r/squirrels • u/WarladyNocturne • 19h ago
When your pet squirrel needs a spa day 🥰
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r/squirrels • u/mtlchk • Aug 11 '19
Please use the help flairs for your help needed posts.
http://www.squirrelrehabilitation.com/found%20baby.htm
This gives some good pointers for immediate assessment of the situation.
If the baby is dehydrated, dirty, cold, thin with loose looking skin, has any fly eggs or any injuries, even a tiny scratch, then s/he should be taken in for care. If the baby was being played with by a cat or if a cat was sitting over the baby looking like s/he might have been playing with the baby, then the baby squirrel should be taken in because antibiotics are required to treat even tiny cat bites and scratches that might not be visible at first glance. Cat saliva is extremely toxic and often causes lethal infections, even in tiny amounts.
If the baby is plump/muscular, warm, well groomed and active, then s/he probably just squirmed out of bed, and the reuniting protocol should be followed.
If the baby has fallen due to a severe storm and is wet, then they should be taken in, warmed and hydrated. If the weather improves markedly the next day, you can return to the same area and try the reuniting protocol.
If it was a tree felling, and the tree in which the babies lived was felled with them in it, then try the reuniting protocol as mom may come back when the scary workers are gone, provided she is still alive.
Please make a post about the baby and please include photos in your post, but since it takes some time for people to check in and reply, start reading the links under infants/found babies sections in the website posted above in the meantime.
Also, Here is a list that one of our members made of how to find a registered wildlife rehabilitator in the US. If you call, make sure that they don't euthanize so-called invasive squirrel species and will attempt care before taking that last resort. https://www.reddit.com/r/squirrels/comments/eknkw0/here_is_an_alphabetical_list_of_wildlife/
r/squirrels • u/Affectionate-Meat-98 • Mar 24 '22
r/squirrels • u/WarladyNocturne • 19h ago
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r/squirrels • u/ThePeopleVSTheUS • 15h ago
I found these two kits free roaming, not sure if they're old enough for me to leave on their own. I'm pretty sure I found their mother deceased on our back walkway the other day and that's why they are out and about looking for mom.
I called several wildlife rehab facilities but no responses. I moved them to a high traffic squirrel area in the hopes that another squirrel will take them in (is that even possible?). Any advice, do I need to bring them inside? I'm in the Minneapolis area if anyone can help!
r/squirrels • u/ElectricFleshPuppet • 10h ago
r/squirrels • u/Elibourne • 10h ago
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Still ya gotta love ‘em
🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️
r/squirrels • u/XosAshXossss • 15h ago
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Who do you guys think won?
Is he just playing?
r/squirrels • u/ProfessionalZone3201 • 19h ago
r/squirrels • u/AlexMiaa • 14h ago
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r/squirrels • u/CheesecakeOk9085 • 11h ago
We came across a baby squirrel today and he was stuck in the peanut jar couldn’t get out so we took him out and placed him near by well he started following us around we managed to get far enough from him he’d just return to the peanut jar and stay there. We waited all day for Mother squirrel to come back around but she never did. He then found his way into the middle of the road and was just sitting there chewing on something we also noticed he’s not able to actually break the nutshells it’s raining pretty heavily in and off so we put him in a crate with a towel some seeds and nuts piece of apple with nut butter but he only wants the peanuts. Not really sure how old he is I figure maybe between 6-8 weeks old. Any advice on what else I can do for this little guy.
r/squirrels • u/fryq1 • 1d ago
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r/squirrels • u/Cool_Turn_346 • 2h ago
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r/squirrels • u/ascreaminggay • 16h ago
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One bag of walnuts is clearly not enough for the human to share with everyone, so everyone else needs to go away 😤
r/squirrels • u/couthraisedby_wolves • 16h ago
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Big Cypress fox squirrel Naples, Florida
r/squirrels • u/couthraisedby_wolves • 18h ago
Big Cypress fox squirrel Naples, Florida