My five year old captive female gray squirrel have been sick for weeks. I have taken her to the local vet several times about two weeks apart. He gives her intravenous fluids and an injection of baytril. He sends us home with a prescription of baytril I give her orally for up to two weeks. She does fine for a week or two but then slowly stops eating, becomes lethargic and holds her head down. She obviously feels bad. I take her back to the vet for the same treatment routine which helps for a while but the symptoms eventually return. We need to stop this vicious circle.
This squirrel has had lots of problems over her short life. I rescued her from a dog when she still had no fur. She had dental issues from the start. When she was a year or two old, she developed breathing problems with a bloody nose. Our local vets don't know a lot about squirrels and referred us to other vets out of town. We first took her to two different vets in the Memphis area who each pulled infected teeth. That didn't resolve problems she had as the breathing issue and nosebleeds would come and go. Eventually, we took her to a vet we were referred to who correctly diagnosed odentomas which are growths at the base of the teeth. He removed those and she has been fine until a couple of months ago.
Any advise or recommendations for treatment will be greatly appreciated. I love my squirrel and I'm scared I'm going to lose her.