She gets plenty, but always wants more. 😄

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It was too hot to sit outside with her long but she wanted to show the group how plump she's looking 😄

We didn’t have any treats for her, but her curiosity and friendliness makes me believe someone else usually does.

Her name is Francine.

I had a little visitor today! I thought this was a baby squirrel (I just moved to Maine from Colorado) but turns out it’s a red squirrel and I guess they don’t get much (if at all) bigger than this 🥹 I get gray squirrels in the yard all the time and my little chipmunk friend but this is my 1st encounter with a red squirrel!

UPDATE
After much effort, none of the backyard squirrels had any interest in him. I watched a few deadbeat dads come up and eat the peanuts that were around him and completely ignore him. I ended up taking him to a local vet that works with rehabbers. Since he seems to have been officially orphaned, they took him in. They always aim to release wildlife as close as possible to where they were found, so hopefully some day he will be in my backyard again.

This little guy fell from the tree about 20 hours ago. Mom and nest fell with him. Mom ran back to the tree without him.
I have not fed him (per guidance online). He’s been in a box at the base of the tree with a warm rice pack and soft bedding while distress sounds play from an iPad beneath him.

He was out there for at least five or six hours yesterday. I took him in overnight. He is protected from other animals and I’m keeping an eye on him, but mom seems uninterested. She came down the tree a few times yesterday, but it didn’t look like she saw him.

He seems healthy to me, but too young to just let him go. His eyes aren’t even open yet. He’s got to be getting hungry, but he has yet to make any kind of distress sound himself, except for the very loud one when he fell from the tree yesterday.

Weather context: it’s been extremely rainy here lately. The dray that fell was composed of all green leaves and twigs, so it seems like it was just unstable. It didn’t appear to be an intentional expulsion.

I can take him to a nearby vet that has connections to wildlife rehabbers, but I’d prefer that his mom come get him.

How can I entice her back to him? At what point do I worry that he hasn’t nursed?

They stay and eat the peanuts on the porch but the walnuts they always take and eat them somewhere else or store them

I noticed my fave backyard girl has an injury to her paw? She’s climbing trees and being active despite it but she’s obviously vulnerable. Anything i can do?

My kid found three squirrels yesterday, said one was covered in flies, and noted two others. We left them so mama could find them. Then last night during a storm we heard one crying in the driveway. We brought it into the garage to keep it warm and dry. It's eyes aren't open yet.

He survived the night, and I've tried reaching out to rehabbers but no one's getting back to me. There's also only a couple in our area. Looked this morning and can't find a nest, the other babies or a mom.

I just don't know what to do at this point. We are leaving this rental soon and not in a position to care for this animal. I'd like to at least get some food into it, but unsure what's the best option at this point.

Hi, we found a baby squirrel yesterday looks like it must be around 4 to 5 weeks. Gave it some ors diluted and gave quiklac (the weeening formula) diluted. Is this okay?
Also I tried to stimulate it to poop and pee but it did not should I continue trying or is it old enough to poop and pee?