Hello! New to this forum, but not new to rehabbing squirrels. I've had several I've raised and released with no issues. I acquired a small female (approximately 4 weeks old the beginning of September) from a client who's dog found her. She had some slight head/face trauma, including a bloody nose. She was having difficulty breathing, so I cleaned her face/nostrils and put her on flow-by oxygen. She seemed to have aspirated some blood, so I was concerned about aspiration pneumonia. She stabilized, and I was able to start her on Fox Valley formula. The next few days were very rough for her, even began agonal breathing at one point, but she pulled through. About a week later (the day after Hurricane Dorian) a friend of mine found a male baby, about 6 weeks old, blown from his nest during the storm. Mom didnt come back for him, so he came home to me. The two of them took to each other immediately. The little boy is thriving, but his "sister" seems to be very "behind the curve"...
Her body condition and haircoat is much poorer than his. She is literally half the size of him. She is tiny, and circles left everytime she starts moving around the cage. She had a grand mal seizure on saturday evening that lasted about 10 minutes. Her appetite is good, and she had finally started nibbling on soft foods (apples, watermelon, avocado, and a little bit of her Henry's Healthy blocks), but I dont think she is actually consuming it. I still have her on formula, and each time I feed her she actually starts angrily chewing her own front paws and legs like shes super impatient. She even gets mad when I try to move her paws away from her face and introduce the syringe. It's very odd. She is not phased by sights or sounds, and seems to be quite fearless (I think, unfortunately, it's out of sheer stupidity. Bless her heart...).
I am a vet tech, but the doctors I work for aren't familiar with squirrels, so they're at a loss. Unfortunately, there aren't any in my area that are.
Any ideas?