Re: Eyes opened too soon??
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your effort in searching out help for this little buddy
Please update about this desperate little baby.
Please know that there is no wiggle room in the care and feeding of poor Hubert. But if you can get him on the correct formula as mentioned before, he may survive. As an experienced rehabiltator, this baby is touch and go.
is there any chance that you would turn this baby over to an experienced squirrel rehabber? He is so nutritionally deficit that he really needs to be on a predigested diet before going on the powdered Esbilac.
If you feel that you can't turn him over to experienced hands, please allow us to help you. Like I said, there is no wiggle room....
Stop canned liquid Esbilac right away!!! He needs to be slowly transitioned to the powdered Esbilac. Make up your formula as 4 parts water and 1 part Esbilac powder. let it sit for a few hours in the fridge if you have time. He desperately needs nutrition
so don't wait if he needs a feeding. Stay on this mix for two feedings. For the third feeding of the day go to an Esbilac mixture of 3 parts water to one part powder and feed this for a full day (24 hour cycle) feeding.
After that go to full strength powdered Esbilac (2 parts water 1 part powder).
redwuff
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Master Wildlife Rehabilitator