PLS HELP!!!Urgent, 6 week old squirrel got aspiration pneumonia

[krtmanoj]

Mine is Indian palm squirrel baby and he is 6 weeks old. He always opening his mouth and closing like small yawning,i hear clicking sounds from him, He is biting randomly on everything he sees. I had saw the vet he prescribed Ploybion L---(1-1-1) and Amoxcillin (1-0-1) - Augmentation Syrup for 5 day, thus everything will be alright with in a week? Pls help and save him, thanks in advance guys.

[czarina]

Have you started giving these medicines? If not, start immediately.
Does your baby have a heating pad? Half of it should be under the container he is in, so he can crawl off if he is to warm. It should be set to the lowest heat setting there is.

[czarina]

Tell us more about your baby.
When did he aspirate? How long ago?
How long has he been on the medicine?
Is the medicine helping?
Is he eating?
Is he alert, or is he lethargic?
Is he still clicking?

[island rehabber]

All good questions above....:thumbsup The medicine should begin to work in about 36 hours from when you start giving it. In the meantime make sure he is warm at all times, and BE VERY CAREFUL when feeding him. You should go drop by drop ..... when they have pneumonia it is hard for them to breathe and swallow food at the same time. You should go very very slowly but do get his formula into him, because you don't want him to dehydrate. We are standing by to help!

[krtmanoj]

Tell us more about your baby.
When did he aspirate? How long ago?
How long has he been on the medicine?
Is the medicine helping?
Is he eating?
Is he alert, or is he lethargic?
Is he still clicking?

First of all, I'm very thank full to you all.

He first aspirated on yesterday morning that is 7 Jan 2015 morning.

Medicine seems helping, yesterday he opened and closed his mouth too widely and continuously but now little imporved, now he opens mouth slightly and in between time gaps is increased.

He is not eating now, when I try to feed he is fighting with syringe but with god`s help he is eating medicines with less fight

Yesterday he was less active and biting hardly everything he sees but today his activity is normal and playing actively

Very less clicking compared to yesterday .

[island rehabber]

Great news...keep up the good work and be REALLY careful while feeding him, ok? :)

[farrelli]

Yes, make sure he stays hydrated, and also try to get some calories into him. Molasses, honey, etc. are acceptable if he won't eat anything. Even rubbing it on his gums is good if he won't lick it off your finger.

As to feeding, you should be using a 1cc syringe and feed him with his head pointed down and the syringe pointed up. Here is a thread about it:

http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?36777-PROPER-FEEDING-TECHNIQUE!!

[krtmanoj]

Great news...keep up the good work and be REALLY careful while feeding him, ok? :)

Yes, sure. What will be the timeline for complete cure, pls tell me guys. I want to see him as a complete squirrel.

[island rehabber]

Yes, sure. What will be the timeline for complete cure, pls tell me guys. I want to see him as a complete squirrel.

Give him at least 5 days to be back to normal....even 7-10.

[krtmanoj]

Have you started giving these medicines? If not, start immediately.
Does your baby have a heating pad? Half of it should be under the container he is in, so he can crawl off if he is to warm. It should be set to the lowest heat setting there is.

Yes, I stared medicine on 7 Jan 2015 night. Yes I provided heating pad as you mentioned.

[krtmanoj]

Give him at least 5 days to be back to normal....even 7-10.

Sure and thanks alot for your kind and early replies

[czarina]

I am very glad to hear that there is a little improvement.

As others mentioned, it is very important that he eat. We can not heal, if we don't have calories. As mentioned, you may have to feed, drop by drop. Just be very careful that he doesn't aspirate again.

I will keep you both in my prayers. :Love_Icon:grouphug:Love_Icon:grouphug:Love_Icon:g rouphug:Love_Icon

[krtmanoj]

Can I give rehydration formula and honey with medicines until he get complete recovery because he fight aggressively even on the smell of milk but eating little honey and rehydration formula about 0.3 ml

Then how much rehydartion formula I can give now as he is 6 weeks old and weighs about 30 grams and how often I should feed him.

And how much honey I can feed him in a time.

[farrelli]

I'd give him as much hydration as he wants, same with honey, at least for the next few hours. You've got to keep his strength up. I would keep trying the formula though. You want him back on that as soon as possible. Btw, what kind of formula are you using?

