These two fellas. Boy and Girl fell about 30 feet out of their nest in our large Oak tree at approx 6:00am Saturday August 28 during high winds in a thunderstorm.
Found lying in the yard at about 9:00am wet scared and barely alive. The male had hit on a rock and had a bloody nose.(Was no expected to make it-suspected internal
injuries. Took both inside and wrapped in towels to dry and placed in box with heating pad. Googled on internet and downloaded “Raising Orphaned Squirrels” (Ah the wonders of the web).Said to buy puppy formula and feed with eyedropper. Article stated they open eyes at 5 weeks and can be put in cage and started on solid food along with the formula - and wonder of wonders the unharmed female opened her eyes
Sunday morning and the injured male (eyes still closed) gained an appetite. Will keep you posted on this domestication experiment. Just lucky they were 5 weeks old and mature enough to be raised. Left them outside in the sun on the picnic table yesterday after the storm to see if the mother would reclaim them but my guess is that they were to big to carry back to the nest. So its up to us for a while.
August 2004
Monthly Archive
August 29, 2004
August 29, 2004
Nestlings 
Rocky(on his back) & Natasha
August 29, 2004
Blanket colors not definitive indicators of sex Rocky
August 29, 2004
Storm visitor 2 Rocky
