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The Pipsqueakery

The Pipsqueakery is a 501c3 animal rescue and sanctuary located in Bloomington, Indiana. EIN: 81-1655640

We care for a wide variety of animals, including native wildlife, exotic pets, rodents, farm animals and rabbits with a special focus on medically complex cases. The Pipsqueakery is a 501(c)3 nonprofit small animal rescue and sanctuary. We provide care for medically and behaviorally needy rodents and rabbits, educate the public on their care, and find forever homes and rescue placement for healthy adoptable animals. The Pipsqueakery focuses on the care of animals with medical conditions including paralysis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, amputations, and dental disease. Our goal is to advance veterinary care and develop individual plans that prioritize accommodating the special needs of each animal to allow them to live a fulfilling life as independently as possible.

11/01/2026

Touching a wild squirrel always comes with risks. Touching one who has babies? Watch your fingers!

(Yes, this is a silly Halloween video. However, this baby got the same sort of treatment he usually gets during feeding. Which means a controlled amount of formula via a 1ml syringe — which was only a little harder than usual due to the dang mittens — and being manually pottied. While I enjoy getting to make goofy videos for others to see and, hopefully, find entertaining, my primary focus was ensuring that the baby remained safe and appropriately handled/fed. Is this a little more interaction with people than would be preferred? Ehhhhh. Kinda, sorta, not really. They had to come with me because of their formula schedule, so they’d have been fed in the kitchen regardless. Also, their eyes aren’t even open yet. I guarantee this wee one doesn’t even remember the weird occurrence on this Halloween in the year of 2026.)

[[ These are wild animals who will return to the wild. Yes, it’s silly and fun, but please, I am begging you, do not take away from this that baby squirrels are amazing and would make great pets. In about three weeks these kids will be trying to bite my fingers off and I will be rejoicing the behavior, while I try not to bleed. ]]

[ Nicki ]

How to support what we do:

🐿️ Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐿️ Henry’s Healthy Pets Registry: https://xfkkeq.littleregistry.com/aa5yges5

🐿️ Venmo:

🐿️ Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

🐿️ Zelle: 574-993-2235

🐿️ Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🐿️ Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🐿️ Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐿️ Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween from the squirrels of The Pipsqueakery, to all y’all! 🎃

On this day, I can proudly reveal my ✨ True Form ✨

[ Nicki ]

How to support what we do:

🐿️ Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐿️ Henry’s Healthy Pets Registry: https://xfkkeq.littleregistry.com/aa5yges5

🐿️ Venmo:

🐿️ Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

🐿️ Zelle: 574-993-2235

🐿️ Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🐿️ Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🐿️ Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐿️ Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

10/31/2026

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a witch in possession of magical qualities must be in want of a familiar. That's why we're conjuring one on today's special episode of Critter Chefs!

You may be surprised to see that today's familiar-conjuration summons a rabbit as opposed to a cat or a raven, but rabbits were once in fact witches' preferred familiar. While many of us view bunnies today as fluffy sweet cuddlebugs, older cultures viewed rabbits as tricksters, shapeshifters, and communers with the dearly departed. There is enough rich rabbit mythology to fill several posts--and in the future, I probably will!--but for now, suffice it to say, these critters are plenty magical! And perfectly suited to be the magical animal companion of a witch, warlock, or any variation thereupon 🖤

As always, thank you for watching and reading, and hope everyone has a fun, safe, spooky, magical, and happy Halloween!

[MB]

[[Video description: An overhead shot of a small black cauldron filled with "foam", surrounded by fresh herbs, decorative spiders, colorful glass potion bottles of all sizes, and Harold the giant iridescent skull. MB walks us through the ingredients needed for conjuring a familiar from the Depths of the Great Beyond, holding up each potion bottle and briefly describing its contents and/or utility. Partway through, Harold the giant skull starts chattering for a treat, and MB feeds him one of her decorative spiders, as Harold's primary diet consists of small Halloween plastics and novelties.

