if u try this, maybe mix some baking soda with water and dawn , spray the cage , clean it and wipe it down again with just water. Baking soda takes odor out of most thingsOriginally Posted by Scooterzmom
if u try this, maybe mix some baking soda with water and dawn , spray the cage , clean it and wipe it down again with just water. Baking soda takes odor out of most thingsOriginally Posted by Scooterzmom
I would have suggested using vinegar too, but it may leave an odor, same as Dawn. We wanna be able to smell the peepee and tell if it is getting less stinky as you try the different suggestions.
The key is making the peepee smell less strong, and squirrel will smell better after she rolls around in it like she LOVEs to do!
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Cage clean uses warted down white vinegar (we have a bottle of pre made for the cats when they pee u spray it on the area they pee in then wipe down then spray on a cloth and hold it under there no and say no and they wont pee in that spot again... say it in a vet book) rinsed it let dry then used the lemon juice right now she's got a bowl of water w the marbles (she wont get them in her mouth will she) and some carrots rodent block and hhb's (can they go bad btw?)
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I read on here that marbles were too big to get in their mouth, thought I would pass on the tip, but have no personal experience with them. WATCH...
I would cut out the rodent block, but keep in the Henry's block as we are all using it and no stinky pp here... lol.
Carrots? how old is she? Might be hard on the tummy? dunno for sure, not on Jackie's list of good starter foods that she PMd me. I made a thread about her PM in the nutrition section... maybe it is helpful? I liked it.
I put a bath towel down on floor, then fleece on top of that, and change fleece every other day. I am only gonna clean the cage once a week, but I understand you are having pp smell problem and may wanna clean more often than me.
and I heard HHBs do go bad and you need to freeze extras for freshness!
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My first squirrel had the stink pee but I have always thought it was because of the diet I fed at the time. Lots of sunflower seeds Esiblac bad bad squirrel daddy I was. Since I found this board I started on FV 32-40 formula sometimes with a little Yo Baby Vanilla for the babies Goats milk for the pinkies and a healthy squirrel diet for the adults and I have never had a stinky pee since. This has applied to fox and greys and both male and female. I hope I never have it again it was stinky and my first squirrel Pixel would jump on everyone he ever met and pee on them. He was not a very popular boy!!
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[QUOTE=but she's had dandelion greens sweet potato tomatoes Green beens snap peas Peppers Avocado Cute-cumber carrots[/QUOTE]
Ok it could be tomatoes.. how much do you give her.. I had the same pee pee isues with my Sam and now with Analiese and when i stopped the tomatoes it went away. a small piese here and there wont hurt, cut them out for now and see if it makes a difference
i use method cleaning products they are all natural and completely safe for humans kids and pets and they smell amazing
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If you are not used to squirrels, their pee does smell. Way worse than my guinea pigs. For me, it seems the odor got worse as I transitioned squirrels to solids.
As some other people have recommended, I use 50/50 white vinegar and water solution. It doesn't leave an odor if you do a final wipe down with plain water.
Squirrel may benefit from a bath. You can use baby shampoo but not near face.
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she gets on 1x a week..... she rolls in her pee....
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She gets the 1x a week and only 1-3 she LOVES then they are 1 of her favs garpes and blue berrys as well
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hello...when a baby sq curls his tail over his head in an 's', I give solids..
TEETHING FOOD TOOLS:
I start with a Henry's squirrel block, an almond with the shell and an almond without the shell..
these are the teething tool foods..
helps to cut his teeth pain.
a few days later, you will see that not only is the baby gnawing on these foods, he'll satrt to eat them too.
INTRODUCING SOLID FOODS:
so i introduce veggies and fruits, always de skinned and seeded..nothing STRINGY..(like sugar snap peas).
common sense will help decide which things..
they will suck an avacodo til you laugh your butt off at the sounds..
and the messy gooey faces..
they'll groom each other for an hour after..
sweet potatoe is safe and they learn to chew...
apple is crunchy wet and they will pick it up and drop it yet the smell is so attractive they can't leave their hands off..
very cute.
Sugar snap pea is good if the string is removed.
chunk of yellow squash, all good starter foods..
]but after the tail is over the head, curled into an S !!!
INFO ON FORMULA AND SOLIDS FOR AVERAGE SQUIRREL OF SOLID INTRODUCTION AGE:
Formula needs to be -4 times a day at 7 weeks, depending on how well they are actually eating their blocks and veggies..
Q: CAN I GET A FEW HOURS SLEEP? I'VE BEEN GETTING UP ALL NITE.
A: I would think if you feed right before you go to sleep, and as soon as you get up within 7-8 hours, everything will be fine.
Hope i answered the question, I can deviate and ramble
I add a water bottle when I add solids.
FOODS TO AVOID GIVING SMALL SQUIRRELS:
No grapes yet, they scare me, I have seen and read too many sad stories.
NO eggplant ever.
no to celery...no apple seeds , no cherry seeds or pear seeds, always google strychnine content of seeds when in doubt.
I got this information from JackieInTampa in a Private Message. I know one is not supposed to share information publicly from PMs, but I could not resist. Please make this a sticky and put it by JackieInTampa.
cut the tomatoes out for awhile you see the difference in about a week itf that is it.. I could not give sam but a very small peiceand looks as if Analiese is the same way..
Some of my squirrels are like that and then I have one that hardly smells at all. My best suggestion would be to get a candle from a pet store made just to mask the odor and as long as the candle is burning everything will be ok. My grand daughter had a hampster that was like that. You would know everytime he pe'ed, nothing helped and it was like that until he passed away. Good luck on finding a good answer.
thanks im hopeing some thing will help... useing the febrees spray when she does make pee to help elmianate the smell..... this morn she woke me up w her pee smell shes been peeing on the plastic level's at mine and my fiances house... im gonne try putting an empty wipe box in there maybe shell use it at a potty?...
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Please please please don't use things like bleach or Febreeze... they are full of terrible chemicals. The natural alternatives work as well or better.
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the air freshner stuff it dont go in her cage ..
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I thought I'd chime in my 2 cents...
Pinky was trained pretty well to pee in one corner on a paper towel until I moved her cage into the bathroom and now leave teh cage door open. Now she pees wherever she wants... sometimes in her hammock... sometimes on the paper towel... sometimes on the floor... maybe she's just confused with the move. Anyway... I do notice the smell and just try to be proactive about it. If she happens to hit the paper towel it's gone while it's still wet. If she hits her hammock I pull it and was it immediately. She hates when the hammock is gone, but I figure that maybe that'll teach her that peeing in the hammock isn't okay.
Not sure if that helps or not... just thought I'd chime in.
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Thanks it does I've been cleaning every day and every time she pees
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