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Minaluvri
06-05-2015, 04:56 PM
I have two roughly 16 week old grays that have went outside into the release cage, They aren't siblings but I got them on the same day and they've been together ever since (4-5 weeks old) Ebony is slightly younger but when I was moving them outside I realized she was quite a bit smaller than jasmine (the other one) and she's only been looking worse since then, her fur is looking a bit scraggly and she just looks small and weak, jasmine is a bit dominant and sometimes she tries to take Ebony's food, but I give them extra just for that and I know ebony does eat. She also always has access to water she has a water bottle mounted to their cage which I've seen them use frequently. She's just starting to not look so good. She has the exact same healthy diet as jasmine and all the other squirrels so I don't understand. She was however the one that had some trouble with one of her legs that I posted about when I first got her but she seems to use them well and hasn't had any trouble with it but that's the only thing I can think of. She acts fine except i feel like lately she hunches over a bit, I'm just scared to release her because I'm worried she won't do so well and I would definitely feel horrible releasing her if she wasn't healthy.

Minaluvri
06-05-2015, 06:36 PM
Ive also realized that it seems like her eyesight could be a little wonky, not sure but the release cage is mounted to the tree and has a portion with a wire bottom and when I come to it she always looks down through the bottom of the cage at my feet expectantly instead of looking out the side of the pen at me, she definitely can see to some degree though because she can find the food right away and once I get her attention from the ground she does seem to see me.

Monipenny
06-05-2015, 09:43 PM
Can you bring them back inside and separate them for a few days in separate cages, observe her and see how she is eating? If she does well then they can go back out together. What do you feed them?