New to the forum... and of course I have a newbie question.
Hello all,
My name is Brett Dearman and I live with my wife Holli in Meeker, Colorado (way up in the Northwest corner). Several weeks ago, Holli found a baby squirrel that had apparently fallen out of a tree in our yard. He was about 2-3 weeks old at the time... Eyes not open yet, but had a light layer of hair. We named him Simon (for no particular reason). Tried to reunite him with his mother, but she was nowhere to be found. The next day, she found another one under the same tree. Naturally, he had to be named Garfunkel (but goes by Funky now). That was all about 6 weeks ago. Since then, we've done a lot of research and have had pretty solid success so far. They're both developing well and are very active. We got them a "six story condo" cage and they run like crazy... then crash hard after they've been fed... just like human toddlers. We've been starting the weaning process and I'm beginning to think we may be rushing it a bit. They've been on a pretty steady diet of Esbilac (powdered with blue label), but have started giving them solid (albeit soft) foods. They seem to like avocados, peeled grapes, sweet potatoes (sort of), apples, broccoli, peaches and of course... pecan pieces. They've been tolerating it really well for the last couple of weeks until yesterday. It appears that Simon has developed really loose stools and we're concerned that we may be rushing the weaning process a bit. I would appreciate it if you folks in this group would chime in and let me know your thoughts. We're flying by the seat of our pants (with YouTube and Google for support), so I would appreciate any helpful tips. Are we over-feeding them? Being in remote Colorado, there are no rehab facilities anywhere close to us, so we're looking to you all for advice.
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