Baby squirrels rescued from Irma.

[catbyte]

Okay, I know this isn't the most urgent thing to post, but sometimes you just need a break for a little good news.

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[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. What does one do with a baby squirrel?

We saw one today here in Chicago. He wasn't as small as the squirrel in the op.

He looked like maybe a juvenile. He looked scared. Or hurt? Or sick?

We left him alone but I felt bad. I couldn't bring him home and give my dog a heart attack

[Rhiannon12866]

2. At the veterinary clinic where I used to take my dog, they treat injured wildlife

We happened to be there one day when a wildlife rescue worker came to pick up baby squirrels who had been treated there. Not every vet clinic does it, but some do. Wildlife rescue knows where to bring them.

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Get them to a wildlife rehabber.

[Major Nikon]

11. My roommate and I rescued a squirrel after Hurricane Elena

I was in the military at the time and as soon as we would open the door the baby squirrel would run up your leg and nest behind your shirt. We named him Rocky.

One day when we were at work the building manager was investigating the smell coming from our homebrew operation. The squirrel ran up his leg. He thought it was a rat and almost had a coronary.

Needless to say that was the end of both our homebrew and our pet squirrel.

[democratisphere]

3. How cute is that beautiful face?

Glad they were rescued.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Awww! So sweet! I love squirrels.

[Phoenix61]

5. My friend was the volunteer coordinator for

a wild life rescue group. We met for a vaca in San Antonio and she brought a baby squirrel. You have to feed them every 4 hours! It was adorable but not quite the vaca I had in mind.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. That makes me glad. A few weeks ago we had a severe thunderstorm roll

through with really strong wind and hail. As I was surveying the downed limbs, I discovered 3 tiny drowned squirrels in the driveway. Their nest had blown out of a tree. I dissolved in tears thinking of the poor babies asleep in their nest and being destroyed in the storm. They were just getting their fur, so maybe 3 or 4 weeks old. I buried them in the woods and cried for an hour.

[angstlessk]

7. To cry for animals you don't know is so kind

They were loved by someone they never met...onions here because of you!

[3catwoman3]

9. Your emotion honors their...

...brief existence.

[Beringia]

10. nice