Baby chipmunk

[LaShae1995]

We found a young chipmunk I don't know how old she is. Her eyes are fully opened her tail is bushed and she has long bottom teeth and tiny top teeth. Can someone help me age this baby and see what I should feed her?

[Charley Chuckles]

Oh I'm sorry I have no idea about chippys as Florida doesn't have any....
Bumping your thread 👍

[LaShae1995]

Her weight is 46.9 grams
I haven't given her milk as she looks like she may be weaned and personally i have no idea what kind of milk to give her. I gave her hamster/rat food for now. Her tummy seems plump but I haven't seen her eat myself. I'll weigh her again the day after tomorrow and keep yall posted.

[TubeDriver]

Hi, you can still offer her Esbilac puppy formula or Fox Valley 20/50 if she will take it. You should use a small syringe with miracle nipple (you can get this from Henry's pets.com or amazon etc). Keep weighing her daily, you want to see weight gain. Weight loss is a red flag that sonething is wrong. If she is weaned, get her some quality rodent block like Teklad or Henrys. A lot of stuff advertised as "rodent food" is just nuts and seeds and is actually not very healthy for them.

Her weight is 46.9 grams
I haven't given her milk as she looks like she may be weaned and personally i have no idea what kind of milk to give her. I gave her hamster/rat food for now. Her tummy seems plump but I haven't seen her eat myself. I'll weigh her again the day after tomorrow and keep yall posted.

[LaShae1995]

Thank you!! Will kitten mill work? That's all I got. And how much would you feed her? And how often.

Do you know about how old she is? Her eyes open ears open fully furred tail bushy has long bottom teeth and top teeth are coming in? Or maybe shortish? Normalish? Idk. Very fast.

If anyone has a care sheet that would be awesome ♡

Would oxbow adult rat food and blocks by mazuri work as well?

[LaShae1995]

Her weight this morning at 8am was 45.6 grams..... it was 46.9 and she had a big poop this morning maybe that's why she lost 1.3 grams?

I think she was asleep this morning, when I opened her cage one eye was shut but after moving around it opened. So she may have also just not eaten or drank this morning yet is the reason for -1.3 grams 🤔


So maybe she's eatting and getting nurtionment? My sister said she drank a little bit of water from a small bowl. Here is a pic of her poop. Had her since Oct 1. So today would be 2 days now.

If I need the puppy formula I can try to get some today I believe I do have esbalic kitten formal on hand though .just let me know please. Thanks ♡♡♡

P.S. I really don't want to offer milk unless it is necessary as I don't want to hurt her tummy if she is weaned.

[Dusty]

We found a young chipmunk I don't know how old she is. Her eyes are fully opened her tail is bushed and she has long bottom teeth and tiny top teeth. Can someone help me age this baby and see what I should feed her?

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[LaShae1995]

Honestly I didn't see anything yet about what I was hoping to find. Looks interesting though. Thanks anyways. I'm probably going to buy some puzzle treat things for rabbits and maybe make a ramp so she can get in and out of her cage herself so when she's done playing I don't have to shoo her back to the tank and scoop her up. Maybe this will help? If anyone has suggestions please let me know. Other than flipping and scardish she's doing great. Sure is cute I know that! 😍

Funny thing she did was ran into my gown one night, took a minute to get her out. 😂 I never thought I'd have a chippie in my gown but hey life is full of surprises. My grandpa actually saved her from cats when she was a baby. They didn't hurt her but the cats apparently found her home or something. I'm glad she's OK and is thriving 💕

[supersquirrelgirl]

Hi There,

A suggestion for you.........Chippie looks too big to be weighed in the glass jar. I think its stressful in this small size. I would use a bigger container that is 3X size. Hopefully your scale has a zero feature to cancel weight of container. If not, just do the subtraction.

Another suggestion is checking with a rehabber or wildlife center for advice on release information. Having chipmunk for another 6 months (over winter), will certainly domesticate the animal and require you to wild-up the animal before release to prepare it. (They might even offer to help you ??)

*** Be careful when talking or calling to hide your ID since wildlife may be protected in your state. You can learn many things from wildlife center on age, weight, and possible release.

I say this because you indicated that you will not keep Chippie and do plan to release.

Just my thoughts.

Mr.SSG

EDIT: I see your scale has a TARE feature so you are good.

[LaShae1995]

Thank you for the advice. Yes I am aware the jar was too tiny I don't use it anymore I didn't know she had gotten so big so quickly and that was all I had on hand at the time. They grow fast! And as you suggested I will continue my efforts on learning how to properly release her and gather as much knowledge as i can about them to better wild her up. I know how to wild up squirrels as we have successfully released 3. The female already had two litters ♡♡♡ but I will do something similar for her. I think they toys I gave her is helping and I think honestly she may been just stressed out because I basically gave her a "new world" she was probably like where is my box I made up and in its place was a different box with different smells ect. I try not to change bedding as often but I am going to put like a small piece of fleece in there probably that way she'll get her smell on it and then when I do have to do cage cleaning she can still have a safe familiar thing to snuggle up with.

Thansk for all the help! She's doing amazing.

[supersquirrelgirl]

Sounds Great! Thank you for saving little Chippie. Having past squirrel release experience will be invaluable.

Thank you!