Re: 2.5 week old female Eastern Gray not gaining weight
Originally Posted by
PhinMax
It's the FV for under 4 weeks. I don't have a scale, so no weights. I can go buy one.
If your feeding the FV 32/40 TSB does not recommend it for the very reasons you are seeing.
If you do not have a weight on these babies you have no real way to know how much they
should be eating. Squirrels are fed between 5-7% of their body weight (each feeding) which
represents the capacity of their stomachs. Meds for squirrels if the need should arrive are also
administered by body weight. It is essential to have a scale for weights when rearing these babies.
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