Hello, my husband and I have been enjoying ground squirrels visiting our yard for several years, and it is now baby season. We’ve noticed a very young, small squirrel with a hind limb deformity: rather than her hind legs being normally places, both her hind legs are to her left side, and she kicks them a bit when she moves them but they don’t support her, so she instead pulls herself around with her front legs. It’s a very noticeable deformity and slows her down a bit in comparison with other squirrels, though otherwise she seems healthy and shows no signs of pain or discomfort — she moves like this is the most natural thing for her, which is why I think it is a birth defect, or perhaps a fracture that healed when she was just still weaning. We worry that if we bring her to the local Project Wildlife she will be euthanized as unreleasable, but she seems like she could live a happy life as a “sanctuary squirrel” in a protected environment. (I say “she” but we have no idea what the sex of the squirrel is.) So we’re wondering if we should just leave her be and let nature take its course, or if there is anyone with the ability, facilities and desire near us (we’re in San Diego, California), who would take it this sweet little squirrel and give her a good life? We’ve dubbed her “Scooter,” for obvious reasons…