Hey all,
I have been taking care of a fox squirrel since she was About 2-3 days old. She however jumped off my shoulder and got outside and ran off yesterday and I couldn’t find her. A few hours later she was back in the back yard and I went out and called for her and she came running back to me. Her nose was bleeding and she isn’t putting any weight on her back right leg. She was very active prior to this climbing around becoming more explorative and brave but it has been a day now and she is still basically just sleeping and waking up to eat and pee and back to sleep. How long should I wait to take her to a vet? She has been a little more active today but not her normal self. Her nose has stopped bleeding. I was planning on watching her today to see if she begins to try and put weight on her leg but so far she isn’t and I don’t want to wait to long being the vet I use isn’t open over the weekend but I also don’t want to rush her to the vet and pay a huge vet bill if she maybe just hurt it and it’s sore and will recover on its own. There was a male squirrel above her along the fence line that may have been messing with her.. got pretty close to me while I was on the ground holding her after she ran up to me.. I don’t see any bite marks but maybe they got into a fight or maybe she was in the tree and fell from the other squirrel chasing her off!? I’m not sure what happened but just want to know how long i should wait or how long is to long to have her checked out ? Appreciate any responses I get in advance ! Also, If her leg was broken wouldn’t she be in more pain or making more cry noises maybe? And how do squirrels and vets go about if it is broken? She doesn’t really make any noses like she’s in awful pain or anything but sometimes she will make like a chirp noise if I pick her up the wrong way…