u/GiantReignPanda — reddlx

Today around midnight I was driving on St-Denis approaching Mont Royal, and saw a young guy walking aggressively on the street with a knife in his hand. I honked for him to move out of the way and he continued to walk fast and agressive but moved towards the side between the bike path and road, still with the knife in his hand.

We locked eyes multiple times when I drove by him slowly and tried to take a picture.

I felt a strange feeling with the way he looked at me, deranged and angry with crazy eyes.

Called 911 a minute later describing the situation and the appearance of the person.

A police officer called me back 5 minutes later thanking me for phoning in and telling me they caught the guy and they have him now. They asked me some more questions and said good evening.

I don’t know what could have happened if I didn’t call the police, maybe some innocent people would’ve been stabbed. Who knows. But at first I hesitate and didn’t want to be dramatic, calling 911 for something maybe not “important”.

But in the end it really is. So this is a friendly reminder to phone in and trust your instinct.

🙏

Edit: the streets and bars were crowded on st. Denis while this guy walked by everyone. No one seemed to be bothered by him (or no one noticed). But I did, and saw this person was clearly not well and possibly planning to hurt someone.

Hi, I have been keeping care of a baby squirrel (around 8 weeks old) at home for the past 4 days.

First day I fed him
- 1 big grape
- pumpkin seeds
- water

Day 2 I fed him
- 2 walnuts (cut into tiny pieces)
- tiny bit of raspberry
- water

Day 3 I fed him
- chestnut
- apples
- 3ml of puppy milk formula ESBILAC

Day 4 I fed him
- 2.5ml of puppy milk formula ESBILAC
- 1/4 of raspberry

He was doing so well, running around, sleeping on his warm bottle/sac in his cage, he played with my cat, and seemed to be healthy and fine.

Today I came home around 2pm and I found him outside of his cage….but I left him inside his cage when I left!!!
Which means he forced himself through the tiny hole of his cage, (I don’t understand how his body could fit through that)

He was sleeping curled up on my couch and 2 hours later I realize he’s lethargic and not breathing at all.
I gave him CPR for 5-10 minutes and called an emergency wild life center. I managed to get him breathing again but you can tell he’s hardly hanging on and having difficulty breathing (taking long slow breaths) as if he’s suffocating. I brought him to them and they told me they will take care of him.

I have no idea if he passed away or not….

I would like to know if I did anything wrong or if I didn’t feed it enough, or maybe too much? I could not find its mother and decided to try and foster it until it got big enough (12 weeks) to be set free in the wild.

I’m also wondering if maybe he hurt himself when he forced himself through the hole of the cage while I wasn’t home…maybe he broke a rib or something?

How can he suddenly just go from running around and then suddenly die from nothing?

Edit: for those wondering why I didn’t bring it to a rehab center.
I called multiple vets, animal clinics, urgent shelters (SPCA in Montreal) and they said the don’t foster or take care of babies. So I was trying to find someone (a professional) who could take better care of it.