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Pita
09-11-2018, 10:11 PM
Hello
Trying to save a 5 week old grey squirrel that my cat got a hold of. He does have a good size puncture wound under his front leg. He isn't using the leg at all. I have been giving him some Pedilyte and keeping him warm. The vet I found in my area can't see him until Thursday. I saw on another thread that you can give them infant ibuprofen. He is 3.4 oz how much should I give. I also rubbed a little antibiotic ointment on his wounds. I saw that was ok to do.

Thank you

stepnstone
09-11-2018, 11:52 PM
Hello
Trying to save a 5 week old grey squirrel that my cat got a hold of. He does have a good size puncture wound under his front leg. He isn't using the leg at all. I have been giving him some Pedilyte and keeping him warm. The vet I found in my area can't see him until Thursday. I saw on another thread that you can give them infant ibuprofen. He is 3.4 oz how much should I give. I also rubbed a little antibiotic ointment on his wounds. I saw that was ok to do.
Thank you
I'll send dosing for the ib in a pm, in the meantime you need to search for an anti-biotic and let
us know what you can come up with. A cat caught baby has to have anti biotics, cats carry a bacteria
in their slava that can be deadly to squirrels.