1 week old squirrel need pedialyte recipe

[FallensMommie]

1 week old baby girl squirrel just found....I need the pedialyte recipe...I'm warming her now and don't have the time to look...I need to clean her face and she has a small wound...pics to follow. Thanks!

[Nancy in New York]

1 week old baby girl squirrel just found....I need the pedialyte recipe...I'm warming her now and don't have the time to look...I need to clean her face and she has a small wound...pics to follow. Thanks!

1 tsp salt (teaspoon)
3 Tbsp sugar (tablespoon)
1 quart warm water

Keep refrigerated.

So thrilled to see you, wished it were under different circumstances...anything you need help with, just ask...
You pretty much know the drill...
If you think this could be cat caught, you need antibiotics immediately, that is deadly
OK I am not going to bombard you....you know so much already...I will just wait for questions.

[FallensMommie]

Thanks Nancy...you're a doll :D

[mpetys]

Can't wait to see the baby. Hope everything is okay with her.

[FallensMommie]

I thinks its younger :eek:

[FallensMommie]

Here she is. It looks like she has bruising in the shoulder area and a little around her nose on the right side :( Can somebody age her please I'm thinking 3/5 days old?

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae180/FallenHops/IMG_0299.jpg

[Nancy in New York]

I thinks its younger :eek:

OK if it has no fur and is pink, it's younger, or right about that age. Do you see a little black dot where the umbilical cord was?
Feed approximately .5 to 1 cc of warmed pedialyte.

[island rehabber]

She looks wonderful, considering! Does she still have a little stub of an umbilical cord, or has it fallen off already? That is typically the mark of younger or older than 10 days. (I often think I have a much younger pinkie than I actually do, then I remember that rule:).)

[island rehabber]

Nancy & me --- Noo yawk minds thinking alike, 1 minute apart :highfive

[Nancy in New York]

Sorry just saw the photo...she is a little older since her little ears are out. Let me get a photo for you...:Love_Icon
Here go to this link...I would say about 10 days...
http://www.squirrelsandmore.com/feature/174/how-to-determine-the-age-of-a-baby-squirrel.htm

IR....are we following each other...:poke :poke

[FallensMommie]

OK if it has no fur and is pink, it's younger, or right about that age. Do you see a little black dot where the umbilical cord was?
Feed approximately .5 to 1 cc of warmed pedialyte.


Yes its just a tiny tiny one..looks like a speck of dirt.

[Nancy in New York]

Do you have a grams scale and a 1 cc syringe? Do you want us to try to locate a rehabber for you?
If you want, post your location, if not you can pm it to me or IR to try to locate somebody for you.

Sorry Fallen...here is the link to aging a baby squirrel:
http://www.squirrelsandmore.com/feature/174/how-to-determine-the-age-of-a-baby-squirrel.htm

[FallensMommie]

Ok new pic of her wound...belly button...she also has two scratches under her arm where you can't see. Yes she is dirty, she had a mouth and nose full of dirt, that has been cleaned and I have tried to remove some from body but don't want to stress her...and the little squeak she gives me when I mess with her :Love_Icon

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae180/FallenHops/IMG_0301.jpg

[FallensMommie]

Do you have a grams scale and a 1 cc syringe? Do you want us to try to locate a rehabber for you?
If you want, post your location, if not you can pm it to me or IR to try to locate somebody for you.

Sorry Fallen...here is the link to aging a baby squirrel:
http://www.squirrelsandmore.com/feature/174/how-to-determine-the-age-of-a-baby-squirrel.htm


Nancy I have 1 cc syringe and I have debbie who is on her and she lives just the next town up...so I'll be giving her a call. I also have a grams scale. THANKS :grouphug

[Nancy in New York]

OK Sweetie....this is a bad wound. Keep her warm and if I were you I would hold on to her....the human touch in a blanket can be so very comforting, hold her close to you. She needs help, let us know where you are located so we can get somebody to take her.

[Busysqrl]

OMGosh, poor little baby. Warm thoughts coming your way :grouphug

[FallensMommie]

She's 17 grams

[Nancy in New York]

Nancy I have 1 cc syringe and I have debbie who is on her and she lives just the next town up...so I'll be giving her a call. I also have a grams scale. THANKS :grouphug


OK honey...this looks like it may be cat caught, not sure. If you can, defintiely call now. The sooner the better. Thank you so much for finding this little one and getting her help...you are wonderful sweetie....love that little one! :Love_Icon

[Rescue04]

i have two of them right now about the same age as yours!! keep us updated on her.

