Very sick wild squirrel

[iwonka]

He has just ate 2 boobals and maybe a piece of HHB..
Also he drunk ~10 cc of Ensure.
I gave him water too.

He tries to eat in a sitting position possition but he falls on the side

[island rehabber]

iwonka, I am thinking that you need to hit these facial abcesses with everything you've got. Besides keeping it clean and draining, TWO antibiotics will be better than one. Baytril AND doxycycline, for example. What ABX do you have on hand?

[pappy1264]

I am with you, IR. That is one nasty looking infection! Poor baby, thank God you have him now and can get meds and nutrients into him!!!

[Uno's Mom]

This is a post from Spicette's thread....

04-07-2012, 02:21 PM
HRT4SQRLS's
Senior Member

Re: Spicette

Jackie,
Poor Spicette. With a bad smelling wound, you're probably dealing with a mixed anaerobic infection (especially when it is in the head and neck area). All mucous membranes like the mouth and respiratory tract are colonized with anaerobic flora, therefore wounds or infections in these areas usually have polymicrobic anaerobic involvement. Maybe your vet could prescribe clindamycin, metranidazole or a penicillin for coverage of anaerobes. I know some of these are not "squirrel friendly', but you might need to pull out the 'big guns'.

Fight Spicette Fight!!!

Jackie could elaborate, but I know Spicette had a MIXED cocktail.

Thank you for helping this poor baby.

[jbtartell]

yes it looks as if something may be going on with his balance.. please check his ears for mites and the ABs will take care of an ear infection also.. hope he recovers well. wont know for sure till he is healed.. heres hugs for this poor baby boy or girl?

[iwonka]

iwonka, I am thinking that you need to hit these facial abcesses with everything you've got. Besides keeping it clean and draining, TWO antibiotics will be better than one. Baytril AND doxycycline, for example. What ABX do you have on hand?

I have only Bactrim for now... tell me what else I should have and I will find it.

[CritterMom]

I would also get some betadine. Dilute it and pull some up in a syringe and gently use it to flush out inside those wounds. The more infection you can manually remove the less the abx have to fight.

[Scooterzmom]

I would also get some betadine. Dilute it and pull some up in a syringe and gently use it to flush out inside those wounds. The more infection you can manually remove the less the abx have to fight.

One of the most important things is to keep that abscess clean AND draining. You don't want the wound to close back on itself with the bad stuff still in there. That would only prevent the abscess from healing and it would begin resisting the ABs. If his jaw is misaligned, it can push against the ear and that in itself might cause a lack of balance - however he seemed to have that BEFORE the wound, according to the other video I watched of him.

Now, he might have had jaw/balance problems before, then did get attacked... whatever the case... I do remember what the vet said to us (when my cat got a couple of abscesses), addressing the infection and the nutrition should be the first concern. If he does have neuro issues - as he appears to - that was the case even before the injury; you may want to check the previous video, before he was injured, he already was tilting back then. He will respond better to any treatment once he can get some good nutrition in him and the proper medication.

You're doing a great job again.

[iwonka]

I would also get some betadine. Dilute it and pull some up in a syringe and gently use it to flush out inside those wounds. The more infection you can manually remove the less the abx have to fight.

I removed a lot of pus already but I'm afraid to flush inside..we don't know where this 2 holes ends.

[Scooterzmom]

I removed a lot of pus already but I'm afraid to flush inside..we don't know where this 2 holes ends.

Others may chime in on this but, do you have something you can suck the bad stuff out with? I'm thinking if you tried doing that, gently, and then would flush the wound some more with the betadine it would clean deeper.

[Jackie in Tampa]

bactrim/septra/smz-tmp is too slow..
not right for this booboo..

cipro/baytril and metronidazole/flagyl stacked..
baytril twice a day for three days concurrent with metro twice a day..
after 3 days, go to one daily dose of baytril and continue with twice a day with the metro!
max both meds to a sq friendly dose..
in other words, use the highest safe dose for first five days..and continue at least two weeks on both on a more moderate dose..
that is what i would do..

dang...that is nasty...
do not worry about pain meds...he'll live without them...
he needs ABs..
please do not clogg up his liver with a bunch of pain stuff...
let's fight the infection...
his liver needs to clean his blood...
adding pain meds is too heavy in his shape..
imo.
the body has a way to defend it's pain in these scenerios..


sepsis is real....find some ABs

[Jackie in Tampa]

warm salt water in a syringe...insert the tip into the wound...
hold him tight...wrapped in fleece, you know the drill...
push the salt water slowly into the wound...
hell no ..no betedine that close to an eye ball...he'll be NR for sure!

[Jackie in Tampa]

doxy will work but it is a gut buster...sometimes blood in poops..
heavy duty med...will strip intestines to the tissue...kills everything.
what can you get iwonka?
alot of women have metro/flagyl for yeast infections..

[iwonka]

bactrim/septra/smz-tmp is too slow..
not right for this booboo..

cipro/baytril and metronidazole/flagyl stacked..

OMGosh! I have Flagyl !! .. I forgot about it...
I will get Baytril now.

I have dosage... I will only have to know how to process the tablet to the oral suspension

Nancy..

[Jackie in Tampa]

he def has a maloclusion..
poor guy...

[Jackie in Tampa]

OMGosh! I have Flagyl !! .. I forgot about it...
I will get Baytril now.

I have dosage... I will only have to know how to process the tablet to the oral suspension

Nancy..

do you need help withn the flagyl?
I would start that right this minute and find baytril, amoxy or doxy afterwards..
if you need dose help, I can try..
will need metro strength and a weight on sq...

[iwonka]

alot of women have metro/flagyl for yeast infections..

I never had this :wott , but I had 9 squirrels with diarrhea not very long time ago

warm salt water

How much salt ?

[Jackie in Tampa]

I never had this :wott , but I had 9 squirrels with diarrhea not very long time ago





How much salt ?

like you would gargle with for a sore throat.
1 cup warm water, maybe two teaspoon salt??
it's gonna sting...so hold tight momma!
cover his eyes...

[iwonka]

do you need help withn the flagyl?
I would start that right this minute and find baytril, amoxy or doxy afterwards..
if you need dose help, I can try..
will need metro strength and a weight on sq...

550 grams.

I have Metronidazole 50mg/ml so I have to give him 0.55cc, right?

[Jackie in Tampa]

550 grams.

I have Metronidazole 50mg/ml so I have to give him 0.55cc, right?

it is a suspension?
did you make it?
or did a pharmacist compound it?
sometimes suspended meds have a very short shelf life..
if it was compounded by pharmacist it may be okay/stable for 60 days...
is there an expiration date?