baby weights and ages

[virginia_arce2280]

Hi guys!
I had a thread in the emergency section and now we're doing good. I didn't want to keep adding to that one. This question has to do with weight. Those who have been reading the thread, "found an injured adult male" will know that on Friday, April 27, we got a jouvenile male squirrel with head trauma from being hit by a car. We thought he was an adult at first because he seemed so big. Turns out that "bigness" was mostly fluffly fur, and he only weighed 165 grams.
We got through the weekend and he's doing wonderfully!
I did have a question on age though. He has gained 35 grams in 4 days and now weighs 200 grams and he's drinking his fox valley like a champ (considering all the setbacks we had over the weekend) He's up to 16 mls every 2.5 hours, and almost to full strength. The next batch I make today will be full strength and I am going to lengthen the time between feedings out too, to about every 3 hours, because he is still weak and not eating much solid foods. He's had a monkey biscuit and homemade rodent block in his carrier for the past 3 days, but doesn't seem strong enough yet to really chew on it. He did eat a piece of peach today and cucumber yesterday, and gets exhausted after eating and just goes back to rest again. (the first picture shows him in his rest position after eating.)
I have also put a moss covered branch in his carrier and he rubs on it sometimes and chews just a little bit on it sometimes.

I have 2 other squirrels about 12.5 weeks old and the female weighs 320 g and the male weighs 265 g.

So now after that long explanation, would it be safe to say that our new squirrel that weighs 200 g is about 10-11 weeks old? I'm including a picture from yesterday.

[stosh2010]

I don't have the answer...but he's a real CUTIE.

[iwonka]

He is very cute!

I have a 7 weeks old baby squirrel and he weighs 200g .

[virginia_arce2280]

He is very cute!

I have a 7 weeks old baby squirrel and he weighs 200g .

Would you mind posting a picture of him?

[lilidukes]

Fl squees are much smaller in general than the big northern squees. iwonka has a very large baby

Your little one is some where in the 10-12 week area by the look of his tail. Going by weights doesn't work too good as these kids vary in size as to different regions. Here in SC our squees are a little bigger than you as a rule but still much smaller than their northern cousins.mjs

[skarabrae]

One of my 5.5-6 week old babies weighs 208 grams... but she's abnormally large.

I don't think your squirrel looks significantly older than the two of mine whose tails are bushy (the other two are the same age but their tails haven't bushed out yet). Maybe a couple weeks, but I don't know if he's 10 weeks yet

I think once they get to a certain size, it's hard to tell by pictures. Is your little guy sitting on his hind legs steadily and grasping food well? Is he jumping and climbing with ease? If he's still weak, he might not have gained his full strength.

Since we're supposed to feed by weight, a 200 gram squirrel should take around 10-15cc every feed, and a healthy little one at that age can easily go four or five hours between feedings, 4 or 5 feedings a day. I think you could start ramping up the spacing between the feedings gradually over the next few days and then you'll probably notice he'll start eating more solids in between.

BTW, he's absolutely adorable!!

[iwonka]

Would you mind posting a picture of him?

This is my baby

[virginia_arce2280]

How precious!

[iwonka]

He is very cute!

I have a 7 weeks old baby squirrel and he weighs 200g .

Oups!.. actually, he is 250g

[virginia_arce2280]

Oups!.. actually, he is 250g

Wow! What a difference! It's amazing how much difference there is in the ones from the South and the North.
for sharing