Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: Sending out a "SOS"

  1. #1
    Ryan Guest

    Default Sending out a "SOS"

    Got ah baby grey here, eyes just opened day before yesterday. Will not take anything but fruit punch Gatorade. Anybody near Memphis, Tn who could talk ah minute so I can give list of symptoms, and possibly help out this little gray..? My number is 901-826-5624 and my name is Ryan. Call anytime you can please.. P.s. I tried to call lichterman nature center three times yesterday and got no answer. So here's my SOS...

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    West Kentucky
    Posts
    5,431
    Thanked: 6

    Default Re: Sending out a "SOS"

    oh lordy. GATORADE? lol.... that won't do at all.

    emergency goat milk formula is what you need bad. lemme go find the recipe. don't leave!

    Temporary Formula for Infant Squirrels – The Goat’s Milk Formula

    Because of recent manufacturing issues, Esbilac and other puppy formulas are no longer being recommended for squirrels or other wildlife. The formula that TSB recommends, Fox Valley Day One, is currently available online at www.foxvalleynutrition.com and www.henryspets.com. But those require shipping and this baby squirrel needs food NOW.

    One of our senior members who posts as Jackie in Tampa uses an excellent temporary substitute, and it can be assembled from locally purchased ingredients:

    3 parts goat’s milk
    1 part heavy whipping cream*
    1 part vanilla yogurt

    Formula will last 48 hours in refrigerator.

    Goat’s Milk
    This can be purchased at natural food stores such as Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, and at most health food stores that sell groceries. It is a product for humans. Do not substitute commercial formula made for baby goats or other livestock sold at feed stores.

    Goat’s milk is available fresh in a carton; evaporated in a can; and as a powdered milk. If you purchase either the evaporated or powdered versions, please blend them with water according to the package directions before using to make the formula.

    Heavy Whipping Cream
    This is found in small cartons in the grocery store near the coffee creamers and half and half. Regular heavy cream may be substituted if it is unavailable, but the heavy whipping cream has the highest fat content, and is preferred.

    Yogurt
    Yogurt has beneficial bacteria in it that soothes and settles digestion. Full fat yogurt is best, and a good choice that is very widely available is Stoneyfield Yobaby yogurt. However if it is unavailable, a low fat vanilla yogurt may be substituted. Avoid those that have artificial sweeteners in them. Vanilla and banana are both popular flavors, and the sweet taste of the yogurt helps to convince the baby to accept it.

    It has been recently discovered that very small pinky squirrels may do better digestively if, instead of being given Fox Valley formula straight, mix the Fox Valley 50/50 with the Goat’s Milk Formula assembled WITHOUT the heavy whipping cream.

    *It is recommended that when just starting to feed a new baby that the first feedings be made without the heavy whipping cream. This will give their digestive systems a chance to acclimate from mama’s milk to our substitute without the harder-to-digest whipping cream. Once they accept the formula and are eliminating properly, the whipping cream can be gradually added in.

    When your Fox Valley formula arrives, please transition your babies to the new formula slowly, by blending the Goat’s Milk Formula with the blended and liquefied Fox Valley formula, increasing the ratio of Fox Valley with each feeding until you are no longer using the goat’s milk.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts
    19,874
    Thanked: 1093

    Default Re: Sending out a "SOS"

    Before you feed the goats milk, make this up, it is homemade pedialyte.

    1c warm water
    1 tbsp sugar
    1/4 tsp salt

    ....keeps in frig for 3 days (warm before feeding each time)

    Feed this for 6-12 hours depending on how dehydrated (make sure to stimulate to potty or keep on white bedding so you can see if it is peeing).

    Then slowly work up to the gm recipe, diluting it with water.

    I think Baxied is near you, let me see if I can get ahold of her.

    Sent a pm to her, hopefully she will be on soon and can help.
    Last edited by pappy1264; 09-07-2013 at 09:54 AM. Reason: added info.
    President--Meemor Anonymous,
    Mary...
    MISS YOU NUT, LOVE YOU FOREVER.
    BEAN, NOW IN HEAVEN BUT FOREVER IN MY HEART,
    I AM A BETTER PERSON FOR HAVING LOVED YOU.
    BUDDY...YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND AND I WILL MISS YOU FOREVER.
    PEANUT...YOU CHANGED ME FOREVER..AND TOOK MY HEART WHEN YOU LEFT.
    I WILL MISS YOU FOREVER AND A DAY.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    West Kentucky
    Posts
    5,431
    Thanked: 6

    Default Re: Sending out a "SOS"

    since it has been drinkin gatorade does it need more hydrating with pedialyte? ain't they about the same thing?

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts
    19,874
    Thanked: 1093

    Default Re: Sending out a "SOS"

    Yes, but depends on how long he has been feeding (and it has more sugar then pedialyte, as well).
    President--Meemor Anonymous,
    Mary...
    MISS YOU NUT, LOVE YOU FOREVER.
    BEAN, NOW IN HEAVEN BUT FOREVER IN MY HEART,
    I AM A BETTER PERSON FOR HAVING LOVED YOU.
    BUDDY...YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND AND I WILL MISS YOU FOREVER.
    PEANUT...YOU CHANGED ME FOREVER..AND TOOK MY HEART WHEN YOU LEFT.
    I WILL MISS YOU FOREVER AND A DAY.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    43,984
    Thanked: 21576

    Default Re: Sending out a "SOS"

    From another excellent post:


    In small mammals as small as squirrels, you are always better off to re hydrate with glucose or sugar water than pedialyte when the animal is dehydrated from lack of fluids or milk. Theres a few reasons, but mainly the preservatives that are used in the commercial electrolytes for human consumption. In a human sized kidney, or even a large breed puppy, not a big deal, but in the kidneys of a tiny squirrel, you have these little filters the size of half to a whole pea, and they are battling to keep the impurities out of the blood which is now thickened and concentrated, in a body that cannot afford to flush them out because it cant afford the fluid loss to make urine. The kidneys are already in trouble. Those chemicals are immediately caught in the kidneys because the body cannot use them for anything. Pedialyte often contains dye and flavoring which should never be used, but the preservatives alone can cause problems you wont even see. In cross section
    necropsies of kidneys for other rehabbers, I have found crystals, inflammation and blockage from Pedialyte and Gatorade. The Gatorade is just insane. I wont even drink it after seeing how the kidneys are affected. I have necropsied HUGE BLUE Gatorade kidneys! When the body is dehydrated and the kidneys are that small, we must only give the system things it can break down and use. There is no room for added chemicals. We have to stay as pure as possible.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Location
    High up on the Mountain
    Posts
    1,059
    Thanked: 344

    Default Re: Sending out a "SOS"

    Here is a list of TN wildlife rehabbers. I'm sure there are several in the Memphis area, and you can give them a call.

    http://www.tn.gov/twra/pdfs/rehabdirectory.pdf

Members who have read this thread: 0

There are no members to list at the moment.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •