Dying Squirrel
There's a squirrel that appears to be dying outside of my apartment. It's on its side, barely breathing and covered in flies. I see no blatant injuries. What can I do to help it? Can I give it water? The humane society won't do anything and I called to non-emergency police line and they said they'd send someone out an hour ago.
Posted Sep 6, 2017, 9:33 PM UTC
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Can you get a shirt or towel or something and bring it inside in a box while we figure something out?
Some others might come along with some good information, but in the meantime, it might be worth trying to find a rehabber in the area: http://www.mary.cc/rehabbers1.html or here http://www.mary.cc/rehabbers2.html
She's in a towel and was weakly drinking water but now she won't go for it. There's intermittent spastic movement but nothing else.
It's hard to tell what happened at this point (fell from a tree, hit by car, attacked by animal), and the chances are slim, but stick with her. Let her rest and keep checking on her to see if she gets better. Try the water again later too.
Thanks for doing this and caring about this animal.