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AJR
04-26-2017, 11:50 AM
Until I get a kitchen scale tomorrow- can anyone please help with a guesstimate of how much she should be drinking with each feeding. She currently drinks about 8-10 cc's/feeding and eating solids.

stepnstone
04-26-2017, 11:59 AM
Until I get a kitchen scale tomorrow- can anyone please help with a guesstimate of how much she should be drinking with each feeding. She currently drinks about 8-10 cc's/feeding and eating solids.
Just from that picture I suspect you are over feeding and not keeping within the 5-7% she should be fed.
How do her stools appear?
What are the "solids" you are feeding her?
Her first solid food should be a good quality rodent block and she should be eating them and
eating them well before any other solid foods are introduced.

AJR
04-26-2017, 12:05 PM
Good to know. Thank you.
Stools are solid and a medium yellow color. She is eating little apple bits, and a little red cabbage and some ice burg lettuce (she is given these while I am away and she is pretty shy still, so will only eat these when she feels "safe". She is new to our home as of Sunday.) I will get her some rodent blocks.
What would be an appropriate feeding for her for her puppy milk?

stepnstone
04-26-2017, 12:27 PM
Good to know. Thank you.
Stools are solid and a medium yellow color. She is eating little apple bits, and a little red cabbage and some ice burg lettuce (she is given these while I am away and she is pretty shy still, so will only eat these when she feels "safe". She is new to our home as of Sunday.) I will get her some rodent blocks.
What would be an appropriate feeding for her for her puppy milk?

5-7% of her body weight, you need to get that scale and weigh her.
Just a guess but I would be feeding her between 7-8cc's but weighing
her might even prove that to be too much. :dono
Starting her out on "other" solids outside rodent block just makes it
harder to get them to take to the rodent block which can be a major
problem once she weans herself off of formula. Formula then rodent
block is your best assurance against MBD.
I'm attaching a link to the pyramid for the healthy diet, please study it
to know you will be feeding her the right foods in the future.

https://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?44440-Healthy-Diet-for-Pet-Squirrels