Older squirell severely damaged leg

[Foxalie]

I found a grey squirrel with an extremely mangled leg he’s heavily breathing, I put him in. A cardboard box so he’s in the shade and has water and nuts but is barely moving. Should I try feeding him with a little syringe of milk? Please give advice our usual wildlife shelter is probably closed due to coronavirus. Need urgent tips I want him to survive for as long as possible. He has bubble wrap under his box, a heated hand warmer, a towel over the top to shade him and stop heat escaping, he took a sip from a syringe of water. I contacted my local wildlife centre and they told me to put him down but I can’t. He’s occasionally kicking his good leg and can move his head and tried to get out the box for like 2 seconds and collapsed.

Is there anything else I can do for his leg, it’s a deep gash and is probably broken. He is clearly old to an extent and is not a baby. I did stroke him and he stopped kicking his leg for a bit

[TubeDriver]

Are you located in England (UK)? Can you post up photos? If it is getting dark, you should bring him inside. Place him in a quiet, dark room where he can't escape (an extra bathroom). Close the toilet seat if you do this. Keep him in the box and add an old t-shirt (not a towel which can get caughtin his claws and cause injury).

You can leave a little bowl of water, he should be able to drink from it since he is an adult. Do wildlife centers near you treat grey squirrels?



I found a grey squirrel with an extremely mangled leg he’s heavily breathing, I put him in. A cardboard box so he’s in the shade and has water and nuts but is barely moving. Should I try feeding him with a little syringe of milk? Please give advice our usual wildlife shelter is probably closed due to coronavirus. Need urgent tips I want him to survive for as long as possible. He has bubble wrap under his box, a heated hand warmer, a towel over the top to shade him and stop heat escaping, he took a sip from a syringe of water. I contacted my local wildlife centre and they told me to put him down but I can’t. He’s occasionally kicking his good leg and can move his head and tried to get out the box for like 2 seconds and collapsed.

Is there anything else I can do for his leg, it’s a deep gash and is probably broken. He is clearly old to an extent and is not a baby. I did stroke him and he stopped kicking his leg for a bit

[RockyPops]

Thank you for caring enough to try helping this baby!

[Diggie's Friend]

Unless you know of someone who is willing to treat the squirrel, it is likely going to suffer to death sadly with an open wound.

What another UK member related here was that there are very high fines for keeping a squirrel in captivity or treating it most sadly.

[TubeDriver]

If you can't find a rehabber/ wildlife center which would treat this squirrel (difficult in the UK), it will be up to you to treat the squirrel.

If you can post up a photo or two of the injured leg we can 1) walk you through what we think you should do, how to do it, what you will need to rehab this squirrel or 2) if the severity of the injury/infection is so severe or you will not be able to treat it then we can recommend that you consider turning the squirrel in to be euthanized. Euthanizing an animal is always the last resort but is preferable to allowing the poor squirrel to suffer in agony for days.

We are here to help....

[TubeDriver]

Any updates?