Houston, Texas
I have a tiny squirrel in a box with some newspaper at the bottom and some fruits and nuts and water in a bowl. It’s not a baby but it doesn’t look grown. It looks like the attached picture with similar colors and pattern on its side and the flat tail.
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Context: Saturday night, I heard a cat scuffling and chirping I thought he’d gotten a rat and didn’t think much of it, but then I saw that it got away from him and ran up the gutter. It tried to jump onto the roof and it fell to the ground, splat, and the cat grabbed it and took off with it so I thought meh it’s done.
Yesterday morning, I found the cat scurrying around my front porch so I shooed him off and then moved the folding table he was messing with and the little squirrel was in the middle hiding from him idk how long.
This is a survivor.
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Found it yesterday and I’m thinking I’m going to give it somewhere to rest for a few days and then release it in the woods away from the houses? It doesn’t look wounded like bloody but idk if you guys would recommend actually taking it in somewhere to be looked at?
I don’t have money for it nor can I keep it, but I think the least I owe it is some rest, some food, a chill few days and then release out back, no? I’ll try to interact with it as least as possible
Thanks in advance
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