Last week, with temperatures reaching 110 degrees, local wildlife hospitals were flooded with baby squirrels who tumbled out of their nests looking for relief from the heat.
Things have cooled off a bit, so the local wildlife has had a chance to chill out. At the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley, last week was when things started getting a little crazy.
The center has been inundated with juvenile squirrels, all found lying under trees by the public. Staff believes the babies were moving around, trying to get comfortable in the triple digit heat and fell out of their nests.The same thing is happening at wildlife hospitals across the Bay Area.Andy Young is new to the hospital and was surprised by the behavior of the supposedly"wild" animals.
Squirrels normally spend their first four months in a nest, but one at the center still has its eyes closed and is probably only about six weeks old."So, they come in with head swelling," said staff technician Lavanya Kothandaraman."If it's mild, we treat them with anti-inflammatory medicines, give them fluids, and they're pretty much back to normal."
But the center warns the public not to try and care for one yourself. Hawkins said well-meaning people may be tempted to feed baby squirrels with information they get online.
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