Ashers
08-30-2024, 06:06 PM
So I have this gray baby squirrel from what I'm seeing about 4 or 5 weeks old. It's eyes are just slitting almost trying to open. I fell out of the tree last night and screamed for about 2 or 3 hours and I watched it until finally The Neighborhood Cats started coming up on it. None of the cats actually touched him. I brought him in have been switching out the rice bags religiously every 2 hours if not a little sooner if they didn't Heat correctly. He is in a big plushie blanket which is in an open topped plastic tote. I tried every 2 hours last night to get him to drink some warm water and honey and he would take maybe a drop here and there but I think it was more just to lick off his lips. At one point he actually drank a couple of drops but none since. Today I was able to have delivered the esbilac puppy milk replacer and while the first time I attempted I really believe I just had it too cold, the second attempt he did really really great until he fell asleep eating, but he is not eaten since. He's rooting around and actually making rooting noises like he's searching for a nipple but then he just doesn't want to attempt drinking again. I have tried syringes I have tried a kitten bottle that I slit the nipple just enough that if he sucks or bites down on it he'll get a little dribble. I've kept him warm, I've held him differently, I've tried putting a little honey on his gums for the low blood sugar about 45 minutes ago. The last time he ate was about 4 hours ago and he really didn't eat very much- though after not eating for 12 hours I have no idea how big a tiny squirrel baby's tummy really is. While he had quite a lot of luster the last 16 hours or so he's just getting tired a lot faster and I'm really worried I'm doing something wrong. I had attempted to call the emergency veterinarian hospital here in town who gave me the phone number of a Wildlife Reserve about an hour away but gave me a warning that they would probably euthanize it being that we have so many gray squirrels in the area and it's not worth their time. I called the Wildlife Reserve and they wouldn't give me any straight answers on what they would do for him or how they would release him and all they could say was that they couldn't tell me anything. Please help I don't know how to save him