Found a baby squirrel that fell out of the tallest oak on the grounds here.
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Found a baby squirrel that fell out of the tallest oak on the grounds here. It was crawling through the grass near our open window, squeeping loudly, while the hawks of the building circled overhead. Fur, but with eyes still closed.
I tried hanging it in a basket high on the tree trunk, but those big claws found purchase on the reeds and climbed right out. So I got an empty soda case box and hung that from the tree instead. It can't climb out.
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Found a baby squirrel that fell out of the tallest oak on the grounds here. It was crawling through the grass near our open window, squeeping loudly, while the hawks of the building circled overhead. Fur, but with eyes still closed.
I tried hanging it in a basket high on the tree trunk, but those big claws found purchase on the reeds and climbed right out. So I got an empty soda case box and hung that from the tree instead. It can't climb out.
I don't know if that was the right or wrong thing to do, info I've seen says put them in a shallow container so the mother can retrieve them, but that just meant the baby immediately crawled out in view of the hawk.
As soon as we stepped away from the tree adult squirrels came down to investigate the squeeping.
The sun is setting now and I'm scared it will be alone in a box, freezing
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I don't know if that was the right or wrong thing to do, info I've seen says put them in a shallow container so the mother can retrieve them, but that just meant the baby immediately crawled out in view of the hawk.
As soon as we stepped away from the tree adult squirrels came down to investigate the squeeping.
The sun is setting now and I'm scared it will be alone in a box, freezing
I tried calling a couple wildlife rehabs. Both closed this time of day. One message specifically said they are not accepting squirrels (or cottontails). The other had a story of the founder rescuing a baby squirrel and starting the organization, but then no mention of what to do if you have a little wildlife in need.
I guess I will try calling that one again in the morning.
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I tried calling a couple wildlife rehabs. Both closed this time of day. One message specifically said they are not accepting squirrels (or cottontails). The other had a story of the founder rescuing a baby squirrel and starting the organization, but then no mention of what to do if you have a little wildlife in need.
I guess I will try calling that one again in the morning.
Welp. I went out in the dark and I had high hopes the mama had managed to grab the baby because the box was so light! But...
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Welp. I went out in the dark and I had high hopes the mama had managed to grab the baby because the box was so light! But...
I'm using the molasses rehydration formula as per
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I'm using the molasses rehydration formula as per
After everything I looked up, he would not have survived the night outdoors in that box. So I had to make the decision to bring him in.
He wanted to live. He was awkwardly toddling across the grass squeeping so hard.
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After everything I looked up, he would not have survived the night outdoors in that box. So I had to make the decision to bring him in.
He wanted to live. He was awkwardly toddling across the grass squeeping so hard.Yaaay the rehydration formula is working! He's peeing again.
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Yaaay the rehydration formula is working! He's peeing again.
Ok I need internet help regarding the squirrel baby, please boost. [Update: got the clip via the community here!
]I have done ALL stuff recommended, rehydrated him, but he is so skinny and so hungry. Trying to re-nest him according to instructions. He's in the container attached high up to tree. He has a warm Rice Buddy. I put peanut butter & walnuts on tree & basket to attract mom. I am ready to go get formula ingredients. I have wildlife care number.
**Update--got the clip! Thank you!*
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Ok I need internet help regarding the squirrel baby, please boost. [Update: got the clip via the community here!
]I have done ALL stuff recommended, rehydrated him, but he is so skinny and so hungry. Trying to re-nest him according to instructions. He's in the container attached high up to tree. He has a warm Rice Buddy. I put peanut butter & walnuts on tree & basket to attract mom. I am ready to go get formula ingredients. I have wildlife care number.
**Update--got the clip! Thank you!*
I don't want to waste his few remaining hours of life sitting up there silently and uselessly. He is too weak to cry now.
I have been desperately looking for a SHORT!!! MP3 to download but of course there's no way to actually search anymore and I am very frustrated and upset.
I found MP3s online, but no way to download. I found hour-long loops. I can't put that in my portable device! I found videos I could download but only as MP4.
*SUCCESS! Thank you all for help, I think this should do it!*
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I don't want to waste his few remaining hours of life sitting up there silently and uselessly. He is too weak to cry now.
I have been desperately looking for a SHORT!!! MP3 to download but of course there's no way to actually search anymore and I am very frustrated and upset.
