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How can I take care of two baby squirrels?! PLEASE HELP!?

  • So the other day, my brother was outside with the dogs, and he hears this awful shrieking sound. One of my dogs was over in the corner by a bush sniffing something. So he went over there, and this tiny little baby squirrel fell out of its nest or something. It's really young, its eyes aren't even open yet. So we aren't planning on keeping it or anything, but how can we take care of it until we find some wildlife place to give it to? Right now, we wrapped it up in a tshirt with its head poking out and put it in a little bird cage. We have a heating pad underneath it so it can warm up. We fed it water through a little puppy formula bottle, and we also fed it about a CC of watered down puppy formula. This morning, my mother also found ANOTHER one, hanging from a tree shrieking. There was a storm the other night, so I'm pretty sure the wind just brought something down.

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    As for food try giving him/her little pieces of fruits, veggies, mushrooms (not wild), any nuts (without salt) and stuff like that. Here's a site filled with how to take care of baby squirrels. Also try and keep it VERY warm. The T-shirt was a very good idea, but if you have a heater or something try that. But DO NOT let them get close to a heater just so they can feel a warm breeze. http://www.scarysquirrel.org/special/pets/infant/squirrelmanual.pdf Please read it. And by the way I don't understand why the link says scary squirrel, but it's how to take care of them, recipes, how often to feed them, identifying them and TONS more! Anyways I hope this helps and good luck! :0)

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my suggestion is to take them to a shelter or wild life refuge. it is nearly impossible to give them care they without proper facilities. for now this website should be helpful. good luck, i hope they are okay. http://www.geocities.com/crawdadcreekrehab/OrphanedSquirrel.html

TJ516

Their survival depends on them getting to a wild life centre as quickly as possible. They are less than 10 days old if their eyes are not open. They have very specific food and care requirements that can only be handled by someone with knowledge and experience. The wild life centre may let you release them into your yard when they have grown to juvenile stage.

madmother15

If this ever happens again, leave them there. The mother WILL come back for them. Once they smell like humans though, she usually won't. If for some chance she wouldn't save them it would be because she sensed they had severe injuries or brain damage. In that case they are not long for this world. If your dog ever finds something again (say a baby bird), keep him on a leash until the mother has retrieved it. As for your squirrels, stop giving them water immediately. Baby mammals do not naturally consume water and it can kill them. Call a wildlife center or animal shelter and explain what happened. They can tell you what to do for now. They may even come get them for you. They really will have a better chance if they are treated at a wildlife center.

pinchingpennies4peace

It's iligal to take care of a wild animal without a lisence, my old best freinds mom had a licensce and she had to ask the government before she could take care of an animal. I would jsut give it to the wild animal shelter

Stephy

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