I've heard more than a few stories of home repair that included
unexpected contact with wild animals.

I guess this past weekend was my family's turn. My brother found a 3
pack of baby squirrels in the gutters of his home. Since I have
experience working at a vet's office in high school, I was elected to
take care of them.

We fed them a few drops of pedialyte re-hydration solution every hour
for the first 12 hours and then switched to Esbilac puppy milk
replacer every 2-3 hours after that. Luckily on Sunday the local
squirrel baby "rehabber" (wildlife rehabilitation expert) came to pick
them up.

She said they looked strong and had a very high chance of being
successfully released back into the wild.

I uploaded some pictures of the squirrel babies on this page -
http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/O...Squirrel-Care/

We'll be removing the gutter guards on the home to discourage the
mother from building a new nest there in the future.

Cheers,
Paul Michaels
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

On Mar 28, 1:51*pm, Paul Michaels wrote:
I've heard more than a few stories of home repair that included
unexpected contact with wild animals.

I guess this past weekend was my family's turn. My brother found a 3
pack of baby squirrels in the gutters of his home. Since I have
experience working at a vet's office in high school, I was elected to
take care of them.

We fed them a few drops of pedialyte re-hydration solution every hour
for the first 12 hours and then switched to Esbilac puppy milk
replacer every 2-3 hours after that. Luckily on Sunday the local
squirrel baby "rehabber" (wildlife rehabilitation expert) came to pick
them up.

She said they looked strong and had a very high chance of being
successfully released back into the wild.

I uploaded some pictures of the squirrel babies on this page -http://www.paulstravelpictures.com/Orphan-Baby-Squirrel-Care/

We'll be removing the gutter guards on the home to discourage the
mother from building a new nest there in the future.

Cheers,
Paul Michaels
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Cool pictures.

We had two cats that we raised from kittens by feeding them baby food
from an eye dropper every few hours for a couple of weeks. Not as
young as those squirrels, but a similar experience. They lived for
over 18 years, so we must have done something right.

We once had a squirrel with MS or some other muscular decease that
used to hang around our house. It would sit up on it's hind quarters
and fall over while it tried to eat. All the other squirrels picked on
it while it tried to find food. My wife felt sorry for it and used to
throw little bits of food on the porch so it could eat.

One day it decided it wanted an upgrade and tried to get into the
house when my wife opened the screen door. She quickly closed the
door, trapping the squirrel half-in and half-out. Remember the cats I
mentioned earlier? Picture a deformed squirrel caught in screen door,
my wife holding it closed 'cuz she doesn't know which way the squirrel
will go if she opens it (and afraid to kick it with her bare feet in
case it's rabid or something) and 2 cats hissing and spitting right
behind her.

I came running when I heard the commotion (luckily wearing sneakers)
and "nudged" the squirrel out of the door with my foot. It was quite
an hilarious situation.