It's been a while since I last posted here. Many of you were kind enough to offer advice (and even shipped feeding supplies) on taking care of a baby Red we found a couple of years ago. With the advice I got here, we successfully raised and released our little Emma. She's doing great living outside now and has lived outside for more than a year. However, Emma has moved back from whence she came, LOL. She stayed among the trees and bushes, for more than a year, even through a few days of VERY cold weather last year. But she recently moved into my soffit. I'm positive she was born in my soffit about 2.5 years ago. It's too close to winter to lock her out, so I'm going to let her stay until spring. Problem is, she had babies. Those baby squirrels, one by one, fell down inside one of my walls. I have retrieved 4. When I say baby, they're at least several weeks old. They're obviously young, but can drink water and climb just fine, have plenty of fur, etc. I have placed them in a release cage (the same one we built for Emma) just under the soffit so Emma can see them. Emma doesn't seem very interested though. I was just outside putting some food and water in the cage and Emma showed up. I opened the release portal hoping Emma might go in and check on her babies. She went right to the portal, looked in at one of the babies then came over to me for an almond. I have a couple/few questions. Should I just keep the portal closed and continue caring for the squirrels myself, or leave the portal open so she can enter? I'd rather the young squirrels not go back into the soffit. Already will have my hands full dealing with Emma come spring. If I offer enough building material, can the squirrels survive outside through winter? If not, I'll try and find a wildlife rehabber to see if they can take them.