Leaping into spring like... Admitted as a juvenile for a domestic animal attack in the fall, this now adult eastern chipmunk was MORE than ready for release! Similarly to eastern gray squirrels, chipmunks cache food for the winter. Without an adequate supply of food to last during the cold months, their survival rate would drastically decrease. Since this chipmunk was admitted late in the season as a juvenile, he had to overwinter here at the center! Once spring came, staff began offering native

Patient Release: Eastern Chipmunk Our end of summer season at Cedar Run is usually filled with rodent babies such as Eastern Gray Squirrels, Southern Flying Squirrels, and Eastern Chipmunks. Some of the mothers of these species will have a second litter of babies before the cold weather sets in. This Eastern Chipmunk was admitted to our Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital as an eyes-closed infant after he was found alone with no mother in sight. His finder waited to see if the mother would return t

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