[krtmanoj]

I'd give him as much hydration as he wants, same with honey, at least for the next few hours. You've got to keep his strength up. I would keep trying the formula though. You want him back on that as soon as possible. Btw, what kind of formula are you using?

My feeding formula is Lactogen 1 with milk and little curd

[SammysMom]

Is this for human babies? Can you get goats milk, heavy cream and full fat yogurt? Can you get Royal Canin puppy formula?

[farrelli]

Yes, that's for humans. If you can get either of the things SM suggested, you will be much better off.

[jbtartell]

Can u get molasses? it is better for him than honey. :serene I will keep u r little one in my prayers. .

[krtmanoj]

Guys, he is recovering now, I'm very happy to see him, thank you all.

[krtmanoj]

Guys,
I wish to post his photos but in India thesquirrelboard.com is directly not Reachable, So i'm visiting form online proxy web service. It did not allow me post photos. Sry Guys.

[Annabelle's papa]

Guys, he is recovering now, I'm very happy to see him, thank you all.

:clap Amen krtmanoj, Everyone here is very Happy for You, and We would Love to see some picture's.:Love_Icon Please keep posting update's,Namaste.:thumbsup

[farrelli]

I'm going to alert our tech guy to this thread. You might be able to see TSB directly if you give him your IP. If you know what a proxy is, I assume you know how to look up your IP. You could PM it to him, Bravo, and he could probably hook you up.

[Annabelle's papa]

Guys,
I wish to post his photos but in India thesquirrelboard.com is directly not Reachable, So i'm visiting form online proxy web service. It did not allow me post photos. Sry Guys.
:wave123 Hi Again krtmanoj, There is a Wonderful Administrator on the Board named SammysMom, who can post Your picture's for you if you can text them to Her. She will see your Thread early this morning, keep checking back. Namaste:thumbsup

[Annabelle's papa]

I'm going to alert our tech guy to this thread. You might be able to see TSB directly if you give him your IP. If you know what a proxy is, I assume you know how to look up your IP. You could PM it to him, Bravo, and he could probably hook you up.

Thank You farrelli, I learn something New everyday. I didn't know Bravo did the IT for TSB. All I knew was that SammysMom has posted pic's. for folk's in the past.:tilt

[farrelli]

I think most of the world outside of North America is blocked. I'd offer to post the pics too, but I'm sick and might pass out at any moment. All you have to do is send them your email address.

[Bravo]

Sent an email yesterday(Thursday) to K at the email address provided. When I know the actual IP address in India- not the US proxy- I can unblock it. :dono

[farrelli]

Thanks. If you don't know how to look it up, here's one way:

http://www.whatsmyip.org/

[krtmanoj]

Really thanking you all
Now he is perfectly alright
No clicking noise
Not opening his mouth & closing frequently.
But
I think he got a bloat stomach because of inproper feeding. What can I do now, pls advice me.
When seeing on top view his stomach is round shaped like a a coin is placed on his back

Pls advice

[SammysMom]

Were you able to get either of the two things I suggested to feed or are you still feeding human formula? We need to stop that quickly. It is not digestable for them.

[krtmanoj]

I'm going to alert our tech guy to this thread. You might be able to see TSB directly if you give him your IP. If you know what a proxy is, I assume you know how to look up your IP. You could PM it to him, Bravo, and he could probably hook you up.

Dear farrelli,
I am using 3G mobile internet, So I have no static Ip to provide with the admin.
But atleast I provided my work place static IP with him. Soon I will post pics, thank you

[Annabelle's papa]

Were you able to get either of the tow things I suggested to feed or are you still feeding human formula? We need to stop that quickly. It is not digestable for them.
BUMP,BUMP

[krtmanoj]

Were you able to get either of the tow things I suggested to feed or are you still feeding human formula? We need to stop that quickly. It is not digestable for them.

