| Show Duchesne mayor and family have I adopted family of animals act as weather barometer DUCHESNE chipmunks as good as a relates Roy Ellason as she tells about her family of six the weather is going to take a turn to the chilly they pulverize the cedar bark with their teeth for hours to make a nest in which to They edge Into the nest pull the bark over If it's going to remain noc nest is Mary has had the tiny American chipmunks since early Her captured the mother chipmunk by hand a few days before the little ones made their Jummy outran her as she jumped from a cedar tree which he was harvesting near Du When he gave it to his Mayor and Roy a few days later Mary put her in a bird cage in her hold those five little chips In the palm of one hand when they were Mary were hairless and as pink as new-born Six week later when they emerged from the warmth of the natal the bird cage proved in adequate to house the family of so Mary got busy with some plywood- and screen wire and built a square cage for She furnished the new cage with a tiny a a swing and a water and put in a supply of cedar bark and a branch of a dead The cedar bark deodorizes the cage and freshens it between regular as well as furnishes nesting materials for the little Mary little beggars have personality commented of our favorites is Way as he always runs the wheel in the cage opposite than the other members of the family It amuses the and guests when the five ones' cook up a contest and scuffle in the Another of them perches on the edge of the water bowl like a bird on its hind still another takes free rides on the wheel by riding oto Bt turns by the power of the chipmunk running inside is always the first out of the nest and the first out of the cage if some curious youngster opens the and the to get back Into Meanwhile another takes a lackadaisical attitude about the whole family The chipmunks get a varied diet of chewy including sunflower carrots and a of special food mixture to furnish extra supply of vitamins to keep their hair shiny and to furnish that extra spark of vitality which makes them so fascinating to It is necessary that the little animals have a lot of substances to gnaw on to keep their teeth worn or the chipmunk's like other will grow too long for them to and they die because they can't A common practice which delights the youngsters who bring them peanuts in the shell is to stand on their hind feet while holding the nut in it paw and nibbling daintily at A source of amusement to the children of the the chipmunks have afforded a ready target for nature Especially of interest in the study was the aestivation or a phenomenon similar to into which the mother chipmunk escaped the unfavorable condition of hot August weather at When this condition was noticed by the adult chipmunk was curled in the still and Elia-son's first thought was that the animal was dead or seriously then it dawned on her that this was the summer sleep of About the only tiling one can't buy these days is a |
