We have just rescued a squirrel,?

But don't know exactly whats wrong with it. We know how to keep it stable, and we know for sure that its dehydrated, by the skin test, and we have been feeding it water and such through an eyedropper. It has a cut on it's nose, and were not exactly sure if it was from a fight, or if it may be rabes. It seems as though sometimes it has this moment where she spazzes out.she straightens her arms down and lifts her legs up toward her face, throwing her head back. We can get her to calm down, but she also seems to grit her teeth. Shes sweet, and doesn't care if we pet her, at all. Of course, we do take precautions. We found her laying on the sidewalk with her tail over her head. Any suggestions or help that may save this squirrels life, or keep her stable.











Her name is Strawberry. And she is in need of help.We have just rescued a squirrel,?
Try going to the store and in the pet food section get a bottle of kitten formula. Try giving the squirrel some in the syringe. Or try seeing if it will eat creamy peanut butter. Squirrels LOVE peanut butter. Other than that, I'm sure if you call a vet or local animal control tomorrow they can offer you a suggestion. Hope the little one pulls through!


It is normal for rodents to grit their teeth, but as far as the fits I am not sure. It could either be scared or in pain. Judging by the scratch on his nose he may have been through a scuffle with a cat or something. The best thing you can do is comfort him and try to get nourishment in him!We have just rescued a squirrel,?
She probably ran into a car wheel and bounced off. Keep her warm and in a quiet dark place, don't pet her it's more stress for her, you are the enemy to her. She may be rabid and already having convulsions. Take her to a wild life sanctuary or a Vet. You can't fool around with what might be plague, or rabies.
it would save its life because if you would of left it it would of died so you did the right thing.
How old is it?





I rescued one and it was only a few days old. It was a job to take care of him but he was great. His name was Nutty Buddy. I had to bottle feed him puppy milk and he loved baby food. Applesauce and Bananas.





As far as the grinding of teeth, Ours did that and it also spazzed out too. I think that is just their nature. If you watch them outside, they are pretty spazzy little guys. If it is not a newborn, you might try to give it some small nuts. I think I would take him to the vet in the morning and have him checked out to make sure it has no internal injuries from a fall or a fight.





I wish you the best of luck and your new friend~~
SAME exact thing happened to us. Care is critical for squirrels. Even people who professionally care for them can't save each one. They have to be fed every couple of hours (just like a baby), including through the night by dropper. You have to go very slow and make sure they are in a position where they can swallow with ease. If they get too much that thy cant swallow (this also happened to us and we were super slow with the dropper) it will hit their respitory system and potentially cause more problems. We used kitten milk in the pet isle as we were instructed, which he gobbled right up. Anyhow, even after 24/7 care he went downhill QUICK. We rushed him to an emergency vet who took in wild animals at no charge of course. They had someone who would come in and pick these types of animals up. Someone who had alot more experience. And, like I said....even with an experienced person it's a high risk that they will even live. Squirrel was the sweetest thing in the world that I longed to keep as a pet. However, I realized that through my own selfishness ( I should have found a wild animal specialist but wanted to keep him and care for him) this animal probably died. And now, I have to live with that. So, I would urge you to do the same and call around to find a place that takes wildlife in (and is familiar with baby squirrels). Places like animal control, vet offices, etc. are going to be familiar if any certain person around handles issues like this. Squirrels have been successfully raised by the average joe, but it's just one of those chance things. My friend had raised a squirrel from birth and he is 7 years old now. She helped me to raise the one we found as well. So, it's not that we didn't do something right or didn't educate ourselves thouroughly before taking that responsibility on. We read up on everything we could, but skipped the ';turn it in to wildlife specialists'; part. I wish you lots of lucky with your furry counterpart.
Take her to a vet
Take her to the vet. I had a squirrel that we rescued when I was a kid. Great pet.
I know its the standard response for these types of things, but, seriously...





Get to a Vet!
You should take her to the vet to see if she needs help. Then you can release her back into the wild.
we used to have chipmunks when we where young kids and my uncle has his squirrel he rescued and from what you are describing it does not look all that good. It may be that her back may have been injured when it recieved the cut on its nose and if that is the case there is nothing that will save the lil girl sadly. can also check her for ticks as that will affect its health to death and if it is ticks they can be removed with the sulfer of a match after you blow it out so there is no flame by putting it to the butt of the tick so it will back out . Make sure if you do take out ticks you destroy them so they dont end up on your or any kids or animals that are around . if it is ticks the squirrel will recover but is slow unless its to far gone . sorry is all i know to help but i do wish Strawberry luck and hopes she gets better. ALso you might want to keep to many hands from petting her as she will be scared and you dont want her to have a heart attack .
Call your local wildlife rehabilitation clinic or control. If you can't find the number call your animal control or shelter and they'll refer you to the proper place.


They will be able to give you all the important information to keep him alive.
good grief i hope you don't get bitten.maybe a dog or cat attacked her
Your know, my firend actually just did the same thing, saved a squirell. But the best thing for it is to do waht your doing and then find a wildlife home, they will take it in and take care of it and when its strong they will call you and you can set it free... good luck and be sanitary they do carry massive diseases!
u need to take her to a licenced rehabilitator. i think its against the law to keep it urself because u found her in the wild. my friend once found a duckling they took her to the vet but the duck couldnt be seen because it was wild. if u care about the squirrel at all u will take her to a professional rehabilitator because if u dont she will probably not make it.
im not sure if its under the same circumstances, but my ferret got extremely dehydrated and while we were rehydratingn it, it would spaz and grit it's teeth, i think because it was have all the nutrient rushing back into her. maybe the squirrel you found was dehydrated, i dont know, but my ferret survived.=] goodluck. the best thing would be to take it to a vet though ;]

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