Biiiig baby with respiratory infection

[Chickenlegs]

This sweetie came in last night late. One eye JUST opened so she's young but she weighs about 135 grams. The finder gave her some pedialyte and I've offered some dilute formula. She likes Pedialyte. She does NOT like formula. I noticed she's got a snotty nose and is snorffley. I think she had a sneeze when she came in last night. She doesn't act like she feels good.

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I need to get a better picture of her. I gave her some SMP TMZ and hopefully that will help her sniffle. She's a stocky girl and big enough to be a fox squirrel--not that I know foxers but I look at pictures. We don't have foxers in these parts but this girl sure is big enough. I'll be interested to watch her get bigger. Just gotta get her healthy and eating. She's on heat. What can I offer her to tweak her appetite. Molasses isn't doing it for her. Any suggestions are gratefully welcomed. This may not be an emergency--but I don't want it to become one if it isn't.

[SammysMom]

Poor little bub...lucky little girl to find her way to YOU!:Love_Icon:Love_Icon:Love_Icon

[California Squirrel Lover]

Poor baby, feel better soon. She's so sweet :Love_Icon:Love_Icon

[lilidukes]

Pat I have had to a time or two mix some
molasses into my fox valley when all they
wanted was molasses water. Then wean
them off the molasses.


:grouphug:grouphug

[Duckman]

Pat I have had to a time or two mix some
molasses into my fox valley when all they
wanted was molasses water. Then wean
them off the molasses.


:grouphug:grouphug

Was just going to suggest this.

[Jackie in Tampa]

Meclazine stimulates appetite, OTC and safe..:thumbsup

If you're going to brag on how big she is, we're gonna need BIG pics, and LOTs of them!:poke:poke:grin2
more please!:Love_Icon

[Loopy Squirrel]

I'd make sure her nose is really clear. If she can't breath well, she won't eat well. Suck out anything that's in there w/ a baby bulb syringe. I like to use saline drops, one tiny drop in each nostril will help reduce inflammation and dry up secretions.

[Chickenlegs]

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Good thing is she started eating. She's still snotty but she's not blocked at least--just snotty. Little dickens must feel better. She's WIGGLY. I was trying to get a pix to show how big she is--NOT cooperating. My hands are small but you can see she's a handful--and she opened her eyes last NIGHT. She's bigger than Pinkman and he's a shrimpy 13 weeks--and bout as big as Willimina and she's 8--9 weeks old. I love her little black nose!

[SammysMom]

:Welcomelittle big girl!!!:Love_Icon:Love_Icon:Love_Icon

[Shewhosweptforest]

Aww I bet she's coming with us:grouphug Are you getting Tickles vibes :Love_Icon Glad she found her way to safety :thumbsup

[Chickenlegs]

Aww I bet she's coming with us:grouphug Are you getting Tickles vibes :Love_Icon Glad she found her way to safety :thumbsup

She may stay with her finder if her sniffle clears up. So far, Willi comes and Pinkman and Babygirl. Maybe Poodle if he's still not feelin good. Ummmmmmm--dunno who else. Is Denarys coming? (Fingers crossed!!!!!)

[Shewhosweptforest]

Ohh that would be soo sweet to cuddle Poodles:grouphug I'm not sure about Daenarys ....I'm worried about stressing her too much....I worry about her alot:dono

[Chickenlegs]

Possums are accepting but why mess with her happy home. She's just so darned CUTE!!!!!! Gotta bring pictures. Note to self: find camera and download pix!

[Shewhosweptforest]

And send copies to Julie:grin3

[Chickenlegs]

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Is this a gray squirrel? Her tummy is comin in brown/orange. Girl is gettin better (I think) She's the noisiest little squirrel I've ever had.

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The whitish places on her tummy are being replaced with the darker fur. I can't think of other varieties of squirrels in these parts besides good ol Eastern gray, but she sure is different from other 5 week old gray babies I've had.

[SammysMom]

Do you have foxers? Would explain the size too...:Love_Icon

[ALittleNutty]

What a cutie!!! Hope she gets to feeling much better soon. She is so adorable. :grin2 I love the noisy ones, lol!

[SammysMom]

Maybe just a "dirty face" as NinNY calls them. Here is my Alfie who had the cutest dark face and tummy!

[Shewhosweptforest]

:thinking maybe a morph?

Off for Election Day :tilt

Poodles:Love_Icon I'm still reeling from the news...I know your heart must be breaking....I really was looking forward to seeing him again this weekend :shakehead Now I feel there'll be a dark cloud hanging over us :(

[Shewhosweptforest]

Wow...Alfie and her look very much alike:thumbsup Awww just a "dirty-face" :Love_Icon Love that name:grouphug

[squirrelfriend]

Do you get black morph Easter greys there? We get them here. Grey,black and every shade in between. This looks like an in between to me. We don't have foxers here so not sure on that count.

