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kerri
03-17-2009, 07:43 PM
i found a baby squirrel, had it looked over by a vet. Did a TON of internet research on how to handle it. I got the whole esbilac thing and feeding techniques. I am very careful will her but it is so hard to keep her still while feeding. She has gone into seizures and has aspirated fairly badly 1 time about 3 days ago. I have had her for 2 weeks and she is now 4.5-5 weeks in age according to my research in the development of baby squirrels.
here is my problem. she is wheezing. I know something is wrong....so what next??
I have been to two vets who have given me wrong info and are very inexperienced in this sort of thing. Since they do not seem to know what to do, i thought i could find help here. maybe someone could tell me what to tell the vet? I am thinking it is developing into pneumonia. please respond quickly!

TinyPaws
03-18-2009, 12:58 AM
sounds like she needs to be put on antibiotics...not sure which one though...Baytril comes to mind, but like I said I'm not 100 percent sure...someone with more knowledge will need to tell you which ones are best....but you need to act quickly....hopefully someone can answer you in time to go to your vets today....Praying for your baby...