Saturday, January 23, 2010

Should squirrels who fall out of trees be put in splints?

This is from a guy who found a motherless, fully weaned baby squirrel under the bed in his summer cottage and fed it crispy french fry crusts until it looked rejuvenated. Afterward, I set it outside to bare the elements under its own power.Should squirrels who fall out of trees be put in splints?
Depends. First did they break anything. Second can you catch them. Third, you and who else are going to do it...most wild animals don't take kindly to being helped. They bite. In addition, your added info didn't say anything about how the experience with the baby squirrel has anything to do with your question. I can't help but wonder why you thought a ';fully weaned baby squirrel'; needed ';rejuvenated.'; You didn't say.Should squirrels who fall out of trees be put in splints?
i once saw a squirrel fall 40 feet into the ground right in the middle of a couple who were picnicing under a tree, when it landed, it jumped up and quickly ran away up a tree.
put them in the stew pot ..Mmmmmm with carrots,potato's, parsnips, turnip greens and gravey. Serve with corn bread.
Squirrels who are fully weaned aren't that tiny anymore for baby squirrels stay in the nest for a longer time than I thought-since I have squirrels used to wonder why no baby squirrels in my backyard. If you go outside and the baby squirrel is there then the kind thing to do(if it hasn't been out of the nest long then the mother has not been able to teach it what to eat,when to run from danger and what forms danger is-cat,hawks etc and it will die a slow, cruel death by starvation or get eaten by cat,hawk which may be part of natural selection but my philosophy is if I can help then I do. French fry crusts are not squirrel food-do not eat potators but will eat bread esp wheat. a good baby squirrel formula is egg yolk(NOT the white for it can choke it) and some warm milk with a bit of sugar and mix it well together and feed with dropper or Medicine syringe(No Needle) Call a Emeragency Veterinarian Clinic in your area and take it to them. They will examine and then turn over to Wildlife Rehabilitator . and you'll have the satisfaction of saving the little squirrels life and earn a point with God.--will NOT cost you anything. If you don't want to take it tonight put squirrel in a box too high for it to climb out of but first tuck it into a cozy small warm towel for baby animals must be kept warm-very sensitive to cold or put in a shoe box with towel and put the shoe box in a tall box. If the squirrl made no attempt to run from if it was ok then sign has not been taught yet by the mother but if leg injured or other injury where it can't run and so on by putting outside-well how can it survive.
AAAWW how nice! Don't worry about feeding it french fry crusts. I've seen a squirrel hold up a pizza crust and gesticulated its tail in domination over a pizza box; it was a pretty spooky sight... but you were right to let nature take its course. Who knows, the squirrel might thank you one day. lol.





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you should keep it away from water. you dont want it to drowned
I dont think splints will do any good, but you sound sweet for helping the baby

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