Baby raccoons with diarrhea

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I got them when their eyes were still closed, have had them for 4 weeks now. They have been eating great, feeding them Esbilac 4-5 feedings a day, no problems. Recently, I have been giving them some human babyfood and soft cat food to try to wean them... I have also wormed them 2 times with pryantel wormer. They were doing okay at first with this . Well, one of them now has horrible diarrhea.. it started out real pasty, now its just like water :-( So, starting today I have been giving subQ fluids, about 40cc at each feeding, since he is not wanting to eat(which also comes and goes in the last couple days) I also gave them both 1cc of pepto bismol. Am I doing all I can? What could be wrong? I am a dog groomer out of a vets office, and can get meds, should I put them on antibiotics, worm them again, do a fecal? Please any help is much appreciated, these little guys have been doing so good, I dont want to lose them now.
BTW, someone cut down a tree and there were 4 babies in it, they brought them to our vet clinic...that how we got them...
Are there any rehabers near Louisville, Ky?
Thanks!

[Nancy in New York]

I got them when their eyes were still closed, have had them for 4 weeks now. They have been eating great, feeding them Esbilac 4-5 feedings a day, no problems. Recently, I have been giving them some human babyfood and soft cat food to try to wean them... I have also wormed them 2 times with pryantel wormer. They were doing okay at first with this . Well, one of them now has horrible diarrhea.. it started out real pasty, now its just like water :-( So, starting today I have been giving subQ fluids, about 40cc at each feeding, since he is not wanting to eat(which also comes and goes in the last couple days) I also gave them both 1cc of pepto bismol. Am I doing all I can? What could be wrong? I am a dog groomer out of a vets office, and can get meds, should I put them on antibiotics, worm them again, do a fecal? Please any help is much appreciated, these little guys have been doing so good, I dont want to lose them now.
BTW, someone cut down a tree and there were 4 babies in it, they brought them to our vet clinic...that how we got them...
Are there any rehabers near Louisville, Ky?
Thanks!

Send me an email so that I have your email address...I may have a contact for you.
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[Nancy in New York]

Just so members don't get bombarded with pm's. I sent out an SOS to Nature's Gift and to LynnIn for the squirrels, hoping that she will know of someone.

[Nancy in New York]

I think what happens here is that members come on and forget to refresh their screens when help is here waiting....:dono :shakehead

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Hi.Nancy.. I sent you an email...sorry i didnt repy sooner

[NaturesGift]

how old are they? how much do they weigh and how much are you feeding them?

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I am guessing 7-8 wks old...they are very active now, still clumsy. They weigh abou 1.2 lbs and eat about 40-45 cc's per feeding sometimes more 4x's a day. Plus I offer the baby food, and kitten food.

[NaturesGift]

so they weigh about 544 grams?

can you post some pics for me? That seems smallish for their age. ..... but with that weight 7% is 38ccs ..4 times a day is right.

What kind of formula are you feeding?

[Nancy in New York]

I didn't get the email. Can you resend?
I have to feed one more now but will be back in about 20 minutes.:thumbsup
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I dont have a scale to weigh them in grams..sorry... I have some pics but not sure how to upload them on here..I could text them or email them to you...

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I resent the email..

[NaturesGift]

feel free to txt them to me. 417 * 741 * 2353

yeah 1.2 pounds is 544 grams. :thumbsup

How old were they when you got them?

[NaturesGift]

Ok well I have to go to my rehab building and feed then off to bed! but feel free to txt me at the above number :)

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I sent them to you.. you can text me on my phone with any ideas to stop the diarrhea..
Thanks!

[Nancy in New York]

I am going to see tomorrow if admin. can grant you full priv. so that I can pm you. I didn't get the email....the problem is probably on my end. Sorry.
We will touch base tomorrow.:grouphug

[DipityDane]

Sorry im coming upon this thread a little late....but you are less than an hour and a half away from one of the most outstanding raccoon rehabilators AND facilities in the U.S. Karen Bailey is at the Kentucky Wildlife Center in Georgetown and I am sure could help with these kits. Below is the link to her site which has all the info you will need to cobtact her.
http://www.kywildlife.org/