gs1
08-26-2011, 12:12 PM
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?p=675835&posted=1#post675835
He's not sneezing this morning, but he's stopped eating and I haven't seen a poo from him in a couple days. This keeps happening and I don't know why. This is the third or fourth time now. He stops pooping (from what I can tell) and his appetite is also gone (understandable)... So, rehydration fluids and diluted apple juice, with a small touch of oil. He's on FV, so he shouldn't be having this problem, right? :dono I'm getting so frustrated and I feel so bad for the little guy. I just don't understand, he was eating his FV, and pooping the right color poops (all over my boyfriends shirt, I should add XD) AND, he drinks water on the side as well... So confused.
ghostie... we need to know your location ...and this needs to be a new thread...its the new threads that get the most attention ...cause they're deemed to be more urgent....
when was the last time he ate and how much?
are you stimulating him before/after every meal....
what is the dilution of fox valley to water? ....
example: 1 fox valley/ 1 water ....
is he on a heating pad ...half underneath the box? set on low?
what's his activity level like in the past couple of hours.....
as for his constipation ...we've had this happen with a red before and then the solution was to give watermelon ... but we'll need a rehabber ok before i'd suggest it for this squirrel.....
the rehydration fluids are only ever for 24 hours....
if he's drinking water on his own that's good....
you can syringe water/little bit of applejuice....
he keeps getting constipated???
how often do you feed him and how much ...also do you know how much he weighs?
He ate this morning, 1cc. My understanding was that he didn't need to be stimulated because he has been urinating and defecating on his own for the past couple of weeks (eyes open the entire time). I give him 1fv/1water. When I have the heating pad below half of his cage, on low, he gets restless and upset, and starts chewing the cage bars trying to get out, so I scrapped that (It's really warm in my room, that could be why?) His activity level? Oh my...how do I explain... He's like a little rocket.... soaring through my room. He's extremely hyper, always wants to be played with, always humping my stuffed animals... I can't get him to slow down at all. I was advised to give him watermelon, and I have been, a little everyday, he loves them, eats a bit, and stores the rest under my bed -___-''. He's peeing just fine.
Oh, and as I'm typing this, he just pooped all over my bedstand... a bunch of brown/cream colored poops.
I live in Maine.
He's not sneezing this morning, but he's stopped eating and I haven't seen a poo from him in a couple days. This keeps happening and I don't know why. This is the third or fourth time now. He stops pooping (from what I can tell) and his appetite is also gone (understandable)... So, rehydration fluids and diluted apple juice, with a small touch of oil. He's on FV, so he shouldn't be having this problem, right? :dono I'm getting so frustrated and I feel so bad for the little guy. I just don't understand, he was eating his FV, and pooping the right color poops (all over my boyfriends shirt, I should add XD) AND, he drinks water on the side as well... So confused.
ghostie... we need to know your location ...and this needs to be a new thread...its the new threads that get the most attention ...cause they're deemed to be more urgent....
when was the last time he ate and how much?
are you stimulating him before/after every meal....
what is the dilution of fox valley to water? ....
example: 1 fox valley/ 1 water ....
is he on a heating pad ...half underneath the box? set on low?
what's his activity level like in the past couple of hours.....
as for his constipation ...we've had this happen with a red before and then the solution was to give watermelon ... but we'll need a rehabber ok before i'd suggest it for this squirrel.....
the rehydration fluids are only ever for 24 hours....
if he's drinking water on his own that's good....
you can syringe water/little bit of applejuice....
he keeps getting constipated???
how often do you feed him and how much ...also do you know how much he weighs?
He ate this morning, 1cc. My understanding was that he didn't need to be stimulated because he has been urinating and defecating on his own for the past couple of weeks (eyes open the entire time). I give him 1fv/1water. When I have the heating pad below half of his cage, on low, he gets restless and upset, and starts chewing the cage bars trying to get out, so I scrapped that (It's really warm in my room, that could be why?) His activity level? Oh my...how do I explain... He's like a little rocket.... soaring through my room. He's extremely hyper, always wants to be played with, always humping my stuffed animals... I can't get him to slow down at all. I was advised to give him watermelon, and I have been, a little everyday, he loves them, eats a bit, and stores the rest under my bed -___-''. He's peeing just fine.
Oh, and as I'm typing this, he just pooped all over my bedstand... a bunch of brown/cream colored poops.
I live in Maine.