Dear sammysmom,
Hear in India I can't able to buy the product what u get in US. Poor India.
But now I'm providing goat milk

[Annabelle's papa]

Dear sammysmom,
Hear in India I can't able to buy the product what u get in US. Poor India.
But now I'm providing goat milk
Hi krtmanoj, I'm glad you posted back about the Goat's Milk, please stay on to get some instruction's on how to Prepare and Feed.:thumbsup:thumbsup

[SammysMom]

I know that others from India were able to purchase Royal Canin puppy formula powder. If not, the goats milk will work, but not alone. You need to mix it with yogurt and after a couple of days, heavy cream too. It is mixed 3 parts goats milk, 1 part full fat yogurt (make sure it has NO artificial sweeteners) and after he gets used to that you will add in 1 part heavy cream. The cream you will add a bit at a time though. Working up to 1 part cream. Is this what you are giving or are you just using goats milk?
You can email me pics at savesquirrels@sbcglobal.net and I will post them.

[SammysMom]

Here are the pics of this adorable baby (ies)...

[Annabelle's papa]

Here are the pics of this adorable baby (ies)...

Thank's for posting those photo's SM, they look Very Exotic and tame as all can be. Except for the long tail's, will they look like 700 gram "chipmunk's" when they're fully grown.:tilt

[krtmanoj]

Thank's for posting those photo's SM, they look Very Exotic and tame as all can be. Except for the long tail's, will they look like 700 gram "chipmunk's" when they're fully grown.:tilt

They are babies now & their tail is growing everyday.
I took this pic on 9 Jan, now their tail got little more bussy.
I will post pics of them once they were 10 weeks old

[krtmanoj]

Guys,
He is now perfectly alright, No click noise. Willingness to feed everything is Ok but he always bites my shirt and holding his teeth all the time. What to do.

[island rehabber]

They are just beautiful!!
Maybe he'd like something to chew on, that's why he's biting your shirt? Maybe a branch of the type of tree they live in, in the wild?

[Annabelle's papa]

They are babies now & their tail is growing everyday.
I took this pic on 9 Jan, now their tail got little more bussy.
I will post pics of them once they were 10 weeks old
Thank's For The Photo's krtmanoj, They are very Beautiful Squirrel's. The only "striped" Squirrel We have here(Southeast U.S.), have very small tail's, and they are only about the size of Your hand when they're Fully Grown. They are very tame and modest, and very Friendly to Human's. In fact they are one of the very few "striped" Mammal's, in our Country other than Skunk's, and a lot of our Skunk variety's are also solid in color. Please keep the Calcium level up in Your's, it's very easy to do, just remember (from the Healthy Diet List) to only give seed's, nut's, or fruit's as Treat's only. And if you can get some Hard pieces of wood, or Cuttle bone's used for bird's, this will give them something Good to chew on. P.S. Send New picture's Everyday and we can All watch them grow up.:thumbsup

[Annabelle's papa]

They are babies now & their tail is growing everyday.
I took this pic on 9 Jan, now their tail got little more bussy.
I will post pics of them once they were 10 weeks old

Oh krtmanoj, I misspoke on this post, Your Squirrel's have Beautiful Tail's, I was making reference to our "Chipmunk's" because Chipmunk's have very small tail's.:tilt

[krtmanoj]

Oh krtmanoj, I misspoke on this post, Your Squirrel's have Beautiful Tail's, I was making reference to our "Chipmunk's" because Chipmunk's have very small tail's.:tilt



Its not a problem, When you said Chipmunks (Which is not in India), I Googled it, Three-Striped Indian palm Squirrel are identical to Chipmunk. Expect some small features,

[Annabelle's papa]

Its not a problem, When you said Chipmunks (Which is not in India), I Googled it, Three-Striped Indian palm Squirrel are identical to Chipmunk. Expect some small features,

Yes, but your Palm Squirrel's have "Big Beautiful Tail's." When you were on Google did you see the 13 Lined Ground Squirrel, they look like they have been Painted By Hand. I also saw that The Palm Squirrel is Sacred, and it received it's Stripe's from Lord Rama's Finger's when He Petted One Of Them, that is Wonderful. Have You given both of them Name's?

[krtmanoj]

Yes, but your Palm Squirrel's have "Big Beautiful Tail's." When you were on Google did you see the 13 Lined Ground Squirrel, they look like they have been Painted By Hand. I also saw that The Palm Squirrel is Sacred, and it received it's Stripe's from Lord Rama's Finger's when He Petted One Of Them, that is Wonderful. Have You given both of them Name's?

