping hand 😊

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Most of them are very kind and gentle, even though they're completely wild. People misunderstand these animals and shoot them. It's very sad.

  • @pokeybear1274
    @pokeybear1274 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Spike likely knows what she’s doing as a porky mom. The baby seems healthy from the videos.

  • @kelly78688
    @kelly78688 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    This would have to be the cutest videos I have seen in a long time, I’m a massive animal lover but being Australian we don’t see this everyday, I even think our echidnas are endangered 🙁 thank you so much for sharing squeak and spike ❤ I have subscribed 🥰

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Thank you! We have a whole family of these guys that visit every day, and we're constantly putting up silly porcupine videos. I think there's about 500 of them now. They're all so cute and have such different personalities. Quilbert talks up a storm, so that's always good for a laugh.

  • @janadogan-qy7ci
    @janadogan-qy7ci 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    The precious little noises Squeak makes and suckling on the toys. She probably needs some milk. I hope her mother come back. It is so sad.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      That was my mistake. That IS her mother. I'm just bad at telling porcupines apart. Also Spike isn't a very good mother.

    • @StonedtotheBones13
      @StonedtotheBones13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      ​@@joels7605on the contrary, she just wore her child as a hat while eating, which I would think would try anyone 😂😂

    • @FullFrontalFromage
      @FullFrontalFromage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@StonedtotheBones13😂😂

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@joels7605 As someone who also feeds the various wild animals around where we live, I can concur that telling them apart is extremely difficult sometimes, lol.

    • @HelloYiddy
      @HelloYiddy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@joels7605I thought Spike seemed super casual about Squeak falling off the porch, and just languishing in the brush ☺️

  • @lyric8006
    @lyric8006 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I have to subscribe due to high cuteness level.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks!

  • @cuttingfilms3624
    @cuttingfilms3624 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Это так круто, находится рядом с природой и иметь возможность взаимодействовать с ней

  • @BurrsMom
    @BurrsMom 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    OHHHHHHHHHHHHH 🥰That lil Squeak...Pokie is being such a good boy not fussing at Squeak!! So sweet...and "pokie"!! Hopefully Spike comes soon, Squeak needs his Momma!!

  • @clarabellcutting8745
    @clarabellcutting8745 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Poor baby is tired

  • @MissRoseLily
    @MissRoseLily 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    So cheeky precious, love your wildlife family ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @mleh2512
    @mleh2512 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank you for bringing this lovely moment of peace to my evening. I’m glad everything and everyone are okay.

  • @swamp5050
    @swamp5050 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I had no idea I liked Porgy's until I happened on this channel today, thx for the introduction I'm hooked on wildlife!

  • @jackbudgen8858
    @jackbudgen8858 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    All animals are precious to me

    • @GilbertdeClare0704
      @GilbertdeClare0704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same here ! Messengers from GOD to keep us connected with the REAL World of seasons, cycles, life and death, and eternal Love !✡✝

  • @suzannahjohnson6879
    @suzannahjohnson6879 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    This almost made me cry seeing Squeak trying to nurse the little stuffie. I wonder if there could be something wrong with Spike’s milk? And maybe that’s why Squeak was nursing from Chestnut? (Bless your little heart Chestnut, for giving Squeak some milk) Or maybe Spike was just too young to be a mother? Honestly I was shocked that she had a baby. I didn’t think she was old enough.

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I think we were more worried than we needed to be. We first saw Squeak on August 8th, so even if she was born that night she's at least 3 weeks old. From what I'm seeing online, by two weeks north american porcupines mostly eat vegetation and only nurse occasionally.
      We'll be keeping an eye on them and we do have a wildlife rescue close by, but I think Squeak was just born later than the other three babies (not surprising, Spike only turned 1 this spring, so it kinda makes sense that she was the last to get pregnant. We weren't expecting her to have a baby this young either.)
      She's very active (probably a good sign) and I think she's just driving Spike a little insane by constantly climbing on her. She also likes to taste the other porcupines' faces and the next youngest baby (Pip) has tried tasting Squeak's face too.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Spike isn't old enough. They're supposed to be 2, and she's only a year old. We'll take good care of Squeak. She won't go hungry.

