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    Default Wild Squirrel with a Broken Finger - Fatima

    Hi everyone! I have been browsing this forum trying to figure out what to do for my poor squirrel, so thanks in advance for your help I have a couple of wild squirrels that I have befriended through providing snacks for the past few months. I am definitely a newbie at squirrel care, but these little guys have really captured my heart.

    One little girl particularly likes me and I can hand feed her nuts and things - I call her Fatima Last Friday I came home and noticed that one of my wind chimes had been knocked down. The hook from the top of the wind chimes was missing, and I later spotted Fatima with that hook dangling off of her front paw! I tried desperately to catch her and pull it off but she was at the top of a tall tree. So upsetting. She disappeared for three days (she generally visits every day or every other day) and was back on Tuesday with a really sore finger. I was just happy she was alive! I gave her a ton of treats.

    I didn't see her on Wednesday but she was back yesterday and the finger seems even more red and swollen. She still uses it to eat and it doesn't seem to affect her mobility at all, but it can't feel good I tried to spray it with some hypochlorous stuff that I had on hand, but she was chittering at me and didn't seem at all pleased about that. She won't really let me get too close.

    I am trying to figure out what to do. I can't catch her, and I think she has babies because I see nipples. Do I try and give her antibiotics? I don't know how I'd get a hold of that and I don't know her weight...Wait and see? My husband thinks I am a crazy squirrel lady but I just want to help the poor thing. Any suggestions appreciated, I will attach some pictures. Name:  VideoCapture_20210225-214547.jpg
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