The five juvenile squirrels had to be anaesthetised before their tails could be separated A US wildlife centre has saved five young grey squirrels after their tails became dangerously fused together.

In what sounds like a scene straight out of The Animals of Farthing Wood, a tiny grey squirrel fell from a tree ... After tending to the bruised and bandaged baby and feeding her a special milk ...

When attempts to find a shelter for the orphaned baby rodent failed, the eastern gray squirrel became a family pet. He was bottle fed for eight months and then released back into the wild ...