[Nancy in New York]

She's 17 grams

OK start with about a little under 1 cc of warmed hydration fluid. Feed in an upright position....s l o w l y...that is key.

[FallensMommie]

Nancy I will call Debbie right now but I'm leaving to the area I found her to make sure no more have dropped. She wasn't on the ground very long....its mid to high 70's and she was in the sunny. I didn't see any cats around but we do have PLENTY! I was hoping a wound from the fall, but I'll call Debbie she's a rehabber that is on here.

[Nancy in New York]

Nancy I will call Debbie right now but I'm leaving to the area I found her to make sure no more have dropped. She wasn't on the ground very long....its mid to high 70's and she was in the sunny. I didn't see any cats around but we do have PLENTY! I was hoping a wound from the fall, but I'll call Debbie she's a rehabber that is on here.

Thanks honey...please keep us posted...:Love_Icon :Love_Icon

[island rehabber]

That IS a nasty wound, FM, but it is knitting together well....might be a good idea for debbie, after she's gotten her stabilized, to start SMP-TMZ just in case she IS cat-caught. If she stll has that dot, she's less than 10 days old. :)

[island rehabber]

to start SMP-TMZ

There I go again, what a dork! I meant SMz- TMP :shakehead

[Nancy in New York]

There I go again, what a dork! I meant SMz- TMP :shakehead

Are you watching too much of that celebrity gossip channel??? TMZ

[island rehabber]

Are you watching too much of that celebrity gossip channel??? TMZ

omg, omg, like...that is, like, TOE-tally AWEsome!!!!

No chance. :D

[FallensMommie]

Are you watching too much of that celebrity gossip channel??? TMZ


:rotfl


Ok...I have talked to Debbie (miraclesquirrel), she is at work and we are going to meet up tonight at Dr. Emerson's office. Dr. Emerson is Debbie's vet too :D

I have a 3 yr old girl here who is adamant that I name her Nuts :rotfl Anyways, no other squirrels, where the nest is no other babies that I see, no mom...raccoon was walking around, so I am happy I found her....just meant to be. Under the nest was a tree that looks like she may have banged around in. When I found her she was flat on her back with all 4 paws in the air...I said oh no a dead baby squirrel and of course I had to investigate and saw her belly breathing...in the complete sun, and temps at 81, I told IR mid 70's but its 81, so I think she was getting cooked. I have her all nice and comfy in Fallens incubator that I used when I raised him :Love_Icon

Her mouth is SOOOOO TINY...I have gotten her to urinate, tried pooping but not ready to go just yet :poke and I got a 1/2 cc in her...DROP BY DROP! :Love_Icon :Love_Icon

Her bruising is showing more...spreading out a little. I hope she is ok, Debbie (miraclesquirrel) will take such good care of her :grouphug

[mpetys]

Here she is. It looks like she has bruising in the shoulder area and a little around her nose on the right side :( Can somebody age her please I'm thinking 3/5 days old?

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae180/FallenHops/IMG_0299.jpg

Here is a link to NutmegMommy's thread about a squirrel in her care that gave birth in her house! http://www.thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26556&page=9&highlight=wheezie

Post 66 has a picture of the babies at 2 -3 days old.
Post 97 has a picture of one of the babies at 4 days old
Post 119 has pictures of the babies at around 6 - 8 days old

Of course, it was believed that these babies might have been born premature.

Michele

[FallensMommie]

i have two of them right now about the same age as yours!! keep us updated on her.


Will do...Thanks! Can you tell me in a PM where you are located for the future? I live south of Daytona Beach.

[FallensMommie]

Here is a link to NutmegMommy's thread about a squirrel in her care that gave birth in her house! http://www.thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26556&page=9&highlight=wheezie

Post 66 has a picture of the babies at 2 -3 days old.
Post 97 has a picture of one of the babies at 4 days old
Post 119 has pictures of the babies at around 6 - 8 days old

Of course, it was believed that these babies might have been born premature.

