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    Please help. I have a 4 almost 5 month old grey squirrel. She was eating her milk from a 20cc syringe with a miracle nipple. She drank to fast and asperated herself. Shes now clicking, wont eat and dont want to move. I dont have any of the the recommended antibiotics on hand and no way to get them. I do have amoxicillin. Can o give that to her? How much? She weighs right at a pound and the amoxicillon is 500mgs. My phone number is 352 457 1374 if someone could call me

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    Is anyone on who can help me?

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    Hi -- first, take three DEEP breaths. To help her, you yourself must be calm. They pick up things from us.
    Hold her up to your ear like a phone : is she clicking or popping on EVERy inhale and exhale? Babies will often sound clicky after eating or choking on formula because it's thick, but that doesd not mean instant pneumonia.

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    She is clicking with every breath. She dont want to move around. I tried getring her to take a pecan and she picked it up then just put it down. She normally sucks the milk and feeds herself. I just hold the syringe for her. I watched her gasp for air and milk flying our her nose. I immediatly put her upside down and kept wiping her nose and the milk. Then she wouldnt eat any more. This was abour 3 hrs ago, she was climbing around some right after, bur nor alot like normal. Then she got to wear she just dont want to move. And wont eat anything

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    Do you have a weight on that baby? Need a weight, meds are dosed by body weight.
    The 20cc syringe is too big for feeding, would be difficult for dosing.
    Do you have a 1cc?
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    She was on the 10cc and she would just try and rip the nipple off because i assume because she couldn't get enough to come out. I let her suck the milk on her own and dont press, shes done fine until tonight. I have ny neighbor bringing me my scale back to get the exacr weight

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    Quote Originally Posted by SandySquirrel17 View Post
    She was on the 10cc and she would just try and rip the nipple off because i assume because she couldn't get enough to come out. I let her suck the milk on her own and dont press, shes done fine until tonight. I have ny neighbor bringing me my scale back to get the exacr weight
    Even without pressing they will suck too hard and aspirating themselves is the result.
    I have one I'm feeding with a five cc just to make it easier for me and have to keep a
    drag on the syringe to keep him from drawing too fast. Anything larger is just way too
    risky IMO.
    As soon as you get a weight dosing will be sent in a pm, we don't put dosing info on the open board.
    Do you have a smaller syringe to dose with?
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    While your waiting for the scale,
    you can start by smashing up the amoxicillin 500 mg into a fine
    powder.
    Put that into a small container with a lid.
    To that you are going to add 10 mLs of water
    Shake this up every time before administering.
    Always give probiotics 2 hours prior or 2 hours after dosing antibiotics.
    All penicillins are particularly hard on their tummies.
    Now we wait for the weight to give you the correct doseage in a pm

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    Ok just weighed her she is 15oz, i have some 5cc syringes still, she has chewed my 1cc ones up. I will switched her back to a smaller cc fpr feeding. I was always afraid of asperating her myself, so her sucking on her own i thought was better, and she would go nuts trying to get the nipple off the 10cc after sucking and assumed it was because she couldnt get enough. Lesson learned for me as this is scarong the crap out of me

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    Quote Originally Posted by SandySquirrel17 View Post
    Ok just weighed her she is 15oz,
    Squirrels are weighed in grams so 15 oz = 425 grams. hold on...
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    I have the pill crushed and mixed with 10ml of water. For probiotics can i do the whole fat yogurt?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SandySquirrel17 View Post
    I have the pill crushed and mixed with 10ml of water. For probiotics can i do the whole fat yogurt?
    For tonight, you can but it has to be ~ 2 hours after the dosing.
    I will send a pm to you now this will take one minute.

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    Ok thank you so much

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    Quote Originally Posted by SandySquirrel17 View Post
    Ok thank you so much

    Dosing sent!


    For probiotics I use these.



    Just pull them apart and give ~ this amount O
    2 hours prior or 2 hours after
    dosing antibiotics.
    The taste is pretty benign, so just add it into a little formula or water, and she'll
    be good to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nancy in New York View Post
    Dosing sent!
    Thank you sweetie.
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    Thank you so much for the help. I will pick up the probiotics in the morning. Anything i should watch for to know that shes getting better or worse?

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    Thank goodness others stepped in -- had to feed the gang of 10 here . You should hear the clicking stop fairly soon after the first loading dose of antibiotics. Energy and appetite should return within two days, but keep the antibiotics going for the recommended length of time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SandySquirrel17 View Post
    Thank you so much for the help. I will pick up the probiotics in the morning. Anything i should watch for to know that shes getting better or worse?
    The clicking will usually subside within a short span of 12 hours or better and her appetite will pick back up.
    You acted quickly, got meds into her timely, breathe... it'll be alright.
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    Thank you guys so much!

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    Keep in touch and let us know how she's doing.
    BTW... We like pictures.
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