Feeding amount

[Sambro02]

Hello,
Can someone tell me how many ml should a 53g and 56g baby tree squirrel be getting during a feeding?? I’m guessing they are 4ish weeks. The boy opened his eyes yesterday and girl today!💙💖. We rescued them the day Ida came through and knocked most of the branches off of their tree:( they are eating esbilac very well. I just want to make sure I’m giving them the correct amount. The girl (53g) is taking 3.5ml and the boy(56g) is taking 4ml. Both act starving when the milk is gone. I feed them every 4 hours during the day. 5am, 9am, 1pm, 5pm and 9pm
Thank you!

[stepnstone]

Hello,
Can someone tell me how many ml should a 53g and 56g baby tree squirrel be getting during a feeding?? I’m guessing they are 4ish weeks. The boy opened his eyes yesterday and girl today!����. We rescued them the day Ida came through and knocked most of the branches off of their tree:( they are eating esbilac very well. I just want to make sure I’m giving them the correct amount. The girl (53g) is taking 3.5ml and the boy(56g) is taking 4ml. Both act starving when the milk is gone. I feed them every 4 hours during the day. 5am, 9am, 1pm, 5pm and 9pm
Thank you!
Eyes normally open at 5 weeks. Your guys either opened early or they are underweight.
Can you post a few pictures for an assessment.

They should be fed between 5-7% of their body weight.
The attached chart can give you an idea how much, how often.
Over feeding will cause diarrhea, you want to watch the bowels.
If they start to "soften" back down on the amount per feeding.

@ 53gms/ 5%-2.65~ 6%-3.18 ~ 7%-3.71
@56gms/ 5%-2.8 ~ 6%-3.36 ~ 7% -3.92

https://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=319440&stc=1

[Sambro02]

How do I post a picture?

[stepnstone]

How do I post a picture?

https://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?30-How-do-I-upload-or-post-pictures-on-this-site&highlight=how+to+post+pictures

[Sambro02]

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https://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?30-How-do-I-upload-or-post-pictures-on-this-site&highlight=how+to+post+pictures

[Sambro02]

I’m not sure why it posted the picture that many times. That’s the same squirrel. It’s the boy, Theodore.

[Taz2020]

He kind of looks like a little red squirrel to me...

If he is, that's right around the weight mine were at that age.

Regardless of what kind of squirrel he is (and he is cute!), I've found the 5-7% rule is pretty spot on. Actually all the advice I've received on here has been spot on.