cphilips
10-17-2014, 06:48 PM
Hi everyone!
We got 3 pinky flying squirrels weighing 3-4 grams (yikes!) into our rehab. center last week. I foster all the baby mice and can successfully raise a 2 gram hairless mouse, so they were sent with me as their best option.
I wasn't optimistic but one pulled through...Now I need some help on how to keep a pinky flying squirrel going strong!
I started them on FV 32/40. Two presented unmoving milk lines and passed in the first 2 days. The survivor I sent through a long dilution onto Goat's Milk Esbilac.
She started gaining, digesting, dropping milk lines, seems to be thriving. She's now lived/ grown for 1 week. I realize I may still lose her, simply because she's such a long shot, but I'd like to hear from anyone who's raised pinky flyers on what I don't know... that I need to know.
Specifically, I'm very worried about her GI, since she barely made it through the FV 32/40 episode.
1. Benecbac? go for it or not.
2. Anyone used lactulose? on any pink squirrels?
3. What is a normal poop amount for tiny flying squirrels?
4. Are they normally fussy pants? She really, really complains when I stimulate. It also takes a long time before I get anything.
I feel like there's a problem. I can really see a lot of formula in the intestines, more than would be normal for other pink things I've raised. It's in the attached picture. She's not pooping beautifully. I tried cisapride and ranitidine and got a poop, but it makes me nervous to mess too much without knowing more of what I'm aiming for.
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What do you think guys? What protocols have you used to successfully raise a pinky flying squirrel?
THANKS! Casey
We got 3 pinky flying squirrels weighing 3-4 grams (yikes!) into our rehab. center last week. I foster all the baby mice and can successfully raise a 2 gram hairless mouse, so they were sent with me as their best option.
I wasn't optimistic but one pulled through...Now I need some help on how to keep a pinky flying squirrel going strong!
I started them on FV 32/40. Two presented unmoving milk lines and passed in the first 2 days. The survivor I sent through a long dilution onto Goat's Milk Esbilac.
She started gaining, digesting, dropping milk lines, seems to be thriving. She's now lived/ grown for 1 week. I realize I may still lose her, simply because she's such a long shot, but I'd like to hear from anyone who's raised pinky flyers on what I don't know... that I need to know.
Specifically, I'm very worried about her GI, since she barely made it through the FV 32/40 episode.
1. Benecbac? go for it or not.
2. Anyone used lactulose? on any pink squirrels?
3. What is a normal poop amount for tiny flying squirrels?
4. Are they normally fussy pants? She really, really complains when I stimulate. It also takes a long time before I get anything.
I feel like there's a problem. I can really see a lot of formula in the intestines, more than would be normal for other pink things I've raised. It's in the attached picture. She's not pooping beautifully. I tried cisapride and ranitidine and got a poop, but it makes me nervous to mess too much without knowing more of what I'm aiming for.
245397
245398
What do you think guys? What protocols have you used to successfully raise a pinky flying squirrel?
THANKS! Casey