Hello everyone! Naturally I'm here visiting you fine folks because I have acquired a pair of baby squirrels. Maybe I should start from the beginning?
You see, my husband is a communications worker and he destroyed a nest of Eastern Greys on Jan 29th, 2018. Mom wasn't present and they were nesting in a cable enclosure on the phone cable putting a customer out of service. He had no idea the babies were in there until they fell about 20 feet to the ground below. He climbed down and assessed the situation. A pair of hairless, blind babies lay in the dead weeds. He thought they would surely die. He left them on the ground and finished his work.
It was only about 20 degrees that day. 1 hour later, he was finished and the babies were still alive, but it was time for him to leave. That's when he took a picture of the babies and texted me. It was so cold that day. I couldn't stand the thought of him leaving them to freeze. We were certain the fall alone was enough to kill them, but to freeze while you wait on internal injuries to kill you just seemed like torture. I thought I could make the babies comfortable if they must go. This is when I found your forum.
I warmed my twins. I rehydrated them. Every 2 hours around the clock.... I felt like a new mommy again with sleep deprivation! But I worked so hard....I determined them to be close to 2weeks old when they fell. I knew they would die. I expected them to be dead at every feeding. My goal was just to keep them comfy. Almost 7 weeks later... they are still alive!
My goal is now to release them this May. But I'm still taking this one feeding at a time! LOL!👏😂! I do have a question... one of my girls has started sneezing. I don't hear a clicking sound, but I'm still worried about aspiration pneumonia. They eat sometimes ferociously and they actually suck the plunger on the syringe up. Sometimes it just seems unavoidable that they get a little choked. I called a vet in my area today to see if they would have a listen but they turned me down. And now, just like when my human babies were infants, it's the weekend and I'm watching and worried until Monday. 😬 Any advice on the sneezing?