Rescued adult squirrel
Hi All,
Last night we found an adult grey squirrel dragging himself across the pavement to the bushes. There are no visible injuries. We were able to grab him and he's in a plastic box with holes and towels. This is in Orlando, Florida. He slept over night, and this morning has been happily eating some apple and pecans, and drinking lots of water. He shakes a little bit every now and then, and still has the back leg lameness, but seems otherwise okay. The shakiness is some twitching, almost like you would twitch at the gym when your muscles are tired. It lasts a couple seconds and then it stops.
We have been in touch with a wild life rehabber who recommended taking him to an emergency vet who takes wildlife. The rehabber mentioned that since both backlegs were being dragged, it's likely a spinal injury and may not be a happy rescue story.
If it is possible, I would prefer to save the squirrel and keep him as a non-releasable squirrel. Can you help/advise? I have been reading about food on Henry's Pets and about calcium and other safe foods and will be ordering some blocks from them. I do have some left over prednisilone ear rub from my cat (who crossed the rainbow bridge from cancer about 4 weeks ago).
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