I'm fostering several baby squirrels who were all doing very well up until today. My only male (the smallest) ate fine this morning, then by afternoon I could hardly get him to let me squeeze a few drops in his mouth. I happened to see something white on the corner of his lip, and thought it was milk curd. I tried gently brushing it off with the tip of the syringe, but it was stuck. I opened his mouth and realized that his whole tongue is covered in white blisters - it looks an awful lot like when human babies get thrush. (See pic)
I used a catheter tip to squeeze a little bit of milk into his throat so he didn't have to use his mouth to suckle - it must hurt! But no one I know has ever heard of a squirrel having thrush and I'm not sure what course to take here. Any advice??