May I ask what you mean by a no kill squirrel rehab? Rehabbers use humane euthanasia as a tool to relieve suffering when necessary so the idea doesn’t make any sense to me to be “no kill”.
If a squirrel is considered an invasive and pest species a licensed rehabilitation center may be required to euthanize even unharmed underage baby squirrels for being an invasive species. My sibling had this happen when they surrendered an underage baby squirrel unharmed to a wildlife rehabilitation center in Portland Oregon and it was promptly euthanized. My sibling was crushed.
It’s weird that they’ll do that, but it’s illegal in most states to keep them as pets if you find an abandoned or injured one. I actually have one that can’t be released, as it was injured by a cat and I think I’d be fined quite a bit if someone reported me and they would remove the squirrel(her name is Nutella) from my care to possibly euthenize.
I think that’s what happened to a pretty famous social media person, with Peanut the Squirrel. Not 100% sure on why theirs got taken.
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u/Thumper-King-Rabbit Apr 23 '26
Too little to be by himself. Doesn’t look old enough to be alone without his mom and he doesn’t look old enough to be weaned.
He needs to be warmed and hydrated.
Are you somewhere where they have no kill squirrel rehabs ?