I've seen a mom carry an 8 week old squirrel partly in her mouth. They will take the babies one by one to one of their backup nests. It doesn't have to be perfect because unlike birds, squirrels can carry their babies in their mouths and move them. If you can wedge it in the crotch of two branches, even better. I just use wire which I wrap around the main trunk and run through the box. If there are birds of prey in the area, try to hide the box in the branches. I try to go up 8-10 feet which should be high enough to protect the baby from dogs and cats. We must put the nest back up into the tree where the babies fell.
If it's cold out, you can leave your warming device in the box with the babies such as the latex glove or warm gel pack.Ģ. If they're old enough, they will pull some leaves over themselves. If it's very sunny, put a few leaves over the babies to protect them. I will put leaves in the box built up in the shape of a donut with the babies in the middle. I then gather some natural nest materials from the area where the baby is found.
I use small cardboard boxes a foot or so square and maybe six to 12 inches deep. If you have two healthy squirrels and one dead squirrel, remove the dead baby and try to reunite the other two.ġ. Mom won't mind if your scent is on them but you could also rub dirt on your gloves from the local area before touching them just to be safe. Be sure to thoroughly inspect the babies. Mom won't take back an injured or disabled baby. If her baby is injured or disabled, we must contact an experienced wildlife rehabilitator as quickly as possible. Just make sure it's not too hot or you can easily burn a baby. Some put a hot wet washcloth in a ziploc bag and place it under a t-shirt under the baby. A glass jar of warm water with a lid, and those heat get packs also work. You can warm the bottle in the microwave slightly every few hours to keep it warm. You can also fill a plastic water bottle with warm water, cover it with a sock and place it near the baby. You can warm the baby up by placing it in a box half on a heating pad on low with a t-shirt or some fabric on the bottom.
If her baby is not warm but healthy, we must warm the baby up before trying to reunite. If there is a chance that mom is still alive and healthy, she will most definitely try to retrieve her baby if her baby is warm and healthy. We find babies on the ground after high winds and storms have knocked the nest out, after tree trimmers have cut the nest down, if one sibling has kicked the other out because of limited milk supply, if one just fell out while playing, if one is sick or injured or if mom has died and the babies are trying to look for food on their own. We should try to do anything we can to reunite the baby with its natural mom. Reuniting uninjured tree squirrel babies with their momĪ squirrel's real mom is the best mom. Instead, please consider all of the following IMPORTANT information and then make the choice to do what is best for the baby squirrel and its future. If You Have Found an UNINJURED Baby Squirrel, Do Not Transport to a Drop Off Site
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