Michele


Thanks Michele, she looks more like the 6-8 days old pics :D

[Nancy in New York]

:rotfl


Ok...I have talked to Debbie (miraclesquirrel), she is at work and we are going to meet up tonight at Dr. Emerson's office. Dr. Emerson is Debbie's vet too :D

I have a 3 yr old girl here who is adamant that I name her Nuts :rotfl Anyways, no other squirrels, where the nest is no other babies that I see, no mom...raccoon was walking around, so I am happy I found her....just meant to be. Under the nest was a tree that looks like she may have banged around in. When I found her she was flat on her back with all 4 paws in the air...I said oh no a dead baby squirrel and of course I had to investigate and saw her belly breathing...in the complete sun, and temps at 81, I told IR mid 70's but its 81, so I think she was getting cooked. I have her all nice and comfy in Fallens incubator that I used when I raised him :Love_Icon

Her mouth is SOOOOO TINY...I have gotten her to urinate, tried pooping but not ready to go just yet :poke and I got a 1/2 cc in her...DROP BY DROP! :Love_Icon :Love_Icon

Her bruising is showing more...spreading out a little. I hope she is ok, Debbie (miraclesquirrel) will take such good care of her :grouphug

Wonderful news. Wow what are the chances of finding a little one that size, they almost blend right in this time of year...at least up here they would, if you could find any ground that wasn't snow covered....then they would stick right out...:rotfl
WOW a racoon in daylight is unusual, again at least up here.
I too am hoping that she is just banged up.
Thank God you were out today, and that you happened to see her....wonderful. You are her angel, and she is in perfect hands...:bowdown :bowdown
If you see no poops that may indicate that she has not eaten in a while. Perhaps something happened to the mama...:shakehead

[FallensMommie]

OK....I dropped her off at Dr. Emerson's...Marie, a worker there, is going to care for her as Debbie called and the 2 hr feedings are just to much for her and that perhaps when she is older Debbie will then take over. I should call her Sunshine, Lord only knows she was soaking up the sun...poor thing! She was laying in complete dirt no grass and so red/pink she stuck out like a sore thumb! It was just meant to be as that sun would have beat on her all day and with her stomach breathing the way she was I think the heat was already starting to get to her...poor sweetie :shakehead

Dr. Emerson is going to look her over with the bruising and that wound. Marie will take her home at night and care for her then take her to work during the day so if there is ever a emergency she wont be far from the Dr....like only a few steps :jump

I feel so good...this is just how its suppose to work! May God heal her and allow her to be a mommy of her own some day :jump

I'll call Marie at the end of the week to give you all a update! :grouphug

[Nancy in New York]

OK....I dropped her off at Dr. Emerson's...Marie, a worker there, is going to care for her as Debbie called and the 2 hr feedings are just to much for her and that perhaps when she is older Debbie will then take over. I should call her Sunshine, Lord only knows she was soaking up the sun...poor thing! She was laying in complete dirt no grass and so red/pink she stuck out like a sore thumb! It was just meant to be as that sun would have beat on her all day and with her stomach breathing the way she was I think the heat was already starting to get to her...poor sweetie :shakehead

Dr. Emerson is going to look her over with the bruising and that wound. Marie will take her home at night and care for her then take her to work during the day so if there is ever a emergency she wont be far from the Dr....like only a few steps :jump

I feel so good...this is just how its suppose to work! May God heal her and allow her to be a mommy of her own some day :jump

I'll call Marie at the end of the week to give you all a update! :grouphug

Well lets see for a little injured pinkie squirrel to be raised in the office of one of the most fabulous vets, and by one of Dr. Emerson's workers....I would say that is pretty lucky. Thrilled that you saw this little peanut...OMG she surely would have just died a terrible death.
Thank you honey so much for doing all that you did for little Sunshine....so appropriate....:bowdown :bowdown And for finding help, and looking for more, wish there were more people like you around!!!!:Love_Icon :Love_Icon :Love_Icon

[mpetys]

Well lets see for a little injured pinkie squirrel to be raised in the office of one of the most fabulous vets, and by one of Dr. Emerson's workers....I would say that is pretty lucky. Thrilled that you saw this little peanut...OMG she surely would have just died a terrible death.
Thank you honey so much for doing all that you did for little Sunshine....so appropriate....:bowdown :bowdown And for finding help, and looking for more, wish there were more people like you around!!!!:Love_Icon :Love_Icon :Love_Icon

I was thinking the same thing! What an incredibly lucky little squirrel this is. I have only heard great things about Dr. Emerson so this baby is, without a doubt, in the best of hands. But FallensMommie is her hero! and mine! Thank you! Poor thing, can't imagine how much longer she could have taken of this Florida sun.

