Coco_Bali
10-13-2022, 03:09 AM
Hi everyone,
I'm living in Bali right now and find myself caring for a little baby girl rather unexpectedly. On Saturday I saw her crawling out of the pool, soaking wet and crying. I wrapped her in a towel and got her warm and dry. I tried putting her out for momma to find; she cried for a long time and I even played the 1 hour loop of babies crying. No adults anywhere, several other babies were running on the roof though.
It was getting dark so I took her in and syringe fed her pedialyte over-night. In the morning she was crying very upset, but at least more perky and energetic than the night before. I looked outside one of the other babies was responding to her calls. The baby outside wasn't with any adults so I did take the her out to see if I could get the other baby to come closer.
Suddenly I saw an adult running towards us and calling to her. So I took baby Coco outside and let her go. She ran off with the adult and I thought all was well.
I'd been hearing crying still on and off and a few hours later Coco was all alone and actually came back. She ran down from a tree and we were able to gently pick her up. I haven't seen any adult squirrels since.
She's a plantain squirrel with eyes open, a furry tail, lower incisors, the uppers are growing in. I think she is around 6 weeks old, but her ears still seem closed which concerns me? I still need to find a scale for her (harder in Bali), plus I haven't found growth charts for this kind of squirrel.
She's been doing fairly well on formula (Esbilac) though we've had a tough time with the syringe. She eats fairly well when it's dark (late night or early dawn) but otherwise I'm often dripping formula through my fingers for her to lick up. I do have a miracle nipple, but we're only eating 2.5 ml at the best of times. Yesterday I did give her a piece of banana which she loves! I may try mixing formula and banana together to encourage her to eat...
I know fruits are normally too sugary but as a tropical squirrel I think her diet should have more fruits?
Mainly looking for advice on care right now, she routinely runs around the room and cries once or twice a day (for about 30 minutes). I hate to see it and wish she had a sibling to be with her.
Today we had an incident. I was going out to make formula with her wrapped in a towel, the kitchen is outside, and she was spooked by a neighbor dog barking and ran into the yard. I was too scared to be patient, chased her down and grabbed her. While wrong, my concern was for the dogs and cats nearby where she was running. She is snuggling with me right now, but I feel terrible for scaring her.
In a few days we're moving to a new home that's totally enclosed, so this won't happen again.
She's peeing and pooping all normally but I'm looking for support on how to do things better...
I'm living in Bali right now and find myself caring for a little baby girl rather unexpectedly. On Saturday I saw her crawling out of the pool, soaking wet and crying. I wrapped her in a towel and got her warm and dry. I tried putting her out for momma to find; she cried for a long time and I even played the 1 hour loop of babies crying. No adults anywhere, several other babies were running on the roof though.
It was getting dark so I took her in and syringe fed her pedialyte over-night. In the morning she was crying very upset, but at least more perky and energetic than the night before. I looked outside one of the other babies was responding to her calls. The baby outside wasn't with any adults so I did take the her out to see if I could get the other baby to come closer.
Suddenly I saw an adult running towards us and calling to her. So I took baby Coco outside and let her go. She ran off with the adult and I thought all was well.
I'd been hearing crying still on and off and a few hours later Coco was all alone and actually came back. She ran down from a tree and we were able to gently pick her up. I haven't seen any adult squirrels since.
She's a plantain squirrel with eyes open, a furry tail, lower incisors, the uppers are growing in. I think she is around 6 weeks old, but her ears still seem closed which concerns me? I still need to find a scale for her (harder in Bali), plus I haven't found growth charts for this kind of squirrel.
She's been doing fairly well on formula (Esbilac) though we've had a tough time with the syringe. She eats fairly well when it's dark (late night or early dawn) but otherwise I'm often dripping formula through my fingers for her to lick up. I do have a miracle nipple, but we're only eating 2.5 ml at the best of times. Yesterday I did give her a piece of banana which she loves! I may try mixing formula and banana together to encourage her to eat...
I know fruits are normally too sugary but as a tropical squirrel I think her diet should have more fruits?
Mainly looking for advice on care right now, she routinely runs around the room and cries once or twice a day (for about 30 minutes). I hate to see it and wish she had a sibling to be with her.
Today we had an incident. I was going out to make formula with her wrapped in a towel, the kitchen is outside, and she was spooked by a neighbor dog barking and ran into the yard. I was too scared to be patient, chased her down and grabbed her. While wrong, my concern was for the dogs and cats nearby where she was running. She is snuggling with me right now, but I feel terrible for scaring her.
In a few days we're moving to a new home that's totally enclosed, so this won't happen again.
She's peeing and pooping all normally but I'm looking for support on how to do things better...