Jaydon’s mother intervened next, calling a veterinarian 20 miles away and requesting that the animal be brought in right away.

“This is unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” Dr. Melanie Eagan of the St. George Veterinary Clinic exclaimed.

The squirrel, according to her, could only barely move its back legs because it was so covered in insulation foam.

The squirrel would not have lived if the boys hadn’t moved so swiftly and if their mother hadn’t assisted them in bringing it inside.

The cat would have been residing in someone’s shed, garage, or cellar, the veterinarian surmised, and it became tangled in the stuff.

“Become distressed”

“This little guy ran through it when it was still wet, probably because someone was patching up a hole to keep a draft out,” she said. “However, that material solidifies quite rapidly, so it wouldn’t have taken him long to feel distressed.”

She added that in order to remove the foam from the animal’s fur, one needed to be patient and use rubbing alcohol. The animal lost some fur as she proceeded to brush it out.

Since then, the squirrel has been allowed to return to the wild.