Re: Hello & help needed! (Asap Pinkie/Michigan)
Originally Posted by
Chelseamarie
Hello, I stumbled across this forum looking for help with a baby squirrel I found in my yard. I left him outside for 12 hours with a heating pad hoping the mom would come find him but no luck.
I’ve been reading nonstop about how to care for him. But I can’t seem to get him to eat a lot. He’s pooping & peeing when I stimulate him but I’m scared I’m not saving him. He has some cuts on him, not sure what they’re from or if there’s anything I need to do for him!
He always twitches a lot! When I try to feed him he just wiggles and wiggles
Any help or advice is so appreciated
Moved into Emergency life threatening - added to subject for more attention on it.
This baby needs hydrating preferably someone who can subQ at this point.
Pinks are fed every 2 hours, take the time until he was found add the 12 hours left outside
he has to be critically dehydrated. A dehydrated baby will not eat and their body will began
to shut down.
What are you feeding with? If the best you can do is drop by drop it may prolong him for
someone who can possibly help. He is in serious condition! He will also need antibiotics if
he can get stable enough to give them.
I'm posting two links below. The first is for the homemade hydration fluid. The other is on
baby squirrel care.
Hydration fluid:
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 tablespoon sugar (1-1/2 teaspoons)
8 oz water
Baby squirrel care:
Hopefully this may 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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