Alexa32.
05-14-2024, 07:43 PM
Hello everyone,
Three nights ago, I received a juvenile grey squirrel weighing approximately 220 g. He was brought to me after someone’s son watched him fall out of a tree. He came to me very non-mobile and non-fearful of people and he did not try to get away at all. I started him on meloxicam and fluids. I noticed beside his right ear. There was some blood. I wiped up the blood and noticed too small punctures beside his year so I started him on baytril as well. The next day, he seemed a little more alert. I continued fluids and meloxicam. Yesterday he started vocalizing a lot more and would continually grunt. If there were people around or if I tried to handle him, he still seemed unsteady, but was able to walk and was circling to the left. Now today he is still grunting, constantly circling to the left and I notice he seems to lose his balance and will start rolling continually until he can catch his balance again. When I picked him up for his treatments, I also noticed some slight tremoring. In hindsight, I realize I should have started him on steroids rather than NSAIDs, but at this point, I am worried I am not doing enough to treat him or if I should be doing some thing else. And of course with having the punctures I always worry about rabies although I know squirrels are not normal vectors. My other concerns outside of head trauma were roundworms or vestibular disease . I have since stopped the meloxicam and did fluids and fed some Nutra Cal tonight and he does appear to want to eat it I think.despite wanting to bite the syringe. . Thank you in advance. Any advice is appreciated.
Three nights ago, I received a juvenile grey squirrel weighing approximately 220 g. He was brought to me after someone’s son watched him fall out of a tree. He came to me very non-mobile and non-fearful of people and he did not try to get away at all. I started him on meloxicam and fluids. I noticed beside his right ear. There was some blood. I wiped up the blood and noticed too small punctures beside his year so I started him on baytril as well. The next day, he seemed a little more alert. I continued fluids and meloxicam. Yesterday he started vocalizing a lot more and would continually grunt. If there were people around or if I tried to handle him, he still seemed unsteady, but was able to walk and was circling to the left. Now today he is still grunting, constantly circling to the left and I notice he seems to lose his balance and will start rolling continually until he can catch his balance again. When I picked him up for his treatments, I also noticed some slight tremoring. In hindsight, I realize I should have started him on steroids rather than NSAIDs, but at this point, I am worried I am not doing enough to treat him or if I should be doing some thing else. And of course with having the punctures I always worry about rabies although I know squirrels are not normal vectors. My other concerns outside of head trauma were roundworms or vestibular disease . I have since stopped the meloxicam and did fluids and fed some Nutra Cal tonight and he does appear to want to eat it I think.despite wanting to bite the syringe. . Thank you in advance. Any advice is appreciated.