Two baby squirels, what do i do with them?

I found two young baby squirels in my back yard and picked them up before My room mates cat could get them. I gave them food and water and put them in a cage, both are very calm however one is very tired looking at the other fusses to be let out. What's the best course of action? I do plan on releaseing both back into the wild.Two baby squirels, what do i do with them?
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im not sure but i thought that squirrels were considered rodents and i thought it was illegal to release captured rodents back into the wild.
Well how old are they? Is one of them acting like its tired all the time? If so they really do need some medical care. Perhaps look in the phone book for a wildlife type place. They may be able to give you some tips on taking care of them or something. All in all if one is acting wierd I would think its a poison perhaps or something. Why I would look for some professional guidance.
I raised two flying squirrels when I was younger, so your in luck.





You need to put them somewhere safe, a cage might cut it, but you need to put a branch and pine bedding the bottom, squirrels like to burrow remember or they won't feel safe.


If you take a plastic bowl, cut a small hole in it (a safe hole, nothing that would cut them when they crawled in and out of it) and put the bowl rim down in the pine bedding, they will sleep in their and be very happy.


You need to go to the store and buy and tiny water bottle at a pet store that people use for hamsters, and get some bird seed, good quality if you can afford it, the more types of seeds it has the better, they need to learn how to crack the seeds open so that one day the can go back to living in the wild (if you don't keep them as pets.)





Also, if they are too young to eat the seeds, you can give them a milk substitute you buy at a farm supply and get a eye dropper and feed them.


You have to feed them a lot, or at least put the milk substitute in the tiny water bottle you bought from the store and keep it warm if possible.


But hand feeding them is better because it stimulates them and they'll be more friendly too.





Hold them in your palm, let them stand if they can, and just gently hold the eye dropper full of luke warm milk out to them, they will latch on and drink, its actually really cute to watch.





If you have any more questions, please feel free to message me at any time, I'll try to reply asap.


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Good luck!
i don't know!
look in the phone book under veterinarians. Call one that has a 24-hour number, and ask them if someone could come pick them up. If they are released back into the wild, the mother will most likely reject them and they will be too little to survive on their own. Usually an animal control person of some sort will come pick them up and bring them to a shelter where they can be rehabilitated and taken care of.
Check out this site it will tell you everything yhttp://users.hal-pc.org/~jbsum/squirrel.鈥?/a> . i have raised many baby squirrels and have two right now. I could sit here and type all of what you need to know , but that seems like a waste of time when it is all already typed out on this site. It is very clear and organized and easy to understand and has any piece of information you need to know about squirrels whether you want to keep or release its all there check it out. Hope it helps.
just go put them in a safe place and leave a little food there so that they can continue on their way....dont keep them out of the wild for too long
First get to your closest pet store. Ask anyone there who might be knowlegable on these animals. You can raise them in your home by feeding them until they grow larger to release. You will have to build a cage or aquire one that will fit their size as they grow. They probally will be quite active and a bit nervous as they grow but they will grow fast so that you can release them in a short period of time. They will be a bit nervous and somewhat wild while you raise them but you will know when the time is right to release them outside. They should quickly adjust to the outside enviorment without a problem.
Make sure that they are healthy and hydrated.





You can keep them until they are nursed back to health but I strongly suggest returning them to the wild.


It is possible to keep them, but this usually proves to be fatal to them because they are wild animals.
take them to a quiet park or someplace in the woods with lots of other squirrels. leave some nuts with them
Take them to the nearest wildlife preserve.


I know you're trying to do the best for them, but odds are good you're only hurting them.


Go to google maps, enter your zipcode and search wildlife preserves.





EDIT: Not wildlife preserve, wildlife rescue center.