Raising baby squirrels is tough..... I have done it before for a wildlife center.
The very best thing to do is to put them back in the nest using gloves (sometimes when a mother smells the scent of humans on their babies they will abandon them). Their mother knows how best to take care of them.
If that is not possible then the next best thing to do is to have a wildlife center look after them or if you live in Canada, The Ministry of Natural Resources is the best people to call.
If that isn't possible and you need to look after them yourself for whatever reason then there are a few things that you need to be aware of.
The first is that they need to be fed every couple hours. You will not be able to go to work all day without being able to come home to feed them at lunch time and you will need to feed them in the middle of the night or at least very late at night (1 - 2 am) for the first couple weeks.
The second is that they will need to be fed with a syringe for a few weeks and there is a special way to do this. They need to be fed in an upright position and needs to be done very slowly and carefully because if you aren't careful then they will accidentally inhale the liquids and it gets in their lungs and they develope pneumonia like symptoms and will die. Never feed them cow's milk. Feed either powdered or liquid ESBILAC (puppy milk replacer).
Gently stroke genital area with a tissue to stimulate urination and defecation at each feeding. Stroking is not usually necessary after eyes are opened.
The less contact they have with humans the better chance they have to be set free and survive when they get older. So don't play with them or treat them like pets. Feed them and then put them back in their cage.
You need to build them both a large wire cage and a wooden house. The wire cage should be about 5 feet high by 4 feet long by 3 feet deep. It will need to be kept away from the prying eyes of pets , small kids, etc. or they will stress out and die. The best design for a wooden house should have two rooms with an opening between each, a back door opening and a front door opening (front door would be in the floor of the first room) and a removable lid. It is built this way so that it can later be placed in a tree and so that predators can't get at them and they can escape out the back door if they need to.
Once they start to eat solid foods it is very important to only feed them peanuts and other nuts as a treat not as a meal. Too many of these is actually not healthy for them (too much fat in them).
There is so much more to know so please check out the following link where they have even more info that I don't have room for here:
http://www.stfranciswildlife.org/squirrels.html
Good luck!
3 baby squirrels barely 3 days old fell ot of their nest, how can I raise them or what should Ido?
It'll be hard, I can tell you that. They're not related to sugar gliders, but I'm guessing the youngs about the same size, so you'd have to keep them warm in some sort of blanket or something. And you'd have to call somebody or google some forumns to get some more expirieced people. You'd have to feed them regularly too (altough what you feed them I don't really know altough it's probably some milk you'd get from the vet which is what you do for rabbits...but honestly sorry but I'm not too up to date on squirrels, so your 17 year old would probably have to help out (good luck with that ;)
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Call fish and game or animal control. If you have a humane society call them. Call a vet and ask where to call for help.
They need fluids like pedialyte for tonight thru a eye dropper. If you don't have that then Gatoraid will work too.
Look up for your area, the wildlife rescue, or if you can't find that, call your local humane society and they will have a # for you to call for wildlife rehabiltation.
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