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I found a baby squirrel... Any advice?
    #22300344 - 09/27/15 08:15 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Hey guys, so I found a baby squirrel. I have no idea what to feed it or what to do, or how old it is... So can anyone give me some tips?

I warmed it up and put it right next to the closest tree(where it could have fallen out of) and left it for an hour or so, that way the momma squirrel could come and get it. When I came back it was still asleep, and not taken away, so I have it with me now. I only have one, but I'll get some more pics from earlier from my girlfriend.


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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
    #22300349 - 09/27/15 08:16 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

My friends have 2 squirrels that they've kept as pets and they are awesome


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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
    #22300352 - 09/27/15 08:17 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Do you have any nature centers or a park system where you live? They often rehabilitate wildlife.


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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita] * 1
    #22300357 - 09/27/15 08:18 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Call your local wildlife rehabilitation center.  If they can't take the animal, at least they can tell you what to do.


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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Higher Love]
    #22300362 - 09/27/15 08:19 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Yeah op keep it if you want to, I've heard they make a decent pet. Otherwise I would wait till it grows up a bit and release it again.


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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
    #22300365 - 09/27/15 08:20 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

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Achillita said:
Hey guys, so I found a baby squirrel. I have no idea what to feed it or what to do, or how old it is... So can anyone give me some tips?

I warmed it up and put it right next to the closest tree(where it could have fallen out of) and left it for an hour or so, that way the momma squirrel could come and get it. When I came back it was still asleep, and not taken away, so I have it with me now. I only have one, but I'll get some more pics from earlier from my girlfriend.



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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: mrbart4444] * 1
    #22300394 - 09/27/15 08:26 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I was planning to call the wildlife rehab tomorrow and see if they can take it or give me some info. Here's another pic from earlier.


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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
    #22300399 - 09/27/15 08:28 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Pretty cute little bugger.

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22300402 - 09/27/15 08:28 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

so adorbs.  turn it into a cool dogsquirrel

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita] * 1
    #22300410 - 09/27/15 08:31 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Do you have a name for him yet Achillita?

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: memes]
    #22300435 - 09/27/15 08:37 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I think human intervention is likely to not end the way we would hope.  Squirrels are not domestic or really social in any way that we would relate to as humans.  The squirrel is probably going to get stressed and die at this point, and that is just a fact of nature that human compassion cannot contend with.

It is necessary that the squirrel be around other squirrels in early life for it to be able to live as a squirrel.  It might seem cruel sending the baby out on it's own but giving it a chance to find a squirrel family is probably the best thing, even if the odds are survival are low it is less cruel than the alternative of taking it out of it's natural environment.

Maybe if you can find someone who is trained in animal rehab they will be able to make better decisions, but I'd strongly advise against keeping wild animals as pets out of misplaced compassion or affection. 

http://www.scwc.org/Library/Animals_SquirrelsAreNotPets.pdf

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: moonrockmushy]
    #22300447 - 09/27/15 08:41 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

http://www.squirreltales.org

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Ishida]
    #22300458 - 09/27/15 08:44 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I understand it not being domesticated and not really a "pet" but I'd rather let my compassion take hold. Compassion exists in nature plenty, although more uncommon.

Currently its just asleep in my hand. I'm gonna do some reading.


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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Achillita]
    #22300470 - 09/27/15 08:46 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Hydration and warmth are key things to worry about before feeding.

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Ishida]
    #22300479 - 09/27/15 08:49 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Tempura or beer batter!

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #22300493 - 09/27/15 08:52 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

http://www.squirrel-rehab.org/rehabinfo/infantfeeding.html

read up on caring for it, my friend had one that ended up dying for unknown reasons

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #22300499 - 09/27/15 08:53 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Seriously that squirrel is going to die tonite unless you get some kitten or puppy formula. Cow or goat milk might kill it. Dip a tip of a rag in the warm formula and repeatedly and gently touch it to the squirrel's mouth. Hopefully it will respond.

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #22300555 - 09/27/15 09:03 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Most people immediately give the new baby milk of some kind. DON'T DO IT. A baby will not starve to death over a 24-hour period, but it can surely die of dehydration. Rehydrate first. I repeat: Do not start the baby immediately on formula, rehydrate first.

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Ishida]
    #22300561 - 09/27/15 09:04 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Rehydration and digestion are mutually exclusive processes; they cannot be achieved at the same time. When food and water are introduced to the stomach, the water in the stomach is not used for digestion: the stomach makes a demand on the cells of the body to give up fluids to digest the food; the cells will give up fluid no matter how little the body has at the time of demand, leaving the body further depleted. The water in the stomach is not absorbed until it reaches the small intestines, after the digestive demand has been made; what is absorbed then, is not enough to repair and refill, so a downward spiral ensues with each feeding: food causes digestive demand followed by more fluid depletion followed by more severe dehydration, ending in death in a few days if not immediately.

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Re: I found a baby squirrel... Any advice? [Re: Ishida]
    #22300562 - 09/27/15 09:04 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I just started giving it water.


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