Five young gray squirrel siblings became entangled in long-stemmed grasses and strips of plastic their mother used as nest material, twisting one another into a tailspin of sorts.Fortunately, someone found them and called the Wisconsin Humane Society in Milwaukee for help.The Humane Society said the first thing it did was to anesthetize all five of them at the same time. With that accomplished, they began working on unraveling the knot of tightly tangled tails and nest material. According to a post the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Wisconsin Humane Society posted on Friday, the squirrels "without careful and quick intervention, would at the least cost each of these squirrels their very important tail (needed for balance and warmth), and likely their lives."It took about 20 minutes to free the young squirrels. Soon after, they began to recover from the anesthesia.The Humane Society said they are all bright-eyed, and three of the five squirrels are bushy-tailed, but they will need to be monitored for tail necrosis caused by impaired blood flow.

Five young gray squirrel siblings became entangled in long-stemmed grasses and strips of plastic their mother used as nest material, twisting one another into a tailspin of sorts.

Fortunately, someone found them and called the Wisconsin Humane Society in Milwaukee for help.


​Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Wisconsin Humane Society​/Facebook

The Humane Society said the first thing it did was to anesthetize all five of them at the same time. With that accomplished, they began working on unraveling the knot of tightly tangled tails and nest material.

According to a post the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Wisconsin Humane Society posted on Friday, the squirrels "without careful and quick intervention, would at the least cost each of these squirrels their very important tail (needed for balance and warmth), and likely their lives."

It took about 20 minutes to free the young squirrels. Soon after, they began to recover from the anesthesia.

​Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Wisconsin Humane Society​/Facebook

The Humane Society said they are all bright-eyed, and three of the five squirrels are bushy-tailed, but they will need to be monitored for tail necrosis caused by impaired blood flow.

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