rangergirl
09-03-2017, 09:03 PM
On Friday, I took the mandatory training and became a squirrel 'foster mom' for a wildlife sanctuary. Rehabbing baby squirrels is something I recently did and loved loved loved it. My two 4.5 month old boys are doing awesome.
Also, on Friday, I brought home 4 orphaned babies (about 5-6 weeks old). Two of them had been at the sanctuary since mid August. The other two had been there only about 1.5 weeks. Everything seemed fine the first night... apart from the loud crying of one little boy who didn't seem to want to come out of his 'hat hammock', even to eat. Did I mention the terrible smell, wild looking fur, rough, bumpy skin and bald spots around his and the other's little mouths and cheeks? Anyhow, he did eat that first night - ravenously. Next morning, he would only take 0.5 cc of the Fox Valley 32/40. Next feeding, he refused to eat and slept all day. That evening, I managed to get 5 cc into him... but then he vomited some of it up. He was going downhill fast - and I had a bad feeling. When I put him in the cage, his cage-mate tried to push him out of the blankets, away from her. I thought it was odd - usually they snuggle.
This morning, I woke up to find he had died in the night.
I looked back thru the chart they had given me... looks like (when they did weigh him), he had been steadily losing weight. Nobody mentioned this to me...
I am so so sad and I feel like I should have done more... something... maybe electrolytes...? Its bothering me very much.
Can someone please give me an idea of what happened to him? He was so beautiful... black fur that was frosted with white. I called him 'Frosty'.
Also, on Friday, I brought home 4 orphaned babies (about 5-6 weeks old). Two of them had been at the sanctuary since mid August. The other two had been there only about 1.5 weeks. Everything seemed fine the first night... apart from the loud crying of one little boy who didn't seem to want to come out of his 'hat hammock', even to eat. Did I mention the terrible smell, wild looking fur, rough, bumpy skin and bald spots around his and the other's little mouths and cheeks? Anyhow, he did eat that first night - ravenously. Next morning, he would only take 0.5 cc of the Fox Valley 32/40. Next feeding, he refused to eat and slept all day. That evening, I managed to get 5 cc into him... but then he vomited some of it up. He was going downhill fast - and I had a bad feeling. When I put him in the cage, his cage-mate tried to push him out of the blankets, away from her. I thought it was odd - usually they snuggle.
This morning, I woke up to find he had died in the night.
I looked back thru the chart they had given me... looks like (when they did weigh him), he had been steadily losing weight. Nobody mentioned this to me...
I am so so sad and I feel like I should have done more... something... maybe electrolytes...? Its bothering me very much.
Can someone please give me an idea of what happened to him? He was so beautiful... black fur that was frosted with white. I called him 'Frosty'.