Chip Patsy Cline sick

[CrazySquirrelLady]

Chip Patsy Cline is sick this morning. I did find an avocado pit out on the screen porch that was chewed up yesterday. I think Patsy must have done it. Now she is sick and doesn't want to play.

I gave her some dandelion greens to settle her stomach, but is there anything else I can do to make her feel better? Not sure if avocado pit is the cause, but just guessing, cuz i found one chewed up and now she is sick.

She is lying in bed and when I got her out she did not want to run and play. She is a player.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

anybody?

[TubeDriver]

Chip Patsy Cline is sick this morning. I did find an avocado pit out on the screen porch that was chewed up yesterday. I think Patsy must have done it. Now she is sick and doesn't want to play.

I gave her some dandelion greens to settle her stomach, but is there anything else I can do to make her feel better? Not sure if avocado pit is the cause, but just guessing, cuz i found one chewed up and now she is sick.

She is lying in bed and when I got her out she did not want to run and play. She is a player.

I am not sure what you can do other then keep her hydrated, warm and hope she gets better. :( Hopefully someone else has a suggestion? Bump!

It can cause stomach inflammation so maybe some probiotics or yogurt might help?

[CritterMom]

About all you can do is hydrate, hydrate, hydrate in the attempt to dilute/flush this from her system.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

okay I give her some water and she drank and drank and drank. what a day here at Happy Squirrel Farm....... Hammie is MIA, JEB stewart appears, General rips off his scrotum and Patsy Cline is sick. oh my.

[Unikorngrrl]

You've got your hands full lady!! I hope everyone get better. The only thing I've seen to do for the possible poisonings from pits and such is to flush them with water also. In other words, I really don't have much to add! I'll be thinking about you!!:Love_Icon :grouphug AND glad to see you back on the board!! Missed your silly self!!! ;)

[CrazySquirrelLady]

OK i found out what is wrong with her. Her back right foot is a big blister, like it got burned with pizza or something, ya know?

there is fluid underneath and it is all puffy. Not sure how this happened, except yesterday she ran away outside and got on a metal roof. I am not sure this would have been hot enough to burn her little foot.

poor baby. any advice on what to do for it?

[CrazySquirrelLady]

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guess I will amputate the foot

[CritterMom]

That may be a bit extreme. Do you have any silvadene cream? If not, I would get her on the softest footing I could and watch them closely - hopefully she will re-absorb that fluid. They need to stay clean - the biggest issue is infection.

Lots of liquids - that is good for burns, too.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

poor Patsy, nobody loves her but me and Critter Mom..............

[TubeDriver]

Can you dose her with antibiotics if needed? Sounds like an infection.

[MollyBear361]

Please don't amputate her foot! And if you do please don't use the Generals doctor!! Is she any better?:poke

[TubeDriver]

And if you do please don't use the Generals doctor!! :poke

^^^^^This

[CrazySquirrelLady]

No not any better, this is day 2 she has only come out one time today to drink, but I bring her food inside her sleepy sack, so she don't have to walk much.

poor girls foot was all fluid filled, then it went away, but today it is back, but not as bad as yesterday. not sure what happened to her.

I would take her to the vet but he SUCKS. It would be a waste of time and money.

Since vets rarely have squirrel experience, you would think they would listen to the members of the Squirrel Board's recommendations.

Sure dogs rarely rip out stitches and things from neutering, but he did not know about how bad squirrels self mutilate.

i only said i was gonna amputate her foot, cuz no body seemed to have any advice for me, and I am counting on ya'll to help me figure out what happened. thought someone might throw some advice my way. I only know how to care for healthy squirrels, i have not messed with sick squirrels much, and i know nothing nothing nothing.....

i am gettin a little desperate here.....

[CrazySquirrelLady]

Can you dose her with antibiotics if needed? Sounds like an infection.
i don't think it is an infection. ya know how when you eat hot pizza and burn the roof of your mouth and it fills up with like watery blister? that is what it lookes like. yesterday the skin of the whole foot was compromised, but today it is just at the bottoms of her toes.

it is clear fluid and does not look infected at all to me.

[CritterMom]

Can you get a GOOD clear pic of just the foot (is it just one foor or more??) and put it up so we can see what you are seeing?

[TubeDriver]

i don't think it is an infection. ya know how when you eat hot pizza and burn the roof of your mouth and it fills up with like watery blister? that is what it lookes like. yesterday the skin of the whole foot was compromised, but today it is just at the bottoms of her toes.

it is clear fluid and does not look infected at all to me.

