thattori
06-19-2013, 03:21 PM
Hi all,
I'm a rehabber located in NC. Yesterday my boss (also a rehabber, though not currently taking) called me to let me know that a neighbor had dropped off an adult male squirrel that had been clipped by a car. I went to pick him up and took him to a vet. He has no broken bones or swelling, just a few small scrapes that are already scabbed over. He is neurological. His left eye is blank, but his right is very alert. I'm wondering if the left might have gone blind.
All he want to do is curl up and rest. I can pick him up and scritch him under the chin and rub his ears, which is not good as an adult male should be trying to destroy me. However, he does lift up his arm so I can scritch him in the sweet squirrel spot just under his chin. He can move around, but seems very dizzy and disoriented. I have a neurological sugar glider who sometimes spins in circles, but he is not doing so.
He's on Metacam for pain. I discussed it with another rehabber I work closely with and she said she would have suggested Dex if he had swelling, but because he doesn't, to stick with Metacam.
He is happy to drink water from a syringe if I tip his head back and rest it against his mouth. We got about 8ccs in around 12pm today. He also took about 4 ccs of 'gruel' - a mash of rodent block, cereals, pecans, peanuts, and some vitamins. He wasn't sure what he thought of it - he would nibble at the syringe like he wanted more, then stick his tongue out and spit it out.
Because he was hit yesterday, I of course want to give him time to rest and see if anything changes and reevaluate later. I'm posting just to see if anyone thinks I should be doing anything else as well. Any help would be appreciated!
I'm a rehabber located in NC. Yesterday my boss (also a rehabber, though not currently taking) called me to let me know that a neighbor had dropped off an adult male squirrel that had been clipped by a car. I went to pick him up and took him to a vet. He has no broken bones or swelling, just a few small scrapes that are already scabbed over. He is neurological. His left eye is blank, but his right is very alert. I'm wondering if the left might have gone blind.
All he want to do is curl up and rest. I can pick him up and scritch him under the chin and rub his ears, which is not good as an adult male should be trying to destroy me. However, he does lift up his arm so I can scritch him in the sweet squirrel spot just under his chin. He can move around, but seems very dizzy and disoriented. I have a neurological sugar glider who sometimes spins in circles, but he is not doing so.
He's on Metacam for pain. I discussed it with another rehabber I work closely with and she said she would have suggested Dex if he had swelling, but because he doesn't, to stick with Metacam.
He is happy to drink water from a syringe if I tip his head back and rest it against his mouth. We got about 8ccs in around 12pm today. He also took about 4 ccs of 'gruel' - a mash of rodent block, cereals, pecans, peanuts, and some vitamins. He wasn't sure what he thought of it - he would nibble at the syringe like he wanted more, then stick his tongue out and spit it out.
Because he was hit yesterday, I of course want to give him time to rest and see if anything changes and reevaluate later. I'm posting just to see if anyone thinks I should be doing anything else as well. Any help would be appreciated!