Re: The storm left me with three baby squirrels. NEED HELP. NEW AT THIS.
Originally Posted by
alec
Hello all,
Great forum, first of all. Many thanks in advance for your help and care.
During the enormous storm of yesterday's afternoon, a sycamore tree fell on our street and left completely exposed a next with three babies. No mummy in sight.
They were put inside a big fleece hat on top of a warming pad and shortly after had a warm bath to get rid of the fleas! They cozied up together for a while and were examined and measured (I don't have a kitchen scale). The smallest kitten (looks like the ugly duckling of the bunch, btw) was just a tad over 6 inches (body only). I deducted that they were between 5 to 6 weeks old and proceeded by feeding them pure goats milk (no cream or yogurt) which they took super well with the syringe (around 8cc/ml). I repeated every 5 hours or so. All was going well, the poops looked and smelled good, no bloated bellies until tonight at 8:30pm. The smallest kitten had one of those yellow diarrheas. I understand that it's a common occurrence: transition from mummy milk to goat, overfeeding, etc...but still...your input/help/support/advice is greatly appreciated. My plan is to skip a feeding session for that kitten and feed him pedialyte instead. I have ordered FV 20/50 and a better feeding syringe but at the moment, I only have access to pedialyte and pure goats milk.
Would love to hear from you!
Cheers,
Alex
Transitioning to the goat's milk is a possibility, overfeeding could be another.
Having a scale/Knowing their weight is important for both feeding as well as
medicating if that were to become necessary.
Babies are fed by 5-7% their body weight which represents the capacity of
their stomachs. Overfeeding leads to diarrhea.
I'm attaching a link to baby squirrel care, it can be a big help.
It's 6 pages long with the next button on the top right corner.
https://www.henryspets.com/1-basic-setup/
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