Michele

[FallensMommie]

Thank you Michelle and Nancy...your words mean a lot! :grouphug I love squirrels ever since I raised Fallen...always will. :Love_Icon

Oh and Nancy she did go poop for me and then some :poop

[Nancy in New York]

Thank you Michelle and Nancy...your words mean a lot! :grouphug I love squirrels ever since I raised Fallen...always will. :Love_Icon

Oh and Nancy she did go poop for me and then some :poop


Wonderful, so her little belly had something in it...wonder where mama is? If this place is close to you, perhaps you can look again tomorrow for more babies? Just to make sure...:bowdown
How can you not fall in love with squirrels with Fallen as your first....that little monkey got you hooked for life, and thank you too Fallen for just being you...:Love_Icon

[FallensMommie]

Nancy I will go back there again in the morning...I walk by it on my morning walks....I'll probably go back for a couple of days...maybe overkill but it will make me feel better, lol.

[Nancy in New York]

Nancy I will go back there again in the morning...I walk by it on my morning walks....I'll probably go back for a couple of days...maybe overkill but it will make me feel better, lol.

Awe...that's great. You know...you just never know if something happened to mama they can sure squirm around and easily fall out of the nest looking for food/mama. So if mama is not around there may be more to be found...depends on how hungry the are before they start really searching.....with their eyes closed....:shakehead
You're the best.....:Love_Icon

[island rehabber]

FM, if Marie is going to use Fox valley (and I SURE hope she is), she should not be feeding the baby every 2 hrs. At 8 days old she can easily go 3.5-4 hrs between feedings, so she'll be relieved to hear that. I don't even feed the 3-day old pinks every 2 hrs.

[Charley Chuckles]

OK....I dropped her off at Dr. Emerson's...Marie, a worker there, is going to care for her as Debbie called and the 2 hr feedings are just to much for her and that perhaps when she is older Debbie will then take over. I should call her Sunshine, Lord only knows she was soaking up the sun...poor thing! She was laying in complete dirt no grass and so red/pink she stuck out like a sore thumb! It was just meant to be as that sun would have beat on her all day and with her stomach breathing the way she was I think the heat was already starting to get to her...poor sweetie :shakehead

Dr. Emerson is going to look her over with the bruising and that wound. Marie will take her home at night and care for her then take her to work during the day so if there is ever a emergency she wont be far from the Dr....like only a few steps :jump

I feel so good...this is just how its suppose to work! May God heal her and allow her to be a mommy of her own some day :jump

I'll call Marie at the end of the week to give you all a update! :grouphug
Thank you Nancy for giving me heads up on this thread :thumbsup Teresa what a sweet baby,,,OH she could not be in better care than Dr. Emerson/and Dr. Pam they saved my Charley Chuckles life [MORE THAN ONCE] :bowdown :bowdown and Marie she is just wonderful :jump I thank you every day Teresa for sending me to THE BEST Vets...I just love the entire staff...(are we allowed to give their name :dono ) :grouphug I am sending prayers to the litttle baby :Love_Icon God Bless :grouphug

[asweetdiversion]

Nancy I will go back there again in the morning...I walk by it on my morning walks....I'll probably go back for a couple of days...maybe overkill but it will make me feel better, lol.

Awesome idea... 130506 You're doing such a great thing, I'm praying for the little baby girl and I hope her wound gets better. Good thoughts and prayers coming ya'll way!

[Charley Chuckles]

Just checking to see if there is any news on the little one yet :Love_Icon been saying prayers for her ....I will check in later :grouphug

[FallensMommie]

FM, if Marie is going to use Fox valley (and I SURE hope she is), she should not be feeding the baby every 2 hrs. At 8 days old she can easily go 3.5-4 hrs between feedings, so she'll be relieved to hear that. I don't even feed the 3-day old pinks every 2 hrs.


I'm not sure what she uses....she raises them all the time though so I'm sure she using it or something else that she is having success with. When I dropped her off somebody dropped off a 4 week old male squirrel...she showed me, melts my heart everytime :Love_Icon

[FallensMommie]

Awesome idea... 130506 You're doing such a great thing, I'm praying for the little baby girl and I hope her wound gets better. Good thoughts and prayers coming ya'll way!


