<3MeSomeSquirrels
01-14-2017, 09:37 PM
I know, the question is dumb. I'm a little nervous because I read that squirrels vomiting is like a death sentence. My squirrel child (who is in good health and is on a good TSB approved diet) gagged while eating a Regal Rat Young Mouse Block today. She is a year and a half and i have graduated her to the Adult Mouse/Rat Block as a supplement to HHB. But she found an old one.
Anyway, as she was eating it, it looked like she was about to choke. I have seen her almost choke three times in her life, and it's always terrifying. This was different. She seemed to be gagging. Then after gagging a few times and acting abnormal, she got right back to eating. Panicked, I tried to remove the block from her lil paws. I failed, but as I failed, I realized the block was wet and had sticky "stringiness". So. She puked while eating it, then continued to eat it.
I couldn't take it away from her and eventually gave up. After that, she had no unusual activity. She did eat a lot in rapid succession. Maybe that was the issue? I know squirrels aren't supposed to vomit and I got nervous. Please enlighten me. Does this sound like a one-off sorta thing or what?
Anyway, as she was eating it, it looked like she was about to choke. I have seen her almost choke three times in her life, and it's always terrifying. This was different. She seemed to be gagging. Then after gagging a few times and acting abnormal, she got right back to eating. Panicked, I tried to remove the block from her lil paws. I failed, but as I failed, I realized the block was wet and had sticky "stringiness". So. She puked while eating it, then continued to eat it.
I couldn't take it away from her and eventually gave up. After that, she had no unusual activity. She did eat a lot in rapid succession. Maybe that was the issue? I know squirrels aren't supposed to vomit and I got nervous. Please enlighten me. Does this sound like a one-off sorta thing or what?