Green tinged discharge from 6week old sqirrel ears

[amyd30]

My chatter is 6 weeks old and when his ears started opening last week and yest i found a small amount of tinged green mucus coming from his ears. is this normal?

[island rehabber]

No, not normal; there is infection in his ears. I would clean them out thoroughly with a q-tip and mild solution of Dawn dishwashing liquid (very diluted). He may need antibiotics; do you have Baytril, Cipro, or any other AB's at home?

[amyd30]

i can only get my hand on clydamiacin?

[grampyngramy]

What about fish meds? A lotvof them are the same just smaller key ingredients and you can buy them at pet stores.

[amyd30]

i have a pet store next door to me im sure if something of that nature would work i could get that

[amyd30]

i dont wanna wait to treat him please help

[grampyngramy]

I am not sure what treats what. But maybe one of the pros on here will know. I do know they have all kinds of meds for fish. But you have to know what treats what and the doseage.

[island rehabber]

can't use clindamycin -- my book says it should not be given to any rodents.

First, clean out his ears carefully with the mild soap and warm water. See if you can tell if there are any mites, bugs, ANYthing of that nature inside his ears....we can go from there.

[MJS]

AMY...CHECK WITH THE PET STORE...SEE IF THEY HAVE A FISH MED CALLED FISH FLOX. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS A UTI, IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED CIPRO (THE HUMAN EQUIVALENT OF BAYTRIL, A PET MED). BAYTRIL IS COMMONLY PRESCRIBED FOR INFECTIONS IN DOGS. MAYBE YOUR MOM HAS SOME. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE AB YOU HAVE WILL WORK, I DON'T KNOW. WHATEVER YOU END UP USING, SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO DOSE IT FOR YOU BASED ON HIS WEIGHT. (119G?)

[MJS]

can't use clindamycin -- my book says it should not be given to any rodents.

First, clean out his ears carefully with the mild soap and warm water. See if you can tell if there are any mites, bugs, ANYthing of that nature inside his ears....we can go from there.


OK IR...GLAD YOU'RE BACK!!! :thumbsup

[island rehabber]

OK IR...GLAD YOU'RE BACK!!! :thumbsup

It's so hard in the mornings because I check TSB first thing and THEN I start feeding my gang, which takes 90 minutes. hence the disappearing act....:hidechair

[amyd30]

i only see it like once every 5 days. i have access to keflex would that work?

[amyd30]

yes he weight 119 grams last night

[amyd30]

i cleaned his ears out lastnigt when i noticed a little custy on outside. i used a warm wash cloth and also looked in side looks normal to me but a little red on outside of ear (just a tad) then he started cleaning them himself

[amyd30]

if this will work i need dosage. i am gonna give to her when i get home from work

[grampyngramy]

I am no pro. But could be mites that got out oh hand and infected. Not sure if it is the same with squirrels ears as a humans nose? But green is either virus or bacterial and yellow would be the opposite of such. Anyone know? I will check and see if I can find out.

[grampyngramy]

Ok. In humans green is mainly bacterial. Now I am not sure in squirrels.

[amyd30]

so will keflex work? and if so what amount to i give him

[farrelli]

I think that Keflex would work. I see no prohibitions in the mammal guide book, and it humans, this is what WebMD has to say about it and treating ear infections:


Infection of the Middle Ear by H. Influenzae Bacteria, Infection of the Middle Ear caused by Streptococcus, Middle Ear Infection caused by Moraxella Catarrhalis, Infection of the Middle Ear caused by Staphylococcus

I don't know if oral administration is sufficient.

Seeing that it might work, though I'd wait on someone more experienced in this, you should tell us what strength pill or oral solution you have so that it can be dosed if appropriate. The books says that it's dosed 10-30 mg/kg.

Btw, are you close to Columbus in case you have to see a member there who's a vet student?

[amyd30]

i am an hour away

[amyd30]

waiting on friend who has pill to tell me the strength

[amyd30]

ok, my ENT that comes to my office has ciprodex ear drops 1.5 ml

[amyd30]

CAN I USE THESE EAR DROPS AND HOW MUCH?????!!!???!!!???

[farrelli]

I just messages a couple people, including our vet in training. Get the strength on the Keflex?

[amyd30]

the guy is still at work and he is gonna tell me when he gets home. but i got and antibiotic ear drop called ciprodex it has .3percent ciprofloxacin and .1 percent dexamethasone in it.

[island rehabber]

The ear drops sound very good to me, but I don't have the most experience with meds around here. Both drugs are used on squirrels without any problems so I think if you are very careful and don't drop in too much -- just a teeny drip -- they should do the job.

[MJS]

DID YOU TRY THE EAR DROPS? HOW'S THE LITTLE ONE DOING? :grouphug

[amyd30]

Getting ready to clean his ears now and do ear drops . I talked to one of the Dr's I work with and he said just a 1/2 drop should do because excess will drip out. I will up date u in an hour

[amyd30]

Well he got his ears cleaned it's all down in . I didn't go that far just the edge. I didn't see anything in there. Boy did I have a time he is pissed. I got drop in ear and he seemed to calm down. He ate 9 cc and is now 126 grams

[MJS]

GOOD DEAL...JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE UNTIL MORNING...NO FUN DEALING WITH A PISSED OFF SQUIRREL ANYWAY!!! :grin3 WEIGHT GAIN IS GOOD!!! :thumbsup

[amyd30]

he didnt act like he wanted to eat to much in middle of night or this morning. had to coach him to eat. poop and peed well. got drops in ears and he didnt fight me. yay!!!