here is some info if you or a viewer needs it, & you can delete my comment after you get it
TLDR = if you find a baby squirrel warm it up, so you can return it to its mom & or safely rehydrate it, so you can safely give it formula & seek out a wildlife rehaber for help & keep trying till its releasable,
= long version =
safety baby squirrels dont survive rabies long enough to infect you with it, head trauma mimics rabies & they can be fearless & very sociable so if it pursues or climbs you, or a pet its likely just an orphan BUT ALL pet's digestive & oral bacteria can kill it SO seperate them NOW !
health baby squirrels can't stay warm, drink, eat, or eliminate without help till 40 days old. mom will not reject a baby for your scent BUT MOM WILL REJECT A COLD BABY, so bring it inside to warm it up to human body temperature & then Reunite it with mom look up "Reuniting tree squirrel babies with their mom" mary cc squirrels reunite & if this fails seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying till its releasable
feeding methods & math its weight in grams divided by 20 to set how many cc's to feed it every 2 hours & to prevent aspiration pneumonia feed it via 1 or 3 CC oral syringe feeder pointing up & the baby lying tummy down & rehydrate it for a day using Pedialyte, & please look up the 2018/09/11 video "Thirsty baby squirrel!" by Jasmin121176 , this only works if you use a metric gram scale , GET ONE! or explaining why, a squirrels weight in grams is 20 times the safe stomach capacity in ml & cc's per feeding so find its weight in grams divide it by 20, & thats the number of ML/CC's to feed each meal this stomach capacity to weight ratio "5 percent rule" only works if you use a metric gram scale
diet FAST growing baby squirrels NEED adequate nutrition till THEY reject it at 10 weeks old DIY 24 hour perishable 3 parts goats milk, 3 part yogurt 2 part heavy whipping cream till over 4 weeks old & THEN transition to "fox valley day one 20/50" or a zoo / wildlife grade formula seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying till its releasable later at 6 weeks of age let it practice gnawing solids like; fruits, monkey chow, & dry Puppy science diet. at 8 week of age test if a baby squirrel can drink water from a shallow container AND crack a nut look up 1X1X2 foot nesting box & 4X4X7 foot pre-release cage so it can learn to "squirrel after 6 months of age squirrels become unpleasantly wild SO soft release/ slowly free it, BUT during all of this seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying till its releasable
why listen to experts mixed with some good info on the Internet, is advice that will kill the animal , Cow’s milk, goat’s milk, human baby formulas, & "most" other pet products lack nutritional value, are less digestible & boiling or scalding them wont fix it & over the long term of months these WILL cause failure to thrive, MDB , & death due to malnutrition so seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying
see also "I Found a Squirrel Wildlife Rescue & Rehab" on youtube NOW & "Helping pet squirrels become wild again" mary cc squirrels tametowild, "squirreltales dot org" , hsvma org assets pdfs hsvma_wildlife_care_handbook pdf squirrel-rehab org rehabinfo infantfeeding html "squirrelrefuge dot org" , "thesquirrelboard dot com",
this information is designed to give you some guidance in what you can do only until you can reach a rehabilitator or vet & is not designed to take the place of them
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here is some info if you or a viewer needs it, &
you can delete my comment after you get it
TLDR = if you find a baby squirrel warm it up, so you can return it to its
mom & or safely rehydrate it, so you can safely give it formula & seek
out a wildlife rehaber for help & keep trying till its releasable,
= long version =
safety
baby squirrels dont survive rabies long enough to infect you with it,
head trauma mimics rabies & they can be fearless & very sociable
so if it pursues or climbs you, or a pet its likely just an orphan BUT
ALL pet's digestive & oral bacteria can kill it SO seperate them NOW !
health
baby squirrels can't stay warm, drink, eat, or eliminate without help till 40 days old.
mom will not reject a baby for your scent BUT MOM WILL REJECT A COLD BABY,
so
bring it inside to warm it up to human body temperature & then Reunite it with mom
look up "Reuniting tree squirrel babies with their mom" mary cc squirrels reunite &
if this fails seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying till its releasable
feeding methods & math
its weight in grams divided by 20 to set how many cc's to feed it every 2 hours &
to prevent aspiration pneumonia feed it via 1 or 3 CC oral syringe feeder pointing
up & the baby lying tummy down & rehydrate it for a day using Pedialyte, &
please look up the 2018/09/11 video "Thirsty baby squirrel!" by Jasmin121176 ,
this only works if you use a metric gram scale , GET ONE!
or
explaining why,
a squirrels weight in grams is 20 times the safe stomach capacity in ml & cc's per feeding so
find its weight in grams divide it by 20, & thats the number of ML/CC's to feed each meal this
stomach capacity to weight ratio "5 percent rule" only works if you use a metric gram scale
diet
FAST growing baby squirrels NEED adequate nutrition till THEY reject it at 10 weeks old
DIY 24 hour perishable 3 parts goats milk, 3 part yogurt 2 part heavy whipping cream till
over 4 weeks old & THEN transition to "fox valley day one 20/50" or a zoo / wildlife grade formula
seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying till its releasable
later
at 6 weeks of age let it practice gnawing solids like; fruits, monkey chow, & dry Puppy science diet.
at 8 week of age test if a baby squirrel can drink water from a shallow container AND crack a nut
look up 1X1X2 foot nesting box & 4X4X7 foot pre-release cage so it can learn to "squirrel
after 6 months of age squirrels become unpleasantly wild SO soft release/ slowly free it,
BUT during all of this seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying till its releasable
why listen to experts
mixed with some good info on the Internet, is advice that will kill the animal ,
Cow’s milk, goat’s milk, human baby formulas, & "most" other pet products
lack nutritional value, are less digestible & boiling or scalding them wont fix it
& over the long term of months these WILL cause failure to thrive, MDB , &
death due to malnutrition so seek out a wildlife rehabilitator for help & keep trying
see also
"I Found a Squirrel Wildlife Rescue & Rehab" on youtube NOW
&
"Helping pet squirrels become wild again" mary cc squirrels tametowild,
"squirreltales dot org" , hsvma org assets pdfs hsvma_wildlife_care_handbook pdf
squirrel-rehab org rehabinfo infantfeeding html
"squirrelrefuge dot org" , "thesquirrelboard dot com",
this information is designed to give you some guidance in what you can do
only until you can reach a rehabilitator or vet & is not designed to take the place of them
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