Flying squirrel with diarrhea.

[ConkerChild]

Nim, one of my adult female flyers, started looking a little puny Monday and tonight when I fed her I noticed some diarrhea around the cage. The two girls I have in this cage have always been in excellent health until now, I'm quite puzzled. Cage is cleaned once a week, salad every night, HHB, pecans in the shell every once in a while. We did run out of our Fox Valley a week or so ago, so about twice a week I've been giving them some Esbilac, could that be what it is?

I'm pretty worried, so any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :thinking

[gs1]

hello..

no esbilac ... it is not recommended anymore...structure of it has been changed and is now dangerous for squirrels.....

also ... flyers need a lot of meat protein.... waxworms/mealworms/cooked chicken breast etc....

it can be very, very dangerous for them to go without.....

and they also need the right amounts of calcium and other minerals to prevent mbd.

so to answer your question...absolutely stop the esbilac .... i think that is the possible cause of the diarrhea.....

please increase daily meat consumption asap ... it's very dangerous for them to go without.

i will post the instructions that mrs skul has sent me... she is one of our very best flyer people....:grouphug

also considering you are in florida it's possible that you might have an excellent squirrel vet that can take a look at her and see if she has any other problems that have yet to show up.....

also could you take a look at her bottom and make sure that she doesn't have poops stuck to her and they're preventing normal poops from coming out so she has diarrhea instead? .... sometimes this happens in an impactation it's small possibility but good to check....

[gs1]

this is from mrs skul.... she sent to me to share... because of her dyslexia she prefers to talk to flyer people... her cell phone number is available and she's up all night cause she's nocturnal....

I've bolded and underlined some items to make it easier to read



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If you feed a High Protein diet WaxWorms MealWorms ""Even when they turn in to Millers they love them."" Freeze Dried Chicken or Fresh.
PetsMart carries Prim Bites & PetCo Carries PureBites FDChicken., VitaLife makes Chicken Chips and Chicken Poppers. PetsMart use to carrie them.
The Chicken chips you can find on line. This is a Dog treat. All you wont is Chicken nothing else added. You can try Scrambled, Boiled, Poached egg, Fried is usually to greasy.


You also need to pick up Some CuddelBone for Birds and put 1 in the cage. They make a Calcium Mineral Chew that is the shape of a Ice Cream cone. You can find at both Pet stores. They will be in the Rodent and the Rabbit/ Chinchilla/Ferret sections. " Just ask some one and they will help you find them if you cant." I have 1 hanging inside & outside the big cage, and 1 in every cage I have. I hang them so they don't fall to the bottom and get Peeeeeed on.:D :rotfl {"Just 4to5 inch of dental floss. Hanging By the plat form they feed on. When done it just drops and it hangs."} The Flyers will eat on the Cuddle bone and then the C/M Cone. They switch around. Some times it can be in the Cage for a year or so be for they use them. If they are not lacking Calcium they will not eat them. When needed, they Devour it. :shark


I feed my Flyer HHB and Fresh Vegatables. Protean and a Little FV every Day.

Some like the FV by a Syringe and Some like FV Yogurt By a Syringe or in a Bottle Cap. "They like to pick it up and like it like IceCream. Happy, Healthy Little Monsters. :D


Flyers Make their own Vitim D and Eating Mushroom every day Helps.

They like Sugar Snap Peas, Broccoli&the Leafs, ButterNut Squash& Acorn Squash. {"I will wash/dry the seed and feed them on the side.""}Asparagus, Bell Peppers and The Seeds, {"The BP Seeds need to be feed right a way or they turn black. I cut the seeds/skin holding them and feed as group."} Fresh Cranberries/ or frozen, Cherry Tomatoes cut in half. :Love_Icon Mine Love Cucumber&Avocado :Love_Icon like crazy, and I mix up a green salad with Romain, Brock Choy, Ediva & Godiva Lettuce, Any of the Lettuce,Cabbage.
"Ice Burg Lettuce has nothing in it for them. I never feed it." You can buy the Ready Mixed Salad's with all kinds of Romain and Letta's.


Now the Fruits. You do not wont them filling up on the Fruit. So just a little each time. Chunk of Apple or a Pare, the size of a Nickel.
BlueBerries {3or 4} Depending how big. :D RasBerry or Black Berry. :Love_Icon Mine love the ComCouts.:Love_Icon I usually hold the strawberry and let them eaton it. Just not much. Cherry, Fig, Prickly Pare Cactus Fruit." Oh and Sweet Potato not to much. :nono They Have a large SWEET TOOTH and will steal it right out of your mouth if they can. :rotfl " Darla found a small piece of dark chocolate. Can you imagine a flyer on Speed. :eek: I thought she would die."


Just be careful. I am going to PM My number. If you have question or need help just call me any time day or night."

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Just follow the Nutrition for Squirrels and add The Protean :thumbsup3

I give Black Oil Sunflower seeds, The Squash Seeds,Pumpkin,Cantaloupe, Watermelon Seeds as a treat.
"Usually 4 or 5. It depends on how the Veg eating has gone that day."
I always give a nut for them to stash or keep. And if/when they open it. It's theirs free treat. :thumbsup5

Please call me some time.
I will give you a little info of what to be looking for if and when he gets sick.
Remember The Flyers will not show hardly any sines of being sick until it it to late.
So watch, and Know Him like the palm of your hand.
If he normally plays all the time. Then starts sleeping and Playing, and sleeping. Loss of wt.2 gm or more.
These are sines to watch for.
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Good Luck


:Welcome

[ConkerChild]

Thank you very much!! I have some eggs boiling on the stove now. Will pick up the cuttlebones, C/M cone, and some waxworms tomorrow from Petco / Petsmart. And no more Esbilac! :D

:thankyou

[gs1]

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