Help - possible pneumonia in Delray Beach FL

[CritterMom]

Reposting this for "Jsetron" -

I have a 5 week old that I'm pretty sure has pneumonia. He won't eat and is so lathargic and limp. I thought he wasn't eating because I was in the transition process of milks and figured he just didn't like it but now I know something is wrong. Tomorrow is Labor Day and I'm sure the vets are all closed so if anyone in the south Florida area has the antibiotics on hand I would really appreciate that. I will come to you and pay the appropriate price.
Does anyone know how much time I have I don't hear weezing or any clicking noises
PLEASE HELP!!!

[CritterMom]

Reposting this for "Jsetron" -

I have a 5 week old that I'm pretty sure has pneumonia. He won't eat and is so lathargic and limp. I thought he wasn't eating because I was in the transition process of milks and figured he just didn't like it but now I know something is wrong. Tomorrow is Labor Day and I'm sure the vets are all closed so if anyone in the south Florida area has the antibiotics on hand I would really appreciate that. I will come to you and pay the appropriate price.
Does anyone know how much time I have I don't hear weezing or any clicking noises
PLEASE HELP!!!

Has this baby aspirated formula? Bubbles of milk come out the nose - like you when you swallow something "the wrong way"??

What you are looking for is Cipro - it is a VERY commonly prescribed antibiotic and is almost all doctors prescribe for urinary tract infections. I would immediately start contacting all of your female friends and see if you can get your hands on just ONE cipro pill. Hopefully someone near you will see this and have one.

We will need to know the size of the pill in milligrams (cipro is sold as either 250 or 500mg and we need to know which) and the weight of your baby in grams. Inexpensive scales that weigh in grams can be found easily at Walmart in the appliance department - they are used by dieters to weigh food - less than $20. If we have the size of the pill and the weight of the squirrel we can give you very specific dosing info.

[HRT4SQRLS]

Unfortunately, we don't have any active south FL members that I'm aware of.

Try to get the Ciprofloxacin or Septra from a friend. If you can't get anything from friends go the PetsMart, PetCo or PetSuperMarket and buy Tetracycline in the fish aquarium section. It is sold as pockets of powder. I think it's 500mg. It is sold for bacterial infections in fish aquariums. We can dose it for you. (It is dosed like Doxycycline.)

These retailers will be open today. We have used Tetracycline successfully to treat AP.

[ALittleNutty]

I have been trying to help via e-mails. Hoping ab's can be found ASAP. I just got pics and this little one is not in good shape. Just passed on the info in e-mail.

[Nancy in New York]

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http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?54971-PLEASE-HELP&p=1177645&posted=1#post1177645

DON'T POST HERE. THANK YOU :hug

:rolf I just remembered I can close this thread,
so I did, not to confuse anyone. :thumbsup