Re: Needing some advice
Originally Posted by
Lindshawks
I have 3 babies possibly around 3 weeks old. 2 females and a male. My boyfriend does tree work & they fell out of the tree they were working out of. Mommy didn’t return so he brought them home. We have been trying our best to keep them as healthy as possible but it seems like everything we try is just knocking us backward. When we got them a friend of ours told us to get puppy milk. We ended up using PetLac from the local tractor supply. Thus talking to a rehabber I quickly learned that was wrong. I was also doing pedialyte unflavored. I switched to the homemade formula (they absolutely love this) (goat milk yogurt and heavy cream with some egg yolk) I also switched to the honey water recipe for hydration instead of the pedialyte. My problem now is they’re peeing just fine but now they’re not pooping and and getting rather bloated. I tried the warm baths & gas drops but still have not very much luck. The boy pooped some today & it had like hard white clumps in it. Any idea what that could be? Also need advice on how to relieve these little babies. I feels so bad for them. I