Originally Posted by
cava
Never, never, never, never let your dogs play with your squirrel. You are so lucky he is not dead. We have had some real horror stories of dogs who were well behaved, "loved" the squirrel, "knew" they were not allowed to hurt the squirrel, "protected the squirrel", etc, suddenly attack the squirrel without provocation and kill it. The terrified and guilty owners were so angry with the dog and had lost a squirrel they had put time, effort and love into helping.
Canines are predators, squirrels are prey. No amount of human well wishing will stop the natural order of the animal world.
I think he either got bit, roughed up or scared. He probably needs some quiet time without dogs around his cage and you can check on him periodically and see if he is showing signs of injury. Meanwhile, come up with a closed off room/plan for interacting with him without the dogs around. Please!