Baby squirrel rescued from my cat.

[KMK]

Poor little thing is very scared. I have her in a cage in a warm room. (away from my cats)

I'm estimating already about 7-8 weeks old from what I have read. Full fur on belly and legs.

Made rehydrating liquid from squirrel recipe on line. Squirrel drank a little from syringe.

Drags back left leg, right front paw curls toes but uses it, wound on right upper thigh.

Allowed me to pick it up but bite me when I tried to clean wound. Very small bite to my index finger. Washed well with soap and water and applied betadine ointment.

What should I be feeding at this point?

Worried.

[SammysMom]

Baby Squirrel Information


1) Is the baby uninjured? Is mom still around? and if so, warm the baby and place in a safe spot where mom can reunite if possible. Mom will not take a cold baby!
2) Okay, so you couldn’t reunite with mom. Start by warming the baby in a plastic container full of fleece or tee shirt material. (Not towels as the loops catch little claws and can cause injury) Place the container half on a heating pad that is set on low. It needs to be a heating pad that does not have an automatic shut-off. It needs to be half on and half off so that the baby can get off of the heat if it gets too hot.
3) Check to see if the baby is dehydrated. You can do this by gently picking up the skin on the back of the baby’s shoulders. If the skin goes right back down it is not dehydrated. If the skin remains “tented” for a time, you will need to rehydrate with Pedialyte or homemade Pedialyte.

Hydrate them right away (use a 1cc syringe and go slow)........ give some homemade pedialyte every hour for six to eight hours and then you can start start feeding them some formula made from goats milk (if they are thoroughly hydrated).
Pedialyte for no more than 24 hours!!! Too much sodium!!


Homemade Pedialyte
1 cup warm water
1/4 tsp salt (teaspoon)
1 Tbsp sugar (tablespoon)

Feed slowly with a 1cc syringe - head UP tail DOWN
Keep warm at all time – If no heating pad available fill bottle with hot water (cover bottle with sock) or fill a sock with dry rice or beans and microwave. Be sure to squish the rice or beans around to be sure there are no hot spots that might burn the babies.

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4) Once rehydrated begin to feed Fox Valley formula which can be ordered from http://foxvalleynutrition.com or while waiting for that to arrive use recipe below. As a general rule you will feed 5 - 7% of their body weight per feeding

Homemade Goats Milk Recipe -

1 cup Goats Milk * (if can - dilute)
1/3 cup Full Fat Vanilla Yogurt
1/3 cup Heavy Cream (frig section)

(lasts 72 hours in frig)
5) This information is really just meant to get you through until you can get the baby or babies to an experienced rehabber. If you are here on The Squirrel Board, you have access to all of the information you could ever need about squirrels. Most importantly there is generally someone here who can help to find you someone who can take the babies and prepare them for life in the trees. The trees are where they are meant to be and people here know how to get them safely there!

[KMK]

I have already started the rehydration process. Will progress to formula as mentioned. Sunday night here.

Live in Bethlehem Pa. Do you know of any rehabber I could take her to in the morning if she makes it through the night?

[Nancy in New York]

We have many members in PA, so I'm sure that we can find someone to help you. :grouphug
He is going to need antibiotics as cat bites are deadly to squirrels.

[Nancy in New York]

How is the little one this morning?

[Milo's Mom]

Please update when possible. As Nancy said we have several members in PA.