Emily Istre of Lafayette, Louisiana, nursed Willamina the squirrel back to health, a process she said was"like having a toddler on meth.”LAFAYETTE, La. — A one-eyed squirrel that gained a social media following is being returned to nature.
The account gained more than 1,600 followers, but she found that caring for a baby squirrel is exhausting: “It’s like having a toddler on meth,” Istre told the newspaper. Collins did not comment specifically on Istre’s situation but told the newspaper that people with good intentions often “intervene unnecessarily, removing what appears to be injured/orphaned wildlife” from nature.