The Grass Doctor

we found a baby chipmunk?

our cat killed its mother a couple days ago and just now my dad found the baby in the grass outside what do we do with it? we gave it a slice of apple and some sunflower seeds and put it in an old plastic container and poked holes in it and shredded newspaper and tissue paper and its sitting outside it seems un hurt and its just sitting in the box but what should we do with it?

Public Comments

1. Take it to the vet or an animal rescue place.
2. keep it until you know it's fully ok and it will be able to handle itself without its mother in the wild. then when you think it's showing signs of readiness, i would let it go. either that or keep it for a pet! those things are so freaking cute!!
3. Call your humane society.
4. try to give it as much warmth as you can (not to hot!!)
5. lol, i would keep it.
6. get its rabie shots and keep it i have onre there sooooo cute
7. keep it if u want
8. For now, get it in a hamster cage so it doesn't eat it's way out. Call the vet and ask how to care for it. People report me for saying I hate cats! This is another reason I think they should be kept in a cage or destroyed!
9. Call a local zoo and ask them if they can take it. My mom found a baby Canadian goose once and our local zoo took it in and took care of it.
10. let the baby grow in peace and nurser him like if he is your own...does he??
11. you could keep it and ask the vet how to care for it or ask the vet if there are any wildlife shelters around...I know we had them in orlando. These folks are trained to handle these situations. also check in the phone book or your local ASPCA may also know.
12. Take To a Vet or a Animal Rescue Center
13. if you have a nature center near by put him there, or you could nurse it until it gets bigger. give it gatorade because when we used to have baby squirrles falling out of our tree, we found this lady who did that for a living and she said that next time it happened to give it gatorade because it has basically the same protein and everything as the Mothers Milk. Hope this helps you!
14. I had 2 babies that I rescued from my cat when I was a kid! I think we fed them hamster food (the kind with seeds & stuff) and when they were healthy enough to go back outside, my mom and I released them. It was a sad moment for me, but Mom made me realize they would die if we kept them in captivity and that they were meant to be free.
15. You should go and get it a cage to live in and some bedding till it gets older then when it gets big enough let it go in the wild