    • @suzannahjohnson6879
      @suzannahjohnson6879 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@Forest_Friend okay that makes me feel much better, knowing that at two weeks most babies have moved on to vegetation. Squeak is just soooooo tiny that I worry about her. She’s so little! I worry about Spike as well, being so young herself and having a baby. It’s odd that Squeak was born so much later than the other three babies, who all look to be about the same age and roughly the same size. Next to them, Squeak is like a sentient dust bunny.

    • @suzannahjohnson6879
      @suzannahjohnson6879 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@joels7605 I don’t have a single, solitary doubt that Squeak and every other forest critter you guys take care of are in the absolute best hands. It was just so pitiful to see tiny little Squeak trying to nurse that stuffed animal that it got away with me.

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@suzannahjohnson6879 We do still have some concerns about her just being born late in the year, but we're happy to supplement her feeding and if it seemed like she wasn't big enough getting closer to winter, we'd check in with Hope For Wildlife on whether it would make sense for her to winter with them. (This is also part of why we keep putting the stuffie next to her, I'm trying to gauge her growth.)
      I'm still floored that they're so independent at 2 weeks. But also, it's not like we see what her and Spike are up to 24/7. For all I know, Spike fed her just before arriving and Squeak was interrupting Spike's turn to eat.

  • @just-tess
    @just-tess 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Spike is a very patient mom with healthy boundaries!

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Is it too late I've fallen in love with the squeak❤❤❤❤❤

    • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
      @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's so nice to give the baby a stuffed animal

  • @user-vp8ln6yr3w
    @user-vp8ln6yr3w 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Omg they are so precious and beautiful ❤

  • @BillD-h1k
    @BillD-h1k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Oh goodness please do your best for that sweet wittle baby pokie🥹

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the little sounds Squeak makes. :) 🌷🌱

  • @ICU264
    @ICU264 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Omg how adorable with his little stuffed animal ❤❤❤ poor little guy wanting his mother Awwww

  • @HamTheScot
    @HamTheScot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This place is a Disney house, all the wildlife that just appears near the humans

  • @MrDesmondPot
    @MrDesmondPot 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I think that baby might need some milk. She seems to be after something.

  • @joerudnik9290
    @joerudnik9290 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Squeak is telling you, that she needs sleeping accommodations, pronto.❤❤❤

  • @thepiratepenguin4465
    @thepiratepenguin4465 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It must be so nice to have so much wildlife visit your garden.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's pretty great!

  • @BillD-h1k
    @BillD-h1k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    AWWWWW the sweet wittle baby😊

  • @misanthropicisolation4013
    @misanthropicisolation4013 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Much cuteness in one video, I love it!

  • @Matteblak
    @Matteblak 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Look at all the critters gathering!!! ❤

  • @jopar00
    @jopar00 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Never seen Porcupine Children. Lovely, but I would be afraid to touch :)

  • @mamabear3903
    @mamabear3903 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Cuteness overload!!!!

  • @sairam239
    @sairam239 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How do you cuddle them?Load of sweetness but can't hug!How sad.

  • @angelaboheme7361
    @angelaboheme7361 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    All these cute critters 😍🥰

  • @takumivonedmund3092
    @takumivonedmund3092 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Poor Spike, she got a new haircut and confused with Pokey

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Poor Spike. So Spike and Pokey look VERY similar. They both have super short quills and no guard hairs. I still have trouble telling them apart.

  • @mr_silver_eyes
    @mr_silver_eyes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I live in an area where porcupines don’t, so seeing them is a real treat!

  • @DominykaSchrei
    @DominykaSchrei 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I like their names, so fitting 😀

  • @Seahorse1414
    @Seahorse1414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Squeak wants hugs

  • @walquirialobato5313
    @walquirialobato5313 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    São lindos demais! Na minha janela vêm vários e, coloco bananas, amendoins, mamão também. Eles comem tudo! Mas, se abro a janela de correr, que faz um barulho, eles morrem de medo e fogem. só que fogem assim devagar, devagarinho 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @Polar_Ice889
    @Polar_Ice889 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They make noises like baby panda cubs….

  • @susangreene9662
    @susangreene9662 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cute sounds.

