We are taking care of a young squirrel, and as we are doing it for the first time, we are looking for help. Maybe you can share some advice.

None of the organizations could take it, and even though we have received limited advice, there is no person who can help us, considering that this squirrel was born late in the summer.

We found it on Sep 1, and estimated it was around 4-5 weeks old. Eyes were opened already. It has a big cage with a nest, wooden nesting house and lives in our sun-room. We plan to
release her, but there are two problems:

- It is a single animal, no other squirrels to grow up with
- It was born late, so not a lot of time before the winter starts

We plan to release it in our backyard, so it still has access to a sun-room and cage for hiding and so we can help with food. We will not risk releasing it to a completely wild environment.
Our backyard is big and private, even though there are houses around us

We don't know if we should try to release it in the fall, or should we wait until spring? We are worried this will be too long under our help.

Right now we are still feeding it with formula and waiting for rodent blocks (not available locally). We also try to provide natural food: acorns, maple seeds etc. We also give some
carrots and apples. But it is really hungry for formula and not very good at trying other food. We made mistakes with berries and nuts at the beginning but now we don't provide that
anymore.

Any help would be appreciated.