I found MP3s online, but no way to download. I found hour-long loops. I can't put that in my portable device! I found videos I could download but only as MP4.
*SUCCESS! Thank you all for help, I think this should do it!*
Okay! The sound is audible and looping!
I have not heard back from the wildlife rehab yet. But now I can run out for the goat's milk & yogurt.
I don't know if he is even still alive in there
but if so I will take him down and feed him when I return.It looks like someone DID come and take the peanut-butter smeared walnuts, though.
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Okay! The sound is audible and looping!
I have not heard back from the wildlife rehab yet. But now I can run out for the goat's milk & yogurt.
I don't know if he is even still alive in there
but if so I will take him down and feed him when I return.It looks like someone DID come and take the peanut-butter smeared walnuts, though.
I was able to get the goat's milk. Much travail, but I got it! I really hoped the baby would have been retrieved, but he was still there, synthetic squeeping still looping.
Amazingly, he was also still alive! I gave an even 50/50 chances we'd be having a funeral or a feeding. But he was still breathing. Poor little boop.
Squirrel elixir has been compounded, and the first feeding accomplished. Finally.
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I was able to get the goat's milk. Much travail, but I got it! I really hoped the baby would have been retrieved, but he was still there, synthetic squeeping still looping.
Amazingly, he was also still alive! I gave an even 50/50 chances we'd be having a funeral or a feeding. But he was still breathing. Poor little boop.
Squirrel elixir has been compounded, and the first feeding accomplished. Finally.
Thanks to everyone for the assistance; maybe the mom didn't retrieve him but now I feel like I at least tried everything.
Still no reply from the wildlife rehab.
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But at least now I have reliable food for him! -
Thanks to everyone for the assistance; maybe the mom didn't retrieve him but now I feel like I at least tried everything.
Still no reply from the wildlife rehab.
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But at least now I have reliable food for him!Plus, the building's hawk did not get him.
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Plus, the building's hawk did not get him.
I will be calling this Acorn animal rehab every day. Just, calling every day and leaving the same message.
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I will be calling this Acorn animal rehab every day. Just, calling every day and leaving the same message.
️I am pleased to inform everyone that little Jarrito is doing very well on the goat's milk formula, sleeping and digesting, he even had his first real healthy poopie today.
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I am pleased to inform everyone that little Jarrito is doing very well on the goat's milk formula, sleeping and digesting, he even had his first real healthy poopie today.
Snuggled up to his rice buddy for schleepin.
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Snuggled up to his rice buddy for schleepin.
He's about 70g now so he gets about 4.5cc's of the goat's milk formula every 3-4 hours. His ribs don't look gaunt any more.
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He's about 70g now so he gets about 4.5cc's of the goat's milk formula every 3-4 hours. His ribs don't look gaunt any more.
You know what, it's only just now occurred to me that it could be the reason this little guy's mama was not retrieving him...she could have been the one taken by that hawk!
What made me think of this, is remembering some other tenants entering the building when I was out, and hearing one of them say "Circle of life!"* as they looked up at another nearby tree with the hunting hawk perched in it.
(*An exclamation denoting the witnessing of unnecessary death.)
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You know what, it's only just now occurred to me that it could be the reason this little guy's mama was not retrieving him...she could have been the one taken by that hawk!
What made me think of this, is remembering some other tenants entering the building when I was out, and hearing one of them say "Circle of life!"* as they looked up at another nearby tree with the hunting hawk perched in it.
(*An exclamation denoting the witnessing of unnecessary death.)
Finally got ahold of the wildlife rehab today! And they have directed me to another wildlife facility...that is two+ hours' drive away.
After this already super-packed week I have CE trainings all day Friday and Saturday, and I was supposed to be doing another six-hour home study CE Sunday.
But work starts up again Monday so I guess I have little choice but to take a six-hour trip instead.
️Hopefully my car will make it!
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Finally got ahold of the wildlife rehab today! And they have directed me to another wildlife facility...that is two+ hours' drive away.
After this already super-packed week I have CE trainings all day Friday and Saturday, and I was supposed to be doing another six-hour home study CE Sunday.
But work starts up again Monday so I guess I have little choice but to take a six-hour trip instead.
️Hopefully my car will make it!
OMG cuteness overload...I see a tiny shiny corner where one eye is beginning to open!
So he probably is between 4 and 5 weeks old. He's been a lot more active today, too. Walking around his little bin with a lot less wobble all of a sudden.
