Hi everyone!

We got 3 pinky flying squirrels weighing 3-4 grams (yikes!) into our rehab. center last week. I foster all the baby mice and can successfully raise a 2 gram hairless mouse, so they were sent with me as their best option.

I wasn't optimistic but one pulled through...Now I need some help on how to keep a pinky flying squirrel going strong!

I started them on FV 32/40. Two presented unmoving milk lines and passed in the first 2 days. The survivor I sent through a long dilution onto Goat's Milk Esbilac.

She started gaining, digesting, dropping milk lines, seems to be thriving. She's now lived/ grown for 1 week. I realize I may still lose her, simply because she's such a long shot, but I'd like to hear from anyone who's raised pinky flyers on what I don't know... that I need to know.

Specifically, I'm very worried about her GI, since she barely made it through the FV 32/40 episode.

1. Benecbac? go for it or not.
2. Anyone used lactulose? on any pink squirrels?
3. What is a normal poop amount for tiny flying squirrels?
4. Are they normally fussy pants? She really, really complains when I stimulate. It also takes a long time before I get anything.

I feel like there's a problem. I can really see a lot of formula in the intestines, more than would be normal for other pink things I've raised. It's in the attached picture. She's not pooping beautifully. I tried cisapride and ranitidine and got a poop, but it makes me nervous to mess too much without knowing more of what I'm aiming for.

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What do you think guys? What protocols have you used to successfully raise a pinky flying squirrel?

THANKS! Casey