I have a ~4 week old baby squirrel. He was blown out of a nest along with a few siblings. One died and one went with another litter to a rehabber to release. Unfortunately, this one (male, named Gerald) will not be releaseable due to a mid shaft femur fracture to his left rear leg. He has had multiple x-rays and been examined by a veterinarian (I am a vet tech) who deemed him to not be releaseable. He said that Gerald's leg would not grow properly and would always be "gimpy." After much thought, we decided not to put him through surgery to pin it but to rather let it form a calcification in the fracture to form stabilization. So basically I have never had a baby squirrel past a few days. I have had Gerald for about two weeks now. He is doing well, he has been weaned off pain medication and is on the 20/50 Fox Valley formula (5 cc every 5 hours) and has just been started on Oxbow rat and mouse blocks (although he has no idea what he is supposed to do with them). The problem I run into is the possibility of wanting to re home him, how would I go about doing that? I don't know if I would be a suitable owner long term for him, I have no idea what they need in means of care, playtime, adult feeding, caging, etc. And I am also in paramedic school and when I graduate, hope to have a job as a paramedic (which means I will be working for 24 hours at a time). Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!