Once the brew is finished a-brewing, MB begins her ritual chant, her voice deepening to a rich baritone as the world around her quakes in the throes of the arcane. Then, pop! The cauldron vanishes and in its place the sweetest lil black bunny appears, and informs us that her name is Foxglove. We then fade out to "Foxglove" enjoying some treats and explaining to us that magic isn't necessary to conjure a familiar; you can adopt one already living on our plane at places like BunBun Brigade!

We close out on a shot of MB's sweet monster babies Winifred and Schroedinger nomming on goodies, surrounded by Halloween pillows as Harold snoozes peacefully in his nest nearby. The words "Happy Halloween" fade in and out across the screen. End description]]

How to support all the magical critters at the Pip:

🐀 Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐰 Venmo:

🎃 Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

👻 Zelle: 574-993-2235

🧙🏼‍♀️ Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🪄 Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🧟 Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐍 Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

10/31/2026

Patrick just popping in to let you know he’s doing well! He’s finally eating regularly and he enjoyed a nice little dip today. Thank goodness the weather has been so lovely here! 😊

(Amy)

10/30/2026

Today was a big day for the goats! Everyone got their CD&T shots, flea & tick meds and copper supplements. Thankfully we had plenty of helpers and it went quickly with Matt, John and I. Plus our two interns, Mariah and Amber! 🤗

It’s important for our herd to stay up to date on everything since their immune systems are weaker than most. All of our herd has been exposed to Caseous lymphadenitis as well as Caprine Arthritis and Encephalitis. I mean, they wouldn’t be special needs pipsqueaks if they didn’t have something wrong with them! 🥰

Thanks for helping us take care of our herd! Everyone will need their second shots in a month, so we’ll do it all over again soon! 😅

(Amy)

How to support what we do:

🐇 Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐇 Venmo:

🐇 Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

🐇 Zelle: 574-993-2235

🐇 Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🐇 Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🐇 Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐇 Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

10/30/2026

Howdy folks! We're nearing the end of Rattober (although tbh it's always Rattober round these parts 😆) and in celebration, we've got cookies for critters and humans alike! Check the video for rat reactions and check the comments for recipes 🥰

[MB]

[[Video description: An overhead shot of a countertop, atop which sits a glass bowl full of cookie sandwiches, surrounded by five bright orange mini pumpkins. The cookies are pumpkin oatmeal cream pies, sammiched together by swirls of cinnamon cream cheese. MB explains that in baking these cookies to share with the people of the Pip, she realized that rats would go nuts for the treats as well, so she baked some rat cookies too! Then follows a montage of MB offering rat cookies in a bowl to ratties of all shapes, sizes, and colors. The ratties happily yoink the cookies out of the bowl--some of them come back for seconds and even thirds!--as MB cackles with delight. The video ends with a special guest appearance by Milo the deer mouse, who gets a tiny cookie and eats it with gusto in her cute little garden village enclosure. End description]]

How to help ensure the ratties and rodents of the Pip get a good balanced diet (including treatos!):

🐀 Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐀 Venmo:

🐀 Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

🐀 Zelle: 574-993-2235

🐀 Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🐀 Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🐀 Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐀 Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

10/30/2026

Some of the outdoor babies are starting to really look like squirrels! I mean, c’mon. This is some A+ squirreling!

Truthfully, a couple of groups from early in Wave Two might be ready for Soft Release prior to Spring, but there are about a million variables to consider and if I can’t firmly find myself confident at their chance of success they’ll stay until Spring. It’s difficult to predict the weather, but I’m keeping a close eye on how the Super El Niño is developing and impacting the Midwest while also watching the babies.

If the weather holds, I’m pretty confident about one group of four, though there’s some construction near their current enclosure that needs to be wrapped before I would let them out. I worry that the increased noise and presence of unfamiliar people would deter them from returning to their Soft Release enclosure for food, water, and shelter.

That’s really what it comes down to. Watching their behavior and assessing their desire to be out of the confines of their current space. Because I can continue to offer them the basics of survival, even once they’re released, I don’t have to worry as much about their ability to find food in the lean months.

