If the mother doesn't come, you 'll need a contingency plan.

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Hi Wayne, Good question.

Sitting on the bank of the Little River just North of Raleigh, NC, back inI saw a squirrel simply drop out of the sky floating down and “plop” into the middle of the creek. It was about 30 feet away from me. It was apparently r. Jul 16, I sometimes wonder how often a squirrel falls out of a tree or even if they ever do.

I have seen very young squirrels - the little hairless critters - fallen from a nest before, usually after a storm, and figured they had no sense about themselves anyway and Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Jan 14, Unbeknownst to city dwellers, it happens all the time: Squirrels, those seemingly infallible high-wire walkers, fall out of trees. Both squirrels are about seven weeks old, Demay said - just the age at which squirrel moms start urging their babies to climb out of the nest, and squirrel babies start falling. The only time I’ve ever seen a squirrel fall from a tree was when there was a good reason for it.

such as the one we saw fall just this past summer.

May 23, at pm.

Healthy squirrels are usually in good enough shape that they don’t fall from trees. This particular squirrel went into convulsions after it hit the ground. I suspected that the squirrel was suffering from the convulsions while still in the tree and this was what caused the. Aug 07, Suddenly one squirrel inconceivably fell from the treetop.

Down, down, down it fell, until I lost sight of it behind a rock wall. I stared at the rock wall for a minute, a little stupefied like I’d just seen the sky turn green or a bird flying stumpcutting.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.