Baby squirrel please help?

Ever since the beginning of this year we've had a squirrel in our attic and she's been eating away at some stuff. Well she had babies 5 days ago and one of her babies got trapped in our vent. The mother and the rest of her babies are in the air conditioning vent up in the attic and there's no way that anyone can get at it. I was able to rescue the baby that got trapped, and when the mother came back, she would not take the baby! The baby was in plain site, but she did not want it. I called my local wildlife rehabilitator, but she is on vacation. I called 7 other ones in my area and the only ones in my area, but they were half on vacation and 3 of them did not take baby red squirrels. The baby is about 5 days old and it's eyes are not open. What can I do until I find a rehabilitator? http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2785524476_c703d54d21.jpg?v=0Baby squirrel please help?
cat milk at the local pet store. in a dropper, warm cloth... I would personally put some ground up walnuts in the milk I mean ground REALLY fine.





And feed it till you hear from the wildlife person.





congratulations baby squirrels are so sweet, also, use a warm cloth and ';wipe'; it's lil bottom too to get it to.... well you know...


And they get quite attached if you let them. just saying, even after you let them go back into the wildlife.Baby squirrel please help?
Im a rehabber, DO NOT FEED IT! You can most certainly give it aspiration pneumonia if you try to feed it wrong.





Just wait till you hear back from the rehabber or put it back for Mom to take - its better off with Mom - let her have a few hours to grab the baby with NO humans around.








PS Its not true mom wont take the baby back - I see it all the time. Baby looks well fed - so mom will be back looking for it - especially when it starts squealing for food.
You will have to dropper feed it a milk supplement you can buy at your local pet store. The mother didn't take it because your scent is now on the baby and she is rejecting it.
The most important thing you need to do is give the baby some milk. Any milk will do, if you happen to have baby formula use that. Heat it up, but only until it is a little bit warm. feed milk to the squirrel using anything like an eyedropper, baby bottle, or something like that. For a home, get a small cardboard box and put a soft blanket in for saftey and comfort do not put any food in the box, all the squirrel needs right now is milk. Find some way to keep the baby warm. Use a heater, or an incubator. You could also put a hot water bottle in the box. It will give off heat similar to a mother's body, which is what the baby needs. Change the water in the water bottle every hour at least. At bedtime, well, you may have to wake up a few times to change the bottle. If you are willing to, you could sleep with the squirrel near your stomach for warmth.


The reason the mother will not take back its baby is because it had human scent on it.


I hope that is enough info. If you need more info, ask another question.. Title it, ';Baby Red Squirrel Questions';