That is odd. I wonder if she stepped on a hot BBQ or something like that? Burns can get easily infected so keep an eye on it.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

Can you get a GOOD clear pic of just the foot (is it just one foor or more??) and put it up so we can see what you are seeing?


Nope, the twins ate my camera cable..... again... can't leave nothing on the bed or they chomp it.



That is odd. I wonder if she stepped on a hot BBQ or something like that? Burns can get easily infected so keep an eye on it.NOPe.... but she did escape the last day she felt good, ran up on the porch roof which is tin. then she ran up on top of the house roof which is shingled, then she came back to me and jumped in my arms.

I doubt the tin roof was hot enough to cook her little foot, but that is all I can think of....


just imagine a little squirrel foot that is twice it's normal size, and the skin on the bottom has clear fluid under the whole skin of the foot.

today only a bit of water seen and it is at the back of the toe skin on bottom of foot of course.

other than that she has not been around electricity, hot stoves or anything.

maybe a wasp stung her foot? would that cause these problems....

She is the only girl I have ever rehabbed, she is my special girl.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

looks like all 4 feet are burned. back feet especially.... awwwww... poor gal.

i see other back foot has fluid in it and front paw i got to see was damaged as well.

must have been that hot tin roof cooking in the sun and she just did not know to get off it quickly.

so all 4 feet look blistered. it is getting worse i guess.

how long do burned feet take to heal up ya'll?

[farrelli]

Get a new cable. Go on ebay and get one. Cables there are often super cheap. I bought like six HDMI cables there for I think $10 total with free shipping. They're like $20 a shot in the store.

[CritterMom]

looks like all 4 feet are burned. back feet especially.... awwwww... poor gal.

i see other back foot has fluid in it and front paw i got to see was damaged as well.

must have been that hot tin roof cooking in the sun and she just did not know to get off it quickly.

so all 4 feet look blistered. it is getting worse i guess.

how long do burned feet take to heal up ya'll?

This has to hurt like a mother. Let's start her on the General's infant ibuprophen. Give me a weight guesstimate.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

This has to hurt like a mother. Let's start her on the General's infant ibuprophen. Give me a weight guesstimate.
too late, done started her on the Metacam last nite... lol.....

she is out of her sleepy sak now and playing a bit.....


i just give her same dose as the General..... 0.1 cc she about a pound

[CrazySquirrelLady]

Get a new cable. Go on ebay and get one. Cables there are often super cheap. I bought like six HDMI cables there for I think $10 total with free shipping. They're like $20 a shot in the store.
sorry baby, i got no job and no $$$$$$.... spent it all on squirrel surgery and now i am eating peanut butter for the rest of the month.


take my advice get some Aflac insurance so you don't wind up like me.....

i am thinking of starting a life of crime. perhaps Moonshining or illegal marijuana growing. maybe start pimping man whores.

do you need a second job? I got room in my stable for some more man-gina

[TubeDriver]

looks like all 4 feet are burned. back feet especially.... awwwww... poor gal.

i see other back foot has fluid in it and front paw i got to see was damaged as well.

must have been that hot tin roof cooking in the sun and she just did not know to get off it quickly.

so all 4 feet look blistered. it is getting worse i guess.

how long do burned feet take to heal up ya'll?

Fluid filled sac, that is a second degree burn. It will heal on its own (1-2 weeks) however the main problem with this type of injury is infection. Burns very easily get infected. The standard treatment would be to keep clean and dry, wrap the burn in sterile gauze and apply silvadene cream. This is a patrolum based cream that contains 1% silver to control any infections. It is great stuff.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

She won't hardly take her medicine, i know if i wrapped her feet in gauze, it might cause her to chew one off.

let's hope the skin stays intact and no infection. I am so worried about her. She came out a couple of times and wanted to sit with Momma.

I am spoiling her giving her as many nuts as she wants today and yesterday. poor baby. can't believe that tin roof got that hot in the sun. why did she not get off it sooner? poor little girl.

[farrelli]

What kind of cable is it? If it's a USB, I might have one to send to you. Depends on the type.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

What kind of cable is it? If it's a USB, I might have one to send to you. Depends on the type.
not sure the camera is a Nikon D60 it has a little bitty hook up spot smaller than standard usb.

thanks.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

Patsy came out today more and seems a bit better. I got bit when I put on the silvadene to her feeties. She did not like it at all.... lol

She loves to come out when her brother is on the screen porch for some out of sleep y sak time.

well i got silvadene on 3 feet anyways... one foot she would not have it. had a little fit she did... lol

i gave her ibuprofen last nite, oh what a fit she had.