Just Amazing Annabelle, you got the full story about Indian palm Squirrels. Ya I gave them names

Male`s Name - Jingle
Female`s Name - Tiger ( for a fun)

[Annabelle's papa]

Just Amazing Annabelle, you got the full story about Indian palm Squirrels. Ya I gave them names

Male`s Name - Jingle
Female`s Name - Tiger ( for a fun)

Hi krtmanoj, Jingle and Tiger are Great Squirrel Names, we chose a long name like Annabelle for Our little Squirrel, because She is a Really Small "Southern Flying Squirrel". She will only weigh about 80 grams when She is fully grown, Her Breed is one of the Smallest on the Planet, Ha. Post in some more Photographs of Jingle and Tiger, so We can see how much they have Grown Up. When You said You went on Google, that is what I did too.:thumbsup Did You see that India is Home to the Largest Known Squirrel, over 3 feet long from nose to tail.:serene

[krtmanoj]

Hi krtmanoj, Jingle and Tiger are Great Squirrel Names, we chose a long name like Annabelle for Our little Squirrel, because She is a Really Small "Southern Flying Squirrel". She will only weigh about 80 grams when She is fully grown, Her Breed is one of the Smallest on the Planet, Ha. Post in some more Photographs of Jingle and Tiger, so We can see how much they have Grown Up. When You said You went on Google, that is what I did too.:thumbsup Did You see that India is Home to the Largest Known Squirrel, over 3 feet long from nose to tail.:serene

Yes annabelle , I got stuck with my work for couple of weeks, So I didn't posted anything.
Sure I will post some pics of jungle and tiger soon and ya I have seen that largest squirrel but in a far tree,they are generally very shy and they won't even come around humans:bliss

[Annabelle's papa]

That's Great krtmanoj, we can't wait to see how much they have grown! And it is hard for all of us to get extra time for anything these days, glad to see You posting.:thumbsup

[Chibbie]

Glad to hear your baby is doing better. People on this board are great and extremely helpful.

[krtmanoj]

Photos of Tiger and Jingle

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Above pics is Tiger's

[krtmanoj]

This is Jingle

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[krtmanoj]

Both of them

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[krtmanoj]

With his bussy tail

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[krtmanoj]

Sorry for bad photo guys

[Chickenlegs]

Ohmygosh! What beautiful babies. When we were at NIAS in Bangalore a family of these little guys were outside our window every morning. Question for you--are there different types of Palm Squirrels? I ask because some we saw were pretty big and some were tiny but didn't look like young squirrels. Just wondering. These babies are lucky to have such a good mama watching out for them.

[Chibbie]

They are precious! !!

[krtmanoj]

Ohmygosh! What beautiful babies. When we were at NIAS in Bangalore a family of these little guys were outside our window every morning. Question for you--are there different types of Palm Squirrels? I ask because some we saw were pretty big and some were tiny but didn't look like young squirrels. Just wondering. These babies are lucky to have such a good mama watching out for them.

Yes, there are variety of squirrels found in India. In south India you will find mostly three-striped palm squirrels like Tiger and Jingle. In north India you can see five-striped palm squirrels, they both are same in all aspects but the difference is only their stripes.
There is a giant squirrel found throughout India called as India giant squirrel it has no stripes on it's back and it will be weigh around 2-3 kilograms. It will be look alike a rabbit when they were adult except their fur colours


A Picture of India Giant Squirrel with a three-striped palm squirrel
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Image Source: Internet

[Chibbie]

Yes, there are variety of squirrels found in India. In south India you will find mostly three-striped palm squirrels like Tiger and Jingle. In north India you can see five-striped palm squirrels, they both are same in all aspects but the difference is only their stripes.
There is a giant squirrel found throughout India called as India giant squirrel it has no stripes on it's back and it will be weigh around 2-3 kilograms. It will be look alike a rabbit when they were adult except their fur colours


A Picture of India Giant Squirrel with a three-striped palm squirrel
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Image Source: Internet

Oh wow they are big!!

[krtmanoj]

Guys
Tiger and jingle trying to drink my alcohol

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[island rehabber]

Naughty kids! :nono :rotfl
That picture of the palm squirrel and the giant squirrel is so amazing -- thanks for posting that one! I love the giant squirrel's deep red coloring.