sqrlmum
08-18-2013, 10:33 PM
Hi, All:
Experienced rehabber handed over some Eastern Grey babies (3.5 weeks and 6 weeks) who were on Esbilac. The 3.5 week little ones did awesome transitioning over to FV and have great appetites, appropriate milk lines, and nice, firm poops. Poops in one are a little darker yellow, but both are appropriate for FV.
The 6-week-old guy is not doing well. He looks very different from the other two and all of my other releases - his fur is very red and also lots of black throughout. He's definitely an Eastern Grey, but I've never had one that looks like this. I did not see him poop as I was transitioning him to FV, and he was put into the bigger cage with my two 8-week-old babies. He seemed very small for his age and thin. He ate OK but not great. Last night's feeding he ate virtually nothing, and then this morning also perhaps 1/2 cc of FV. I have him on the 32/40 that is not 100% full-strength, and had planned on moving him up to 100% for a perhaps 2 weeks to get him stronger and more healthy and then transition him to the 20/50. His poops this morning were VERY runny and medium-yellow, not smelly at all.
This afternoon, he didn't want to eat and had diarrhea. It was yellow and didn't smell. I gave him a few drops of Imodium and some Pedialyte (no FV). About 6 hours later, I gave him a few more drops of Imodium, which he threw up a little bit of (light green and foamy). He also had very watery diarrhea, but this time it has some very small white clumps in it. Still no smell at all, just watery. Could this be the last of the formula (Esbilac & FV) going through him?
His urine is nice and clear and he is fairly active, climbing around in the larger cage. I have isolated him and he is sleeping, but he really doesn't want to eat much Pedialyte at all (probably because his tummy hurts). I am stopping Imodium due to him vomiting it up and will continue on the Pedialyte every few hours until I hit 24 hours as he is not taking much at all.
What do you suggest I do next? I've released at least a dozen squirrels thus far, but I have never had this problem with poops like this. I have also never had a baby that was on Esbilac, either.
Thank you!!!
Experienced rehabber handed over some Eastern Grey babies (3.5 weeks and 6 weeks) who were on Esbilac. The 3.5 week little ones did awesome transitioning over to FV and have great appetites, appropriate milk lines, and nice, firm poops. Poops in one are a little darker yellow, but both are appropriate for FV.
The 6-week-old guy is not doing well. He looks very different from the other two and all of my other releases - his fur is very red and also lots of black throughout. He's definitely an Eastern Grey, but I've never had one that looks like this. I did not see him poop as I was transitioning him to FV, and he was put into the bigger cage with my two 8-week-old babies. He seemed very small for his age and thin. He ate OK but not great. Last night's feeding he ate virtually nothing, and then this morning also perhaps 1/2 cc of FV. I have him on the 32/40 that is not 100% full-strength, and had planned on moving him up to 100% for a perhaps 2 weeks to get him stronger and more healthy and then transition him to the 20/50. His poops this morning were VERY runny and medium-yellow, not smelly at all.
This afternoon, he didn't want to eat and had diarrhea. It was yellow and didn't smell. I gave him a few drops of Imodium and some Pedialyte (no FV). About 6 hours later, I gave him a few more drops of Imodium, which he threw up a little bit of (light green and foamy). He also had very watery diarrhea, but this time it has some very small white clumps in it. Still no smell at all, just watery. Could this be the last of the formula (Esbilac & FV) going through him?
His urine is nice and clear and he is fairly active, climbing around in the larger cage. I have isolated him and he is sleeping, but he really doesn't want to eat much Pedialyte at all (probably because his tummy hurts). I am stopping Imodium due to him vomiting it up and will continue on the Pedialyte every few hours until I hit 24 hours as he is not taking much at all.
What do you suggest I do next? I've released at least a dozen squirrels thus far, but I have never had this problem with poops like this. I have also never had a baby that was on Esbilac, either.
Thank you!!!