[TubeDriver]

not sure the camera is a Nikon D60 it has a little bitty hook up spot smaller than standard usb.

thanks.

If it is like my Canon camera, you need a USB A to a MINI-B cable.

You can get them from ebay with free shipping for $1.99:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-50cm-USB-2-0-5-Pin-Mini-B-Male-to-A-Male-Data-Power-Cable-for-Mp3-Mp4-Camera-/221264469601?pt=US_USB_Cables_Hubs_Adapters&hash=item338463de61

or from amazon for $3.50:

http://www.amazon.com/1-5ft-Motorola-Cable-Charger-Computer/dp/B009WXAUV0/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1377881973&sr=1-1&keywords=usb+a+to+mini+b

[Fireweed]

Good to hear you got some silvadene on her feets. Poor little pippy. :Love_Icon :grouphug

[farrelli]

Christ, send me your address and I'll send you one tonight.

[MollyBear361]

Burns hurt scoop bad... Can't imagine how bad it is on all four of your feetsies. Hurts to walk, hurts to climb, hurts to hold things, just hurts. Poor baby. I hope she doesn't get an infection and she recovers quickly.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

thanks i hope not too. she is better today, or at least she is coming out more today with brother locked on the screen porch. oh she hates to be doctored... hates it. general just drink his medicine right down..... not patsy, gotta corral her and force her... oh she is mad girl... lol

[CrazySquirrelLady]

how often do i apply the silvadene cream to feetsies?

[TubeDriver]

For humans it is twice per day. Use it sparingly, it can't be good for you if you lick it off.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

feeling a bit better today i think. fought hard against the silvadene oh yes, fought it hard.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

Patty Cake is obviously feeling much better. Last nite I opened the twins cage so that I could give them their nite nite Henry's blocks.

That was when she STRUCK. ATTACK. She launched out of her sleepy sack and latched onto my hand! She bit 6 times. blood flowed.

She jumped back into her cage, giving me the death rattle. First time she ever bit me, and what a doozy.

Not sure why she was so crabby other than she had not been out of her cage for a few days cuz of her feeties.

I sure hope she is over it this morning when I let her out for a while... eeek!

[MollyBear361]

Her feet hurt. She's cranky. :Love_Icon

[CrazySquirrelLady]

still limping on one back foot, but out of the sleepy sak and playing with brother. poor pads still look blistered and swollen.

[CrazySquirrelLady]

last nite i look at the feetsies and I see normal looking pink toes all but a couple of toes on each foot that are still a very red color.

i think the silvadene is working, but oh what a fit she has when I put it on her feetsies... oh the fit !! poor poor patsy cake.

i hope she knows not to get on the hot tin roof again, but doubt she figgered that one out. how to fix the roof so it does not happen again? any ideas?

[TubeDriver]

last nite i look at the feetsies and I see normal looking pink toes all but a couple of toes on each foot that are still a very red color.

i think the silvadene is working, but oh what a fit she has when I put it on her feetsies... oh the fit !! poor poor patsy cake.

i hope she knows not to get on the hot tin roof again, but doubt she figgered that one out. how to fix the roof so it does not happen again? any ideas?

Sounds like she is getting better.

You could place some 1x2" boards on the roof so they can run on those and not on the metal?

[Charley Chuckles]

OMG I just saw this, haven't been on much ....I can't believe the roof did that, you will have to water it down through the day...anyway yes Silvdene was made for burn victims, and licking it won't hurt, it is silver, they use to make coins out of it because it prevents bacteria, I use it in liquid form from a health food store if I start to get a sore throat you put a few drops on your tonsils :thumbsup I hope she is alright poor baby

[CrazySquirrelLady]

oh my last week was HELL WEEK. General got his nuts cut off and Patsy had 2nd degree burns to all 4 feet, which is delaying the twins release, cuz I want to let them go at the same time... well to tell the truth, ya know I wanna KEEP em all. LOL....

[CrazySquirrelLady]

Dear TSB:

i's all better now! me and brother are out in the screen porch and that big squirrel went inside the howse. we is runnin and runnin and havin such big funs.

Patsy