Hi everyone,
We have a squirrel who started coming to our place who has obviously been caught in a trap. Poor girl is missing a front paw, as well as part of a toe on each hind foot. As if it weren't enough, she is missing half her tail and she is nursing. I have not seen her go on a tree yet, so I suspect she can't climb. We have a tree limb that is sideways that leads to our balcony. She can climb that up and down, but an upright tree I don't think she can. She does not go on the fence like other squirrels, she goes under only. That is incredibly upsetting to see. We believe she is a squirrel that we knew already, because she is very friendly and not scared at all.
So, the advice I need is about housing that we could provide for her, to entice her to move in our back yard with her babies. I am so scared something will happen to her and she will leave orphans behind.
Do you think she could use a nest box on the ground level if we were to provide one? How could we make it safe for her? She is no longer a tree squirrel I am afraid, but more of a ground squirrel at this point. Where do ground squirrels nest?
I want to help, but it is not like we can trap her knowing she is nursing. Even then, I am not convinced that would be her choice to live a life in captivity.
Here she is. Her name is Bunny Poo.