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Injured wild squirrel, need advice
I just found an injured douglas squirrel in a tree in my backyard. There’s a peanut ring hanging from the tree, which is like a large, hollow wire ring that you fill with peanuts and squirrels can climb on top and around it to eat them. The fox squirrels and grey squirrels that live in the area are too big to fit inside, but douglas squirrels, which are a bit larger than chipmunks, could easily fit inside. I’ve never had problems with that though, but maybe 20 minutes ago or so I went outside and a douglas squirrel was stuck headfirst in the ring. When I got closer, she pulled herself out and climbed further up the tree. At this point I noticed something was wrong. She was dragging her back legs behind her, and pulling herself across the branch with her front legs, as if her back legs were broken, or even paralyzed. At some points she almost fell out of the tree, so I’m really worried that she might fall out and injure herself even further, or even die. She’s still out there right now, and I’m wondering if there’s anything I can do to help, specifically how I can safely get her out of the tree and take her to a rehabilitation center. Thanks so much in advance!
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