  • @mummel2031
    @mummel2031 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Einfach nur Zauberhaft ❤️❤️❤️

  • @minttuxxx9109
    @minttuxxx9109 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Lovely babys

  • @TiffanyL-f1n
    @TiffanyL-f1n 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Did you ever find Spike Squeaks Momma? Pokey doing amazing job with squeak.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes Spike has been here lots. She's doing fine. Squeak disappeared Tuesday night and we're worried. We've been looking and calling but we can't find her. I hope she shows up.

  • @jennifermiller7813
    @jennifermiller7813 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have to admit the adult is amazing with squake

  • @alicorydorie5429
    @alicorydorie5429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just found this and instantly subbed lol

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

  • @minttuxxx9109
    @minttuxxx9109 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Adorable baby❤❤❤❤

  • @poxton298
    @poxton298 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I’m in love ❤with

  • @MixedChick1
    @MixedChick1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    so cute omg

  • @SuperXzm
    @SuperXzm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Do you rent from Snow White? Why there are so many animals lol?

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Snow White could take lessons from us.

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      We're kinda in the middle of nowhere with a water source in the backyard. Plus, it seems that once you make one animal friend, the others are more trusting.

  • @rattified
    @rattified 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Spike needs water 😭

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She's okay. We make water available to them. The only one who ever drinks anything is Squeak. There's tons of natural water around as well.

  • @brookegoslin
    @brookegoslin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That’s so cute ♥️

  • @balsarmy
    @balsarmy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Poor baby

  • @rattified
    @rattified 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Squeak is thirsty.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      She has a little red water dish that she can drink from. She doesn't drink every often though.

    • @Seahorse1414
      @Seahorse1414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@joels7605 She gets her fluids from her mother , drinking water is not good for her just as in humans or any other mammal .

  • @dorfsteen
    @dorfsteen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Seriously how was the little guy not getting blinded by rubbing up against the big one with its eyes like up against those spines? I don't get it.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't know. It happens all the time and between the claws and quills I don't know how they all still have eyes that work.

  • @Omnihilo
    @Omnihilo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    LOLOL the description. 😂

  • @WendyCobb-kl7ns
    @WendyCobb-kl7ns 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Is mama eating dry pinto beans?

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just raw peanuts.

  • @Foxiepawstotti
    @Foxiepawstotti 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    All the animals that trust you, its lovely, I thought that was her mum, I wish her mum would come and feed her ❤

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is her mum. I made a mistake. There are two porcupines that look very similar. Spike (the mother) and Pokey (not the mother). I thought this was Pokey coming for a visit. Nope. It was Spike.

  • @bonniewugsie5950
    @bonniewugsie5950 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They love apples too. I feed my porcupines apples, acorns and berries. They are cute little things. ❤ Did you find his mom? Poor thing, he must be so hungry 😔

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It turned out that it was the mom in the video. She looks a LOT like one of the others, named Pokey (there's 12 in total, and with each new one, it gets a little bit harder to tell them apart). Spike and Pokey have a similar crew cut hair style. We should've figured it out, but Spike also usually whines if we don't feed her at her 'table' (an upside down plant pot).
      We have a few that absolutely love Gala apples (and are weirdly picky about apple type). What kind do yours like? We tried acorns last year (no oak trees near us, so that was a trip to the park) and one absolutely loved them, for all of one day. Also, what kind of berries?

  • @dorfsteen
    @dorfsteen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How do they not injure each other?
    the baby climbed up on the big one and it didn't get stuck or bleed to death?

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a mystery. I honestly don't know. The baby climbs ALL OVER her mother every day.

  • @brookegoslin
    @brookegoslin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hahahahaha oh my ♥️

  • @mimiluvs3538
    @mimiluvs3538 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ohhh myyyy sweetness😍

  • @ポチ吉
    @ポチ吉 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Berry cute❤

  • @marybethsinn6792
    @marybethsinn6792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This poor little guy always lookin for mamma, call cps!!

  • @jennifermiller7813
    @jennifermiller7813 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you dont see its mom i would call wild life or he may not make it but thats just my guess.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's all good. The baby is doing well and shows up on the deck regularly with her mom (who ignores her). She's gaining weight and doing really well.

  • @panzfaust9812
    @panzfaust9812 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Baby's quills can still hurt? Looks like hair

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The quills are still tiny and hidden below all the hair. So they're secret needles.

