In September 2016 I found Ember as a baby rescued raised and nursed her back to health. I plan to keep her forever but in December 2018 she started to wild up and was attacking me and was miserable. I released her in March 2019 and she visited every day up until two weeks ago. Before she didn’t come back I noticed her vagina was a little swollen so I had to wonder maybe she got pregnant it was up in a nest. Today I saw her and immediately brought her inside. Her nose is messed up and scabbing and a piece is falling off, her tail has chunks of hair missing, she’s really skinny, her vagina is swollen and bloody, and she’s got some bumps on her eyes and ears.
Do you guys think she might be pregnant?
She seems different now, sad and depressed but I’m keeping her inside at least until she’s healed up and fattened up. I’m scared to release her again because I don’t think she has the skills to survive since I released her late.
She also has small bugs crawling on her. Is there anything I can use to spray her and dry her with that won’t harm her or the babies if she is pregnant?
She won’t let me bathe her but she lets me hold her. She’s eating. I have rodent blocks (Henry’s) and veggies fruits and nuts. She ate some (of course all the nuts and most the blocks)
I just want her to be happy and healthy. I am so glad she is alive I thought I had lost her for good.
Any tips for a situation like this?
She seems really grateful that I brought her inside. After I had put her in her old room with blankets and such I saw three other squirrels in my backyard. I’m not sure if one of them or all mated with her and are looking for her or what. I have taken a picture of her private’s. And her face. I will attach them. I don’t have a picture of the bugs they’re small and the same bugs I found on her when she was a baby but I used flea and tick and I later found out that wasn’t good so I wanted a better option.