Chipmunk's First Blueberry

Today was the first day Artie got to eat solid food, he had nibbles of a chickpea and a whole blueberry! He's getting so big!

We've had him for about 2 weeks now, and when we got these little guys I was worried they wouldn't make it. Petunia, our little girl didn't make it. But I'm so glad Artie did.

My mother found these little guys in her storage shed when she was cleaning it out, and since she disrupted the nest, it was hard to give the little guys back to the mother. Of course, growing up in the mountains, especially around this particular species of chipmunk, it was very hard to resist keeping them. Originally we were going to raise them and release them, though, we couldn't help but keep this little guy.



Here he is exploring my shirt! Look how adorable!

Chipmunks are one of the coolest pets. He's smart unlike hamsters or rabbits, and very curious, which makes him really entertaining. You can teach these guys little tricks with the right kind of bribery, like a peanut. Artie has already taught us to pick him up by acting like he's hungry and then just curling up in our hand and sleeping once we hold him. If that chipmunk had his way, we'd hold him all day.

We also recently moved into this adorable house in Wrightwood, probably the coolest little place for a couple to live, in this general price range :)