Thank you for keeping her in prayer :grouphug I stopped by the spot today no new ones but where she was laying was all disturbed like a raccoon must have smelled where she was laying and must have been kicking up the dirt to see if something was under the dirt :shakehead

[FallensMommie]

Just checking to see if there is any news on the little one yet :Love_Icon been saying prayers for her ....I will check in later :grouphug


I might call today but I think I'll most likely call at the end of the week to find out. I'll let you know when I find anything out on her :D

[FallensMommie]

That IS a nasty wound, FM, but it is knitting together well....might be a good idea for debbie, after she's gotten her stabilized, to start SMP-TMZ just in case she IS cat-caught. If she stll has that dot, she's less than 10 days old. :)

Ir the wound was full of dirt in that pic so it looked like it was knitting together...it was fresh and wide open after the dirt out removed :( If it would have gone any deeper you would have seen her insides....very nasty wound indeed. I did put a tiny dab of plain neosporin on it after cleaning it....it needed something.

[Charley Chuckles]

When I had said can we mention their name/I meant the name of the clinic :D I tell everyone about them :thumbsup In fact I need to go stop in and say hi to them soon :jump

[island rehabber]

Ir the wound was full of dirt in that pic so it looked like it was knitting together...it was fresh and wide open after the dirt out removed :( If it would have gone any deeper you would have seen her insides....very nasty wound indeed. I did put a tiny dab of plain neosporin on it after cleaning it....it needed something.

Good thinking FM...it did look like it was scabbed over, from the pic. Poor sweetie pie!!

[FallensMommie]

When I had said can we mention their name/I meant the name of the clinic :D I tell everyone about them :thumbsup In fact I need to go stop in and say hi to them soon :jump


Yea, Dr. Emerson has been mentioned on here all the time including the name of the clinic...RAVENWOOD VETERINARY CLINIC, Port Orange, FL :thumbsup

[Charley Chuckles]

Yea, Dr. Emerson has been mentioned on here all the time including the name of the clinic...RAVENWOOD VETERINARY CLINIC, Port Orange, FL :thumbsup
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[FallensMommie]

Just a quick update...Marie won't be in the office till later today but the little one spent the day at Dr. Emerson's office yesterday so she make it through the night. I'll be calling back when Marie is in the office later today...thought you would like to know what I know so far :D

[Charley Chuckles]

thank you /I'll check back later....:grouphug

[FallensMommie]

First can I ask Administration to move to perhaps non-emergency...I dont want to plug up the emergency on updates :D

I talked to Marie this evening, Lil Miss Sunshine is doing wonderful. Her wound is almost healed and her bruising almost gone. Marie said she is a little piggy and doing her bathroom deeds well :jump

Dr. Emerson took a look at her when brought in and thought she was between 1 to 3 days old :dono Marie said even as of today she is pink with no shadowing of fur under the skin.

Here was a pic of her when I had her, you can see how young she was:
http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae180/FallenHops/IMG_0302.jpg

[FallensMommie]

I want to just thank everybody that helped and supported Lil Miss Sunshine...I haven't raised a squirrel in almost 3 yrs so was a little rusty. Thanks IR for talking my call and guiding me in the what to do again :D

I'll call Marie next Friday to see how little one is doing!

http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae180/FallenHops/IMG_0307.jpg

[Legomom]

:thumbsup Good job, T! :thumbsup
:grouphug Sunshine :grouphug

[Nancy in New York]

What a wonderful update FallensMommie....wow, I don't think I ever expected her to make it, she looked in rough shape and baking in the sun and all...but then with you helping her...why would I have any doubts. :dono
Thank you for such a wonderful job and getting her into another pair of wonderful hands...:grouphug :Love_Icon :grouphug

[Rescue04]

i am glad to hear that she is doing so much better!!

[island rehabber]

I am so happy to read this :flash3:wott!
She is so beautiful...look at that tiny face and little mouth. OK now I am jonesing for pinkies....heeere we gooooo......

(runs to guest bathroom to check supply of .5ml syringes, nipples, and clean fleece....JUST in case.....) :tilt

[Charley Chuckles]

Great way to start the morning off :wott :wott you rock T and hats off to all at Ravenwood Clinic :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump :jump Lil Miss Sunshine I pray you continue to do better and better and have a wonderful life what a sweet pea :grouphug

[crazy4squirrels]

:) Yippy for little Miss Sunshine.

[Chickenlegs]

We all need some healthy "Sunshine" in our lives. She's a teeny thing! Oboy--another baby to watch grow up. :jump :jump :jump