Issyb17
08-18-2017, 05:47 PM
Hi, this is my first time posting. I never knew this site exsisted with my first five rehabs. How awesome and helpful!!
I was called three weeks ago today from someone who is a vet asking if I was up for taking a little baby. Of course! A couple had brought her in to be euthanized because she had a 'gash' and was suffering. They said there was no chance of reuniting with mom. That's all the back story she was given. The gash was a scrape. Checked out by the vet and she saw no reason she should be put down. She brought her by later that day, and boy was she little! My scale had been packed away and I hadn't gotten to unpacking it so I didn't get a weight right away. Rehydrated her for 24 hours and then started the correct esbliac powder formula and water ratio. Took a bit to get her peeing and pooping each time but after that, we were golden. I'm the last two weeks, she has been gaining about 5 grams a day and eating and pottying awesome. She was eating 4-5 ccs every 4-5 hours. Three days ago, her eyes started to open. Cue the consitipation. Nothing changed. She is still peeing awesome but no poop. I have done warm soaks, apple juice/water mix, pedialite, sugar water, massage wth coconut oil and finally just put a pinch of miralax in the new batch of formula I mixed. She has only gotten the formula once because I've been more concerned about her staying hydrated and getting poop out. She is taking fluids and peeing. I'm worried she is clogged and is starting to look a little dehydrated. Like I said, she is drinking the fluids great and no problem peeing. I can not get poop. Her bum looks a little swollen but it feels more like it may just be bones under it. But having gone the past 24 hours with only two formula feedings and the rest being water mixes, I don't know that there is anything to come out. She hasn't pooped since yesterday. So it's about 25 hours right now. I think she is about 4.5 weeks old and weighed 125g last night. In the three weeks I have had her, she has gained around 100 grams but now I feel like she is looking extra thin and wrinkly. I'm giving her about 2 cc of a water mixture every 1.5 hours to keep her hydrated and try moving her poops out. I think I'm worrying more than I need to. She definitely isn't lethargic, hence the horrible pics. But how can I get her to poop? I need to get her little body plumped up. Hopefully these pics will load. Her eyes are half closed in some pics, both because I've been waking her so often to drink and also because she won't stop moving for a good pic. It's hard to find a milk line now that her belly is getting fur. I seem to worry myself with each squirrel I rehab but I have never had a problem and they have all been healthy and successful releases. I want to do the same with her.
I was called three weeks ago today from someone who is a vet asking if I was up for taking a little baby. Of course! A couple had brought her in to be euthanized because she had a 'gash' and was suffering. They said there was no chance of reuniting with mom. That's all the back story she was given. The gash was a scrape. Checked out by the vet and she saw no reason she should be put down. She brought her by later that day, and boy was she little! My scale had been packed away and I hadn't gotten to unpacking it so I didn't get a weight right away. Rehydrated her for 24 hours and then started the correct esbliac powder formula and water ratio. Took a bit to get her peeing and pooping each time but after that, we were golden. I'm the last two weeks, she has been gaining about 5 grams a day and eating and pottying awesome. She was eating 4-5 ccs every 4-5 hours. Three days ago, her eyes started to open. Cue the consitipation. Nothing changed. She is still peeing awesome but no poop. I have done warm soaks, apple juice/water mix, pedialite, sugar water, massage wth coconut oil and finally just put a pinch of miralax in the new batch of formula I mixed. She has only gotten the formula once because I've been more concerned about her staying hydrated and getting poop out. She is taking fluids and peeing. I'm worried she is clogged and is starting to look a little dehydrated. Like I said, she is drinking the fluids great and no problem peeing. I can not get poop. Her bum looks a little swollen but it feels more like it may just be bones under it. But having gone the past 24 hours with only two formula feedings and the rest being water mixes, I don't know that there is anything to come out. She hasn't pooped since yesterday. So it's about 25 hours right now. I think she is about 4.5 weeks old and weighed 125g last night. In the three weeks I have had her, she has gained around 100 grams but now I feel like she is looking extra thin and wrinkly. I'm giving her about 2 cc of a water mixture every 1.5 hours to keep her hydrated and try moving her poops out. I think I'm worrying more than I need to. She definitely isn't lethargic, hence the horrible pics. But how can I get her to poop? I need to get her little body plumped up. Hopefully these pics will load. Her eyes are half closed in some pics, both because I've been waking her so often to drink and also because she won't stop moving for a good pic. It's hard to find a milk line now that her belly is getting fur. I seem to worry myself with each squirrel I rehab but I have never had a problem and they have all been healthy and successful releases. I want to do the same with her.