Hello,
I just found a baby squirrel on the sidewalk about two hours ago. Its eyes aren't open and its fur is shiny and looks healthy. However, it looks like he just fell from the nest as his nose? or possibly inside mouth? was bleeding. The bleeding inside the mouth was at the corners and the roof of his mouth was clean. Jaw seems a bit swollen? He is able to crawl fine and limbs look good.
The bleeding mostly stopped within the first 30 min. and blood wasn't gushing. He now leaves some slight blood marks when he is lying down. We wiped his nose and mouth from it. When he crawled on the paper towel and touched his head down then the blood stained it but not in big pools, but he still lost some blood. He squeaked/harped for his mom at the beginning but he seems to have calmed down, as he is lying down on my hand with a warm water bottle by his back and squeaks a bit less. He is asleep right now but crawls around once in a while. His breathing has been steady for the past hour and he has warmed up. He even wagged his tail a bit, snuggled a bit into my hand, and when I scratched his armpit he moved it up cuz I guess I found the sweet spot. He seems to be more comfortable in my warm hand now.
How do I approach feeding him, when, and with what? I have Pedialyte, dosing syringes, and a little bottle available. Is Esbilac powder or liquid ok?
I attached some photos of him as well.
I have raised a squirrel before from when it was able to eat solid food but also took formula, but never a baby this young. Any help is appreciated so so much. Thank you.