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Katouka
08-30-2021, 11:36 PM
My neighbor found 3 baby squirrels that fell from the nest during the rainstorm. 2 of them are dead and he wanted to let the other one die of hunger outside. I couldn’t find any help that wouldn’t euthanize the squirrel so I decided to keep him/her. He must be around 3-4 weeks and I think he has pneumonia, there’s weird sounds in his chest and his breathing is very deep. There’s a little clicking sound and like the sound of congestion. I have a plethora of antibiotics at home.. I have tetracyclin, rifadin,azitromycin and I must have some clyndamicin somewhere but it’s in pill form. Might have amoxicillin if I dig enough , I have a skin condition and we tried many antibiotics that did not work so I have a pharmacy of leftovers at home… I bought cream , Esbilac and some Pedialyte and a bunch of syringes, he ate three times already. He’s not moving much but he’s awake and made a couple of sounds, his poop looks normal from what I seen. I’m still reading on what I should do but my vet wouldn’t see him. Could I get some advices ? I think he might need some antibiotics

CritterMom
08-31-2021, 06:32 AM
Can you get hands on amoxicillin/clavulanate or Cipro (ciproflaxacin)?

If so, we will need the weight of the baby in grams and the milligram size of the pill. You will need a 1cc or smaller syringe with clear markings on it to dose him.

HRT4SQRLS
08-31-2021, 11:47 AM
If you don’t find the other, you can use the tetracycline. Let us know what you have and we can dose it.

For the rehabbers, I dose tetracycline like doxycycline. :thumbsup