[Chickenlegs]

Sweeper, You'll see her live and in squirrel. Haven't heard from the finder so she's cummin too with Willi! Pinkman and Babygirl. Oh lord--gotta go shop for away food--and stay at home food. Better clean out the car too.

[Chickenlegs]

I've never heard of foxers in our area tho we do have them in parts of Virginia and everything seems to be shifting around so I dunno. Whatever she is, she's a talker.

[Chickenlegs]

A very sweet little girl has gone to her last sleep. She came with me to a wildlife conference last weekend. She was getting Baytril and a steam bath three times a day to help her breathe. Saturday she rallied. Sunday she started going downhill. A very kind vet at the wildlife Center of Virginia checked her out and an x-ray showed her lungs were so compromised that one lobe was collapsed. On top of that she was hydrocephalic. Poor sweetie didn't have a chance. I left her with them on oxygen and getting meds to give her the best possible opportunity to get better. I got a call yesterday morning that she was evaluated by a gang of visiting vets, students and every vet at the center. My baby was suffering. She isn't anymore. Had she kicked the infection I would have brought her home to spend her short life in pampered comfort. The fluid buildup on her brain would have killed her in less than a year. Of course it's hard to say if the condition was painful. A life of pain is no option so while I'm sad she's gone, I'm not sad I got to meet her, give her unconditional love, and in the end, set her free. Run baby girl. You have friends to welcome you at the bridge.

[pappy1264]

Awwww, I am so very sorry. Poor little one had so much stacked up against her from the get go. RIP little angel. She got to know love and give it...and she took it with her. Again, I am so very sorry.:Love_Icon:grouphug

[CrazySquirrelLady]

do you mean Big Baby died or another squirrel? shoot. i am so sorry. that sucks so bad. RIP big baby.:Love_Icon:Love_Icon


How is pinkman doing? :Love_Icon

[Jackie in Tampa]

Love you CL, thank you..
I am so sorry...
Rest In peace sweet beauty:Love_Icon

[Chickenlegs]

Yup--big baby is gone. Pinkman, on the other hand is a very feisty little boy--underline LITTLE. He looks like an 8 week old squirrel. Big baby was about the same size. He's growing tho and full of piss and vinegar so I have high hopes for the boy.

[Nancy in New York]

I'm so sorry to hear about Big Baby.
You were her angel. :Love_Icon

Rest in Peace
Precious Baby218840

[Chickenlegs]

Thanks to all my wonderful TSB friends. It's hard to let go even when the right thing is the peace of death. I heard so many people at the wildlife conference talk about how they just "can't do it anymore" because they can't stand the pain. Then there are the rehabbers who will put a baby down because it has a hurt leg or just doesn't seem right. Who's hands would you want to be in if you were the patient? Has anybody here NOT known the gut wrenching pain of losing a beloved squirrel? Would anybody trade that pain for a life of squirrelless bliss? There's a passage in the Bible that goes "as you do to the least of these, so you do unto me". I'm not a Bible thumper but that passage is mirrored in the enlightened passages of so many of the world's traditional philosophical and religious texts. It may be a guidepost for saving our planet and surviving as humanity--rather than merely the world's most dangerous predator.

[farrelli]

So sorry. :sad

[TubeDriver]

Thanks to all my wonderful TSB friends. It's hard to let go even when the right thing is the peace of death. I heard so many people at the wildlife conference talk about how they just "can't do it anymore" because they can't stand the pain. Then there are the rehabbers who will put a baby down because it has a hurt leg or just doesn't seem right. Who's hands would you want to be in if you were the patient? Has anybody here NOT known the gut wrenching pain of losing a beloved squirrel? Would anybody trade that pain for a life of squirrelless bliss? There's a passage in the Bible that goes "as you do to the least of these, so you do unto me". I'm not a Bible thumper but that passage is mirrored in the enlightened passages of so many of the world's traditional philosophical and religious texts. It may be a guidepost for saving our planet and surviving as humanity--rather than merely the world's most dangerous predator.

You tried your best in a situation that was essentially preordained. It is the very act of trying your best to help another little creature that is noble, loving and kind. As long as there are people who try to do what is right and good, we have hope and a chance for a better future! The pain you feel is a sign of your loving heart and nothing would be worse than not caring or feeling anything. Thanks you for helping this little one. :grouphug Gods Speed Big Baby.