  • @tothelighthouse9843
    @tothelighthouse9843 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just chanced upon your video, & can't tell if those are raw or roasted peanuts the porcupines are munching on. I feed wild squirrels in the winter, & just found out recently that raw peanuts can be poisonous for rodents. Sweet potatoes too, I just discovered today. Thought I'd leave the info here for you, from an extremely reputable seed company, & scientific studies are also available online. My apologies if this is a review of info you already know. Sweet little creatures who come visit you, we're so lucky when wild animals chose to trust us. Cheers!
    "Feeding raw peanuts to squirrels and other animals can have serious consequences. The results can even be fatal if peanuts compose a large and constant part of the diet.
    Peanuts are a legume, not a true nut, and when raw they contain a trypsin inhibitor, a substance that inhibits or prevents the pancreas from producing trypsin which is an enzyme essential for the absorption of protein by the intestine. While the exact relationship between the trypsin inhibitor and malnutrition in rodents is not fully understood, the detrimental effects have been documented since 1917. Thus squirrels fed a steady diet of raw peanuts could easily develop severe malnutrition, and works such as The Backyard Naturalist by Craig Tufts specify the use of roasted peanuts.
    According to the Washington State Cooperative Extension Service, roasting hulled raw peanuts for twenty to thirty minutes at 300 degrees Fahrenheit, stirring them frequently, will destroy the trypsin inhibitor and render the peanuts suitable for use as feed.
    Similar cautions also apply to the use of sweet potatoes and to other raw legumes such as soybeans which are sometimes recommended as food for squirrels and which contain trypsin inhibitors." Cooking sweet potatoes destroys the trypsin inhibitor & makes them completely safe for our wild animal friends to eat.

  • @jeanf8998
    @jeanf8998 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is baby blind like kittens?

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She can see. Porcupine eyes, in general, aren't that great though.

  • @elizabethturczyk1533
    @elizabethturczyk1533 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What state is this? How lucky you are to be around nature!

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@elizabethturczyk1533 We're up in Canada. Just outside of Halifax in Nova Scotia.

  • @teecee9113
    @teecee9113 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Squeak makes my heart melt. ❤

  • @JodyLSumrall
    @JodyLSumrall 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I am honestly very upset seeing this. Spike is not responding to Squeaks' needs. I think squeak has been rejected by her. Seeing the baby struggling trying to eat huge peanuts has been concerning me. I don't believe he is getting enough nutrition. To watch him trying to nurse a stuffed animal is heartbreaking. Maybe he can eat peanut butter better??? I know nothing about porcupines. Sorry, I feel so helpless. Your idea of getting formula is a very good idea. 😥😰

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      We're a bit worried too. Squeak is getting a bit bigger, and is very active, but Spike seems to ignore her. We give her peanuts, apple slices and sweet potato and she'll eat a little bit of each, but she needs her mother's milk. I think we'll probably get a bottle and see if we can do better.

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I think we were more worried than we needed to be. We first saw Squeak on August 8th, so even if she was born that night she's at least 3 weeks old. From what I'm seeing online, by two weeks north american porcupines mostly eat vegetation and only nurse occasionally.
      We'll be keeping an eye on them and we do have a wildlife rescue close by, but I think Squeak was just born later than the other three babies (not surprising, Spike only turned 1 this spring, so it kinda makes sense that she was the last to get pregnant. We weren't expecting her to have a baby this young.)
      She's very active (probably a good sign) and I think she's just driving Spike a little insane by constantly climbing on her. She also likes to taste the other porcupines' faces and the next youngest baby (Pip) has tried tasting Squeak's face too.

    • @SchlichteToven
      @SchlichteToven 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      My cat's mom headbutted her way into my house when I was younger. She had two kittens and was pregnant with my future cat and his sister. When she had the next batch of kittens, the older ones were still trying to nurse from her and she'd whack them away with her paw (which she needed to do because they were getting too old to nurse and they were taking the younger kittens' milk. She also used to get fed up with mothering and one time we heard high-pitched squealing in the living room and rushed downstairs to find she'd left the youngest kittens by themselves in the middle of the room to go take a nap by herself in the basement. The kittens' eyes weren't open yet and they were hobbling around blind, looking for their mom. I thought it was heartwarming though, because it meant she thought her kittens were in safe hands with us! Sometimes mothers just need a bloody break.

