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What to do if you find a baby squirrel: Three stages of help that will save his life So, let's imagine the situation. You went out to the park to breathe fresh air, touch the newborn grass and feed the squirrels nuts. And then an alarming note joins your measured walking rhythm: you see a small, lonely squirrel who is definitely suffering and is about to die. He needs to be rescued urgently! All that remains is to understand: how to do this? Answer: in three stages. Stage one: Just observe. Yes, that's right. Emergency care for a baby squirrel begins with observing him from afar. After all, it may well turn out that you have not met a baby who accidentally fell out of the nest, but a lively teenager who is walking in the fresh air under the careful supervision of his mother. Why don't you see mom? Well, she’s not a fool, she won’t show herself to a titan hundreds of times bigger than herself! And even if the baby really fell out of the nest, this does not mean at all that he will not return there. The mother may notice a red lump under a tree and go down to sniff it. Feeling a familiar smell, the mother will grab her offspring by the scruff of the neck and drag him back. And you simply won’t need any help from a person. Moreover, it can even cause harm: if you overpower the squirrel smell with your own, the mother may not accept the child back. Therefore, if you see a lonely baby squirrel and really want to save him, be sure to watch him from afar for at least an hour, and if the weather is sunny and warm, then all of two. The problem will probably resolve itself. Stage two: Diagnostics and first aid If you are convinced that help will not come to the baby squirrel and decide to save its life yourself, then first of all assess the animal’s condition: examine it for injuries (cuts and fractures) and pay attention to the animal’s activity. If the rodent tries to run away from you or even bite, then everything is fine with it. If he easily lets a person near and has shrunk into a ball, it means the baby’s strength is running out and you need to hurry. Regardless of the condition of the baby squirrel, he needs to create a warm nest. After all, even if everything is fine with the child, he has practically no supply of nutrients, and due to his small size, he is forced to spend a lot of energy on heating. A few hours of such life - and there will be no one to save. Part three: Rehabilitation. After you have built a portable nest for your baby animal, you need to pick up your feet and go to an exotologist - a specialist in the treatment of exotic pets. But such doctors are rare animals and are not found in every city, let alone villages and towns. If you don’t have this, then your path lies to a ratologist. Being a rodent specialist, the ratologist will easily provide first aid and solve the most common problems of the animal. No ratologist? Then you need to get to a more standard veterinarian, and then it depends. You may