Emergency Prep · Wildlife
The Adult Squirrel Rescue Guide
Triage for Electrocution, Car Strikes, and Poisoning
The squirrel that fell off the transformer, the one dragging its legs, the one that just sits there. 10 modules on bone-crushing incisors, electrocution burns and the fall after, spinal injuries, the leather-glove-and-blanket capture, why cardboard lasts minutes, overgrown tusk teeth, rodenticide poisoning signs, the leave-it-alone rule for concussed squirrels, mange and ticks headed for your pets, and getting it to a licensed small-mammal rehabber.
About this course
An adult squirrel is the wild animal you're most likely to find hurt in your own yard, and the one most likely to put its teeth through your finger if you help it wrong. This course covers both. You'll learn what chisel incisors driven by nut-cracking jaws do to a bare hand, what a transformer does to a squirrel and the 30-foot fall that follows, how to tell a dragging-legs spinal injury from temporary shock, why only heavy beekeeping or welding gloves and a blanket are enough for capture, why an adult squirrel is out of a cardboard box in minutes and needs a hard-sided carrier, what curling tusk teeth mean, why pale gums and lethargy point to rat poison and an emergency vet visit for Vitamin K, why a dazed squirrel under a tree after a storm usually needs two hours and no help at all, how its fleas, ticks and mange mites get to your dog, and why it goes to a licensed small-mammal rehabilitator, not your spare room.
What you'll learn
- Incisor bite risk, and the heavy-glove-and-blanket capture that respects it
- Transformer electrocutions, the fall that follows, and what the vet has to treat
- Car-strike spinal injuries: dragging legs, shock vs. permanent damage
- Hard-sided carriers (why cardboard lasts minutes), and overgrown tusk teeth
- Rodenticide poisoning signs, and the two-hour leave-it-alone rule for concussed squirrels
- Fleas, ticks and mange headed for your pets, and the small-mammal rehabber hand-off
Who this is for
Anyone with squirrels and a bird feeder, people who found one under a power pole or at the roadside, parents whose kids 'rescued' one, and rescue volunteers who want the small-mammal basics without a bite.
Course outline (10 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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Pass the quiz and earn a shareable certificate of completion.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 10 lessons