HELP- I found an orphaned squirrel nearly 2 weeks ago he appeared to be 2 weeks old (48 grams). Tried to reunite with Mom with no success. He currently weighs 76 grams his eyes are closed and he acts like he is starving and I feed him every 3.5 hours aprox except at night he sleeps for 6 hours. In the last 24 hours he started having soft yellow stool. Below is the steps that I did over the course of 24-48 hours.


1. I increased his food to 7% of his body weight because he was starving about 48 hours ago. He is eating fox valley 32/40.

2. He started having soft stools about 12-18 hours later.

3. I took him off formula and gave him pedialyte for a meal.

4. I mixed pedialyte 50/50 with formula for 2 meals. Poop cleared up.

5. Started him on formula again based on conversation with Henry's 75% Fox Valley 32/40 with 25% 20/50 fox valley formula.

6. 2 meals of that now really really soft poop almost watery.

I was told that I should give him formula and baby oatmeal that he is just not getting enough food. His belly is not big and round and his pee is very clear and has been about 2 days after I got him. He was dehydrated when I got him and I rehydrated him before I started formula.

Can I feed him baby oatmeal with formula?





I plan to turn him over to a rehabber on Friday that has other baby squirrels.