Hello All!
I am new to all things squirrel. I have rehabilitated other animals in the past. However I can tell you I have researched so much my eyes are about to fall out, in the past week. I have not gotten much sleep (which I am okay with he is worth it). Today is exactly a week since my little ones family was unfortunately attacked by an animal on our front lawn, we found them right after. We found the baby dragging himself through the grass, the mother was killed. His back leg it seems was bit but it was very superficial it didnt look to be a deep bite there was some blood. My husband and I immediately removed him because it looked like it had just happened we didnt know if the animal would come back, I believe it might have been cat. I immediately went to the local pet store, I am friends with the owner and she of course has a lot of pets of her own and is very knowledgeable about resources, she gave me a spray to help with the wound called microcyn AH which she said would clean it out, disinfect and help it heal (it is able to be used on small animals including rabbits) and told me about the esbilac but she did not have any there. I also purchased pedialyte right away.
We are keeping him an a ferret cage we already had, he has a little cardboard box with tshirt in it as a nest. He seems to be about 8 weeks old at this point, he is fully furred and has a bushy tail. (I could be wrong) I have been doing esbilac feedings, every 4-5 hours and ordered the monkey biscuits which he cannot eat just yet but I just got henrys healthy blocks in yesterday and he loves those. I ordered the fox valley formula but it has not come in just yet. Not a fan of veggies just yet. Sorry for all the back info I just want to make sure it is understood I am doing everything necessary for this baby. The reason I am posting is his leg. The actual bite marks looked like they were healing well very quickly however his leg is still swollen, he is putting pressure on it now which he was not before which is huge improvement but I am not sure if I am seeing that the area is growing or if he is just getting bigger because of all the eating. Maybe its scar tissue? I want to make sure this is not an abscess. I cannot see any puss in the area. He lets me touch it without crabbing. I do not see him licking or chewing at it so I'm just not sure. I just wanted some input. I have amoxicillin if need be. And my mother has a scale I can use. I ask you to please go easy on me, I have reached out to somebody who deals with baby squirrels in our area and I sound young so she was very judgmental of me, I have not done this before but I am devoted I understand he is a wild animal. I am not trying to just make him a pet out of nowhere, his mother was killed too. If he is able to be fully rehabilitated I would like to return him outside as hard as it will be, but I do also understand the dangers outside, we have alot of strays in our areas so I am also torn since this happened to begin with. I am not naive but I am devoted to animals and helping this one. He is doing much better than he was a week ago so I am giving him my all.