Older babies wandering around, no mom?
Found four babies wandering around when I was out talking to the neighbor this evening. They were just sitting in the grass a few feet away eating some mushrooms and were not scared of us at all. I immediately noticed how small they were and that there was no mom around. They look to be about 8-10 weeks, eyes open, tails starting to bush out and they can climb. They walk right up to people, and I grabbed them easily, except for the fourth one who ran up a tree and won't come down I've stuck them in a recycle bin near the bottom of the tree, they were crying earlier but no mom anywhere in sight. It's starting to get dark and I'm fearing they've wandered down out of some tree because their mom hasn't been back. There was a dead adult squirrel in the road a few days ago and I'm praying these are not it's poor babies. I'm sort of at a loss as to what to do as I don't want to take them too soon if they have a mom, and they're older and seem to be climbing well/getting food on their own. BUT these babies look like they should still be on milk and staying on the tree/close to their nest to me. I know that wild babies go out exploring sooner than the babies we release but could these babies really be old enough to be doing that?
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