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@SchlichteToven I think this is pretty inline with what's happening. I was more worried before I found out that porcupines get weaned so quickly. I never would have guessed that they're only occasionally nursing at 2 weeks (and Squeak's been visiting for 3 weeks)

    • @Christine-ln2wh
      @Christine-ln2wh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@Forest_FriendThat's a relief (and quite surprising) , so good you also have a rescue nearby to ask for advice perhaps - thank you for updating us! We've all become quite invested in little Squeak ☺️

  • @anamariecameron7874
    @anamariecameron7874 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    were is his mom

  • @ALPHADARKFANG
    @ALPHADARKFANG 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Are they dangerous

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nope. They're very gentle creatures.

  • @daphne4983
    @daphne4983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Is Squeak ok? And isn't that her mother??

    • @Forest_Friend
      @Forest_Friend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Squeak is fine, and you're correct that's her mom, Spike. We've got a dozen porcupines who visit regularly and Pokey and Spike look a lot alike. They both sort of have a crew cut hairstyle. Spike usually whines if we don't feed her at her table (an upside down plant pot) but I guess she was hungry enough here that she didn't care.
      We put an editor's note at the beginning, but I think maybe we should have just disabled the audio, because we did think at the time that something was wrong.
      They've both visited since, both of them are fine and we were surprised to learn that at 2 weeks, north american porcupines only rarely nurse. This video was from 3 weeks after we first saw Squeak, so she also isn't nearly as dependent on her mom as we thought.

    • @daphne4983
      @daphne4983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Forest_Friend glad to hear that! Sweet Squeak.

  • @leenewsom7517
    @leenewsom7517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am confused from what the fellow is saying, is that the mother or not?

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The big one is named Spike, she's the mother of the tiny little spicy dustball who is named Squeak. So Spike looks A LOT like another porcupine named Pokey. I thought I was dealing with Pokey at the beginning of the video, but I was mistaken. It was in fact Spike.

    • @leenewsom7517
      @leenewsom7517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@joels7605 Thank you. They are wonderful.

    • @diannelavoie5385
      @diannelavoie5385 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wouldn't be able to tell them apart at all. 🤣

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@diannelavoie5385 It's challenging.

  • @aaronsonger5582
    @aaronsonger5582 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bunny.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah there's a few of them running around too now. I think rodents can smell happy rodents and just... appear.

  • @oneseeker2
    @oneseeker2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What is wrong w/the baby

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It was born very late in the year and is incredibly small. Her mother is too young and isn't good at mothering.

    • @6milemary419
      @6milemary419 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joels7605 That happened when my dog had puppies. We had to step in to help her. The neighbor kids did too! The vet called it "poor husbandry."

  • @deniecedonnafield4749
    @deniecedonnafield4749 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @julieswiss1
    @julieswiss1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Where's the mother?

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@julieswiss1 I thought that was a different porcupine, but I was wrong. That's the mother.

    • @julieswiss1
      @julieswiss1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@joels7605
      Thank you for clarifying. They're adorable! : )

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@julieswiss1 Spike is super nice. She's just so friendly and cuddly, even though she's wild. But she looks exactly like another porcupine called Pokey.

  • @lindaleehulsey3167
    @lindaleehulsey3167 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Feed squeak with 🍼 get bigger stuffed animal.😊

  • @رإضاأيضآ
    @رإضاأيضآ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🙂🙂🥰🥰🥰

  • @Crazyferretlady-in5sd
    @Crazyferretlady-in5sd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where’s his mom 😢

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I made a mistake. The little one is Squeak, and the big on is Spike, her mother.

    • @Crazyferretlady-in5sd
      @Crazyferretlady-in5sd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joels7605 😅

  • @isabelm574
    @isabelm574 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @80v08
    @80v08 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    your house is like dream🥹

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you!

  • @rattified
    @rattified 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Squeak is on the veink of dehydration 😪

  • @CordeliaWagner1999
    @CordeliaWagner1999 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why do you gove them food on the floor???
    Be civilized and use plates.

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They don't like them. Spike likes her plant pot. The others like the ground.

  • @anamariecameron7874
    @anamariecameron7874 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