Friday, May 14, 2010

Help plz i found a baby newborn squirrel?

i found it it fell its pink and naked it looks like a puppyHelp plz i found a baby newborn squirrel?
Ok first of all need to keep it very very warm by placing it in a box with a heating pad underneath outside bottom of box set on low or medium setting. Line the box with flannel or fleece and some tissue. Need to feed it but not until it is warmed up. Needs Esbilac that get at pet store and bottle or syringe. Feed it every 2to 2/12 hours for a total of 9-10 feeds a day. Call a local vet to see if take in wildlife or can refer you to a wildlife rehabber who can take and raise with other babies and release when ready. If at all possible put back in nest or tree if can find it. Sometimes the mother squirrel is moving the babies and will do so one at a time. She may come back or if hears it cry may come get it. Could try putting in box and watching from afar to see for awhile but watch for other animals and watch that it is not to cold out to do this. Mother squirrels pick up young like cats by nape of neck and carry. If not wildlife rehabber best choice. It is free. If vet does not know of any call DEC in your area and they will refer. If you have to take care of it then do the above with feedings then after it is a week old the coat appears as soft fuzz and whiskers are seen. Then feed every 2 hours for a total of 7-9 feedings a day. 2 weeks old skin will darken and will be some furn. eyes are still closed and ear canals begin to open. Upper and lower teeth begin to emerge. Feed every 3 hours for a total of 6-8 feedings a day. At 3 weeks eyes start to open. Feed 6-7 times a day. 4 weeks ears are open learn to stand but wobbly. Tail does not curl yet. feed 5-6 times day. 5 weeks old eyes open and tail is furred. put small pieces of rodent or monkey chow in cage. feed fromula 5 times day. 6 weeks old sit on haunches and curl tail and hold foods in front paws. Cutting and grinding teeth. offer weaning foods. formula feed 4 times day. 7 weeks old exploring outside nest. need to be in clibing cage with branches and weaning foods. formula feed 3 times day. 8-10 weeks old tail is bushy now. Eat more solid foods.Venture outside nest more often. May show charging behavior and not want to be held for feedings. offer it through cage. 10-12 weeks old weaned and should beable to chew through whole walnut. have good motor skills and fear of predators and humans. Put them into outdoor pre-release cage with branches so learn to climb and jump. 14 weeks old ready to go into wild. Leave cage door open and let come and go until gone for good. Leave some food in there. weaning foods are monkey and rodent show get at pet stores or on line. Also fruits, nuts, and cheerios. Good luck hope this helps.Help plz i found a baby newborn squirrel?
Momma squirrels like Momma Dogs and Cats and Rabbits seem to sense when they have a bad baby and they boot it out of the nest.


If this little squirrel has been very long without it's required body warmth,it is likely to die regardless of what you do.And since you don't know how long it had been laying there it probably did lose alot of it's natural life sustaining body warmth


In all reality,the best thing you can do for this little fellow is to put it out of it's misery because any time at all without correct body temp and the little fellow is susceptible to bacterial/viral infections that is going to kill it anyway but it would be a slow death.
DO NOT PUT IT BACK IT WILL LIKELY BE EATEN BY ANOTHER ANIMAL.KEEP IT VERY WARM AND MAKE AS MAN PHONE CALLS AS YOU CAN FOR SOMEONE TO COME FROM A RESCUE CENTER I DO NOT SUGGEST DRIVING IT THERE IT WILL MOST LIKELY DIE FROM A HEART ATTACK.


LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS THANKS.


CHELSEA
You should try to locate a local wildlife rescue in your area. Try calling a local vet, possibly and emergency vet. They may be able to give you numbers to local rescues.
Contact the fish %26amp; game they should be able to direct you to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in your area. In the mean time you should keep it warm.
Just put it back where you found it.

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