Friday, November 25, 2011

Injured squirrel. What to do?

My cat attacked and injured a squirrel. Its pretty small. It can't walk; it appears that the front legs are injured. It's making little squeeking noises and it seems to be breathing pretty heavily. Also, it's eyes are closed and only open a bit. There are no wildlife rehabilitation clinics in my area, What should I do? Right now it is in a cat carrier with bedding, food and water, but it doesnt appear to be eating.Injured squirrel. What to do?
To be blunt, the little one will die of the wounds, best thing I could suggest is stay with it till its time comes, keep it as comfortable as possible and learn from the experience.


Nature has an odd way of weeding things out, your cat caught it for a reason, may have already been sick, weak or just inexperienced...it happens.


Don't blame your cat, but the next time it happens (and it will), let nature take its course.


Once a cat punctures the skin of a mouse, bird etc. the puncture contains a nasty bacteria that in more cases than not will kill in about 24 hours time.


The flip side of this for your cat is if kitty eats the prey, there are enzymes in the prey that are very beneficial to your cat.Injured squirrel. What to do?
bring it to a veterinarian as soon as possible even if its not bleeding. the vet will do something abt it.
RIP little squirrel. You should bury it and make a little marker with rocks or something.





You might try getting a bell collar for your cat to scare away it's ';prey.'; My mom's cat used to bring surprises up on the porch all the time until she got him a bell collar. Make sure you get one with a safety release.
You should have let the cat and squrriel be the cat was doing what came naturally. My little Daschund he loved to to catch the squrriels %26amp; eat their legs off. If a squrriel ever gets in your house they will tear things up. Squrriels are rats with long tails.
squirrels are tough, just let nature rule
if it is terribly bad off and cant move you might ought to put it out of it's missery. take it to the vet and give it one eighth of a baby asprin.
I would contact a local veterinarian and ask for advice.





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good, squirrels are bad i tell you, BAD

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