How can I reunite a baby squirrel/baby squirrels with its/their Mother?
Squirrel babies found alone that appear healthy should be left out for several hours during daylight hours only to give their mother a chance to retrieve them in the event that she is still around but has simply become temporarily separated from her young. Follow these steps: Step 1: Contain the baby in a box or bin that is too high for it to crawl out of. Click here for tips on how to contain the baby. [link to 10] Alternatively, you may place a laundry basket upside-down over the baby with something heavy on top to keep the baby from leaving the area. Step 2: Give the baby a heat source by placing a heating pad on the LOW setting underneath half of the box/bin (you may have to run an extension cord to the area). If you are using a laundry basket, you can try wrapping a heating pad in a towel and corralling the baby with the laundry basket so that the heating pad is contained underneath it with the baby. The heat source is CRITICAL, even when it is warm outsidewithout a heat source th
