4yr old E.G. with upper respiratory infection.

[Eric]

The only antibiotic I have been able to get my hands on is 1 Amoxicillin Trihydrate 250 mg pill. Should I hold off and try to find something else? Or start dosing with what I got? I need help with the dosage as well. It's been a a few weeks already I'm really worried. Pls help.

[Charley Chuckles]

I'm bumping your thread so someone can dose. I'm sure what you have will work.

[Mel1959]

You need to post the strength of the medicine and the weight of the squirrel.

[supersquirrelgirl]

Eric,

If this is respiratory infection that's weeks old, you should treat it before getting any worse.

Amox Tri 250mg will work but its not the best. If you can find either Amox-Clav or Cipro its better. Both are very common human antibiotics. Only need 1 pill.

My advice would be to start with Amox Tri AB and switch later. In addition, I suggest giving some probiotic since AB does disrupt the digestive system to some degree.

To move forward with dosing, we need the squirrel weight in grams if possible. Dosing info will be sent by Private Mail (PM).

You will also need a 1mL syringe with clear markings for diluting and administering the AB.

Mr.SSG

[Eric]

Eric,

If this is respiratory infection that's weeks old, you should treat it before getting any worse.

Amox Tri 250mg will work but its not the best. If you can find either Amox-Clav or Cipro its better. Both are very common human antibiotics. Only need 1 pill.

My advice would be to start with Amox Tri AB and switch later. In addition, I suggest giving some probiotic since AB does disrupt the digestive system to some degree.

To move forward with dosing, we need the squirrel weight in grams if possible. Dosing info will be sent by Private Mail (PM).

You will also need a 1mL syringe with clear markings for diluting and administering the AB.

Mr.SSG

I'm not sure which amoxicillin it is. Somebody just gave it to me online it says it's typically at 500 mg but I was told it was 250 mg. And what kind of probiotic can I give her like yogurt. And do I give it before or after

[supersquirrelgirl]

Hi Eric,

Please post the Pill ID codes on both sides.

You can look-up pill here: https://www.drugs.com/pill_identification.html

Is this the same squirrel with respiratory issues from 2 months ago ?? (please say NO....)

Mr.SSG

[Eric]

[QUOTE=Eric;1381724]I'm not sure which amoxicillin it is. Somebody just gave it to me online it says it's typically at 500 mg but I was told it was 250 mg. And what kind of probiotic can I give her like yogurt. And do I give it before or after. I don't have a scale but I'd say she's around a pound

[supersquirrelgirl]

Hi Eric,

Please post the Pill ID codes on both sides.

You can look-up pill here: https://www.drugs.com/pill_identification.html

Is this the same squirrel with respiratory issues from 2 months ago ?? (please say NO....)

Mr.SSG

RePost from myself.

For safety of squirrel, dosing can only be done knowing the type of antibiotic, its strength, and the squirrel weight. Can you post pictures of antibiotic pill so we can confirm what it is. In addition, I suggest you get a digital scale from Amazon or Walmart as this will be important in future.

One important question I have when getting antibiotic online from someone is confidence its good. Marking should be clear and easy to confirm. For me, its a safety factor especially when its your pet squirrel.

Mr.SSG

[Eric]

RePost from myself.

For safety of squirrel, dosing can only be done knowing the type of antibiotic, its strength, and the squirrel weight. Can you post pictures of antibiotic pill so we can confirm what it is. In addition, I suggest you get a digital scale from Amazon or Walmart as this will be important in future.

One important question I have when getting antibiotic online from someone is confidence its good. Marking should be clear and easy to confirm. For me, its a safety factor especially when its your pet squirrel.

Mr.SSG

The scale I found says she weighs 505 G and it's not letting me upload any pictures. But the pill is a capsule pink and blue with an A 45 on the pink side.

[Eric]

RePost from myself.

For safety of squirrel, dosing can only be done knowing the type of antibiotic, its strength, and the squirrel weight. Can you post pictures of antibiotic pill so we can confirm what it is. In addition, I suggest you get a digital scale from Amazon or Walmart as this will be important in future.

One important question I have when getting antibiotic online from someone is confidence its good. Marking should be clear and easy to confirm. For me, its a safety factor especially when its your pet squirrel.

Mr.SSG

It is the same squirrel. We tried an all natural antibiotic and it seemed like it had been working everything was going good and she seemed like she was a lot better up until a few days ago. Because of how dangerous antibiotics can be for squirrels I wanted it to be a last resort so now here we are.

[supersquirrelgirl]

It is the same squirrel. We tried an all natural antibiotic and it seemed like it had been working everything was going good and she seemed like she was a lot better up until a few days ago. Because of how dangerous antibiotics can be for squirrels I wanted it to be a last resort so now here we are.

Understand. In order for TSB to help with antibiotic dosing, we need type, strength, and squirrel body weight. We can't guess as this could under-dose or worst, over-dose.

[Eric]

The pill is an amoxicillin trihydrate AB 500 mg and Delilah weighs 505 G.

[CritterMom]

I have sent you dilution and dosing info via PM.

