Hi folks,
I just signed up today after stumbling upon this forum while searching for answers about my squirrel issue. I recognize the vBulletin forum software because I run a forum as well, though my site is just airline worker related and has nothing to do with squirrels (though there are plenty of nuts).
I had raised abandoned squirrels in the past but I have never had to deal with one as young as this fella. We had the tail-end of a hurricane come though about 6 months ago and there were branches down everywhere. The partial nest that I found in the yard was at least 100' from the closest trees and didn't look much different than all the other debris in the yard after the storm. There were 2 babies when I found them - they were out in freezing rain for hours and were not moving and barely breathing. One died minutes after he was found but the other is alive and well.
How old do you thing he was when I found him? I've attached a picture to this posting. This was a day after he was picked up out of the yard after being out there most of the day.