Who is Charlie?

Charlie is an abandoned infant busy baby. Andy Groenewald found him on the ground under a tree. Andy and Sue took Charlie in for the first few days but they both work so it became difficult for them to care for him properly. Charlie is therefore now staying with me. The photo on the right is Sue holding Charlie. He currently weighs 49g and is 9cm long (22cm including his tail). We’re estimating his age at somewhere between one and two weeks old. Piérre suggested I give Charlie a small teddy bear to cling to and he just loves his teddy. Below is a photo of Charlie sleeping on his teddy’s head, clutching the one ear. I feed Charlie a blend of full cream cow’s milk, egg yolk, honey and yoghurt with a syringe. He sometimes drinks up to 6ml during a feed. Hopefully I’ll soon be able to get hold of a small baby or doll’s bottle and a baby hair brush. That would make it much easier to take care of him. Charlie is doing as well as can be expected and at present is really a very good baby. He sleeps all day and night (thank goodness) and only wakes up for feeds. I’m sure that will soon change and he’ll become quite a hand full!!! We’re hoping to eventually release Charlie into the bush.