The squirrel may have gotten rabies...from the rats.
Yes. This squirrel needs to be put down because that it obviously NOT normal squirrel behavior.
I’ve always heard that it’s very rare for squirrels to contract rabies; but it can happen.
Foamy the Squirrel...
Not rabies...babies. Almost grown but not weaned.
Storms or predators knock them out of the nest and a lot of times you will find them ...Or rather, they find you, and try to climb you like a tree, thinking you are a big adult. It is pure instinct, they cannot help following a moving warm person or animal. They are very persistent, even when rebuffed and put back on a tree. Usually they have a bloody nose from hitting the ground. This is the month they are starting to leave the nest but won’t be fully weaned yet, so these may not have fallen.
Extremely unlikely. The main reason squirrels rarely transmit rabies is that they are unlikely to survive an attack by a rabid animal long enough for the virus to be spread.
Working for peanuts is enough to piss anything off.....(sorry, I couldn't resist)