4 week old male.. life threatening

[Derbyfreak]

I have an approximately 4 week old male grey squirrel that has a serious problem.. he has been suckling himself and has gotten an infection from it. He is severely swollen. He can poop n wants to eat great but i cannot get him to pee.. i have tried warm baths n neosporin on it externally.. i stimulate him before n after food.. im in missouri and noone will touch him.. or give me info.. he need an antibiotic bad but i cant get anything because he is "exotic" n no vet will see him.. i have rehabbed several squirrels in the past but they have all been female n i have never had this problem.. in serious need of help.. i dont know what to do for this lil cutie pie

[island rehabber]

Poor lil guy. Ok if he is swollen and blocked, you need to get his urethra open again. Is there a scab on it? If so, soak and soak with warm water and soft washcloth every 2 hrs until he can pee. You may have to squeeze gently in order to encourage it to open up again. Warm water soaks and massaging his tummy with a downward motion may also help.

When baby squirrel suck themselves, 99% of the time it's because they are not being fed often enough, or are not getting enough food at each meal.

[Derbyfreak]

I got a lil dribble out of him.. ill stay on it.. should i give him something other than formula for the time being till swelling goes down?

[SammysMom]

Do you have any meticam (veterinary) or meloxicam (human)? It is an antinflammatory that might help with the swelling. Do NOT dose without help from someone who can help figure out proper dilution though. If you get it, we will need strength of med and weight of baby in order to figure out dosing.

[Derbyfreak]

I will check into it thank you very much..

[Chickenlegs]

SammysMom made kilts for some of her little suckers and as I recall they worked. Also, I had a little boy last year who’s sister sucked him untill he was blocked and swollen. They were left in a yard for waaaay too long and she went at her brother until he was a husk with a horribly swollen penis. He healed but the end of his penis ‘skinned’ over and blocked the opening until when he peed he blew up like a balloon. Vet opened up his penis and said to clean it with diluted hydrogen peroxide to keep the outside from healing faster than the inside and thus allowing the skin to heal over the opening again. Normally hydrogen peroxide isn’t used as it actually keeps healing from happening. Just mentioning this as if he’s severely injured himself, he may need the inside of his penis to heal well and the outside to heal but not so fast as to cover the opening. I sure hope I explained that well enough to make sense. :dono