Of course, I’ll ultimately quite likely decide to err on the side of conventional wisdom and keep them secured until Spring. I’m sort of waffling on it, and I won’t release them until I have a solid opinion one way or the other.

It’s a problem I’m lucky to have. A lot of rehabbers don’t have a choice about Overwintering, because many can’t release on-site.

At the end of the day, it’s mostly up to the kiddos and how quickly they grow up, and wild up, while in Pre-Release. If any start to show signs of real cage stress, I’ll come up with a plan for getting additional shelter spots set up near their release site, and beef up my daily offerings to make sure they’re taken care of during the cold months.

A lot of this job, once the critical period is over, is taking cues from the animals. I’m here to help them and to understand when they’re telling me that they’re ready. No one is quite there yet, but I’m watching.

And now I have four new tiny babies!! I’ll post a better update on them in a bit. Right now, they’re sleeping well, going potty well, and eating well. The girl whose leg I was most concerned about already looks much better than at intake. I was concerned about her hip due to swelling and bruising, but both have gone down dramatically in less than 24HR, and while it’s clearly sore, she’s moving it normally. She’s also the best eater of the four! Go figure.

Squirrels, man. They always keep me on my toes.

[ Nicki ]

How to support what we do:

🐿️ Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐿️ Henry’s Healthy Pets Registry: https://xfkkeq.littleregistry.com/aa5yges5

🐿️ Venmo:

🐿️ Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

🐿️ Zelle: 574-993-2235

🐿️ Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🐿️ Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🐿️ Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐿️ Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

10/30/2026

This is Garret! He came in this week with some facial trauma from a car, most likely. After I cleaned him up and sucked the blood out of his nose (with a baby nose sucker, they’re life savers), he looks and sounds better already. He’ll overwinter with us to rest and heal. ❤️‍🩹

I shared a few more photos of him over on our patreon too! 🤗

(Amy)

How to support what we do:

🐇 Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐇 Venmo:

🐇 Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

🐇 Zelle: 574-993-2235

🐇 Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🐇 Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🐇 Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐇 Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

10/29/2026

I hear tell that we’re sharing selfies now so that you can get to know us a little too?! I guess I’ll give it a shot…

I’ve slowly fallen in love with birds over the years, and in June, Pidgey came into my life! I fell in love instantly. Now I want a whole army of pigeons at my disposal. But of course I feel like I hit the jackpot with Pidgey and she’s probably the best pigeon around. Is this how every parent feels about their child? Or just how people feel about their pigeons? 😂

Anyways, I love her dearly and I love getting to share her with everyone. I hope she continues to make others fall in love with pigeons too! 🥰

(Amy)

10/29/2026

Apparently the universe heard me saying the babies were nearly all grown and off formula because….. guess who just got four baby Eastern Grays? 🫠

These kiddos don’t even have their eyes open yet, and are mostly in good shape. The little girl has what I suspect is either a broken or dislocated hip. Once she’s warmed up and I’ve given her pain meds, I’ll take a closer look. Luckily for her, it should be able to heal in a way that gives her enough mobility to be releasable, especially because she isn’t really mobile yet so she’ll learn how to move around with that injured limb. To her, that’ll just be normal.

Tiny babies weren’t what I had on my bingo card for today, but they’re cute and of course I love them.

[ Nicki ]

How to support what we do:

🐿️ Amazon Wishlist (if needed you can manually enter our address 8491 S Rockport rd Bloomington, IN 47403): http://a.co/fEKocKc

🐿️ Henry’s Healthy Pets Registry: https://xfkkeq.littleregistry.com/aa5yges5

🐿️ Venmo:

🐿️ Credit card on our Website: thepipsqueakery.org

🐿️ Zelle: 574-993-2235

🐿️ Cashapp: $ThePipsqueakery

🐿️ Paypal GivingFund: http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1464955

🐿️ Chewy Wishlist: https://www.chewy.com/g/the-pipsqueakery-inc_b69832307

🐿️ Patreon: patreon.com/thepipsqueakery

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http://thepipsqueakery.org/

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