[CritterMom]

I have been helping Eric via PM with dosing and finally asked our most important question - about diet. It seems his squirrel is eating mostly nuts and no blocks, and we need to help him change that.

Basically, a diet that is primarily nuts is far too low in calcium and too high in phosphorus for your squirrel. They do not live on nuts in the wild - they are only really around for a short time each year. This diet results in weak, brittle bones and since calcium is also integral to muscles being able to contract, they often will develop paralysis in the hind legs. The only wat to fix this is to fix the diet, and to spend some time over supplementing with calcium to try to get back to normal.

The emergency treatment to start boosting calcium is here: https://henryspets.com/pages/emergen...ngs-youll-need

A huge part of the treatment is replacing 99% of the nuts in her diet with a food that was specifically designed to help treat and to prevent metabolic bone disease. The food at Henrys was designed to do just that - "Henry" was a squirrel that got MBD and his Mom finally designed a food and now has a company manufacturing it. It does what nothing else on the market is going to do - it helps to actually treat the problem as well as prevent it from happening in the first place, and unlike pretty much anything available at the pet store, it TASTES GOOD and they like it.

All of these varieties are good - my squirrel particularly likes the hazelnut: https://henryspets.com/collections/squirrel-blocks They have no preservatives and must be kept frozen until ready to use. An Eastern gray should be eating 2-3 of these a day plus a variety of healthy veggies and limited fruit.

I do not know if there is any link between the respiratory issues she is having, but I do know that given your description of diet, she likely has it to some degree. You are a lot better to turn it around before you start seeing things like paralysis.

We used to see this CONSTANTLY - 9 out of 10 people coming her 10-15 years ago had squirrels with MBD. It has gotten more emphasis and there are more sites for people with squirrels, but there is a reason I try to as EVERYONE regardless of who they come here, about diet.

[Eric]

I have been helping Eric via PM with dosing and finally asked our most important question - about diet. It seems his squirrel is eating mostly nuts and no blocks, and we need to help him change that.

Basically, a diet that is primarily nuts is far too low in calcium and too high in phosphorus for your squirrel. They do not live on nuts in the wild - they are only really around for a short time each year. This diet results in weak, brittle bones and since calcium is also integral to muscles being able to contract, they often will develop paralysis in the hind legs. The only wat to fix this is to fix the diet, and to spend some time over supplementing with calcium to try to get back to normal.

The emergency treatment to start boosting calcium is here: https://henryspets.com/pages/emergen...ngs-youll-need

A huge part of the treatment is replacing 99% of the nuts in her diet with a food that was specifically designed to help treat and to prevent metabolic bone disease. The food at Henrys was designed to do just that - "Henry" was a squirrel that got MBD and his Mom finally designed a food and now has a company manufacturing it. It does what nothing else on the market is going to do - it helps to actually treat the problem as well as prevent it from happening in the first place, and unlike pretty much anything available at the pet store, it TASTES GOOD and they like it.

All of these varieties are good - my squirrel particularly likes the hazelnut: https://henryspets.com/collections/squirrel-blocks They have no preservatives and must be kept frozen until ready to use. An Eastern gray should be eating 2-3 of these a day plus a variety of healthy veggies and limited fruit.

I do not know if there is any link between the respiratory issues she is having, but I do know that given your description of diet, she likely has it to some degree. You are a lot better to turn it around before you start seeing things like paralysis.

We used to see this CONSTANTLY - 9 out of 10 people coming her 10-15 years ago had squirrels with MBD. It has gotten more emphasis and there are more sites for people with squirrels, but there is a reason I try to as EVERYONE regardless of who they come here, about diet.

Do you know of anybody in the Seattle Washington area that might have antibiotics?

[Eric]

Thank you so much CritterMom
It's been an extremely long hard battle for my dear Delilah but because of the help I received from this forum, CritterMom, and a complete stranger from Facebook, I was finally able to get the right antibiotics that I needed, the proper dosing instructions, and many helpful tips to completely turn Delilah's health around. We're not completely done with the antibiotics yet she still is sneezing a little bit but she's no longer having breathing trouble or discharge coming from her nose. I don't know how many Sleepless nights I spent stressing and worrying in tears that I might lose her. Now she seems happier and more energetic than I've seen her in a long time. And her fur is softer than it has ever been. It's taking some time to acclimate her to the new diet, she keeps looking at me when I fill her dish like "Um these aren't my almonds"(her favorite) but with the extra nutrition from the squirrel-Cal and Squirrel Booster from Exotic Nutrition, shes a brand new squirrel. Now we are just waiting on a sampler bag of squirrel blocks from Henry's to come in so that I can find her the flavor she likes. So again thank you so much for all the help and support I don't know what we would have done without you guys. I'll check in again with an update after the antibiotics are done. Until next time.

[CritterMom]

Oh I am so thrilled to hear this. Remember, the number of dosing days I gave you is a standard and this med can be given longer. As long as she is tolerating it stomach wise, it would be good to dose her until ALL of the symptoms are gone. So check in with us BEFORE you stop.

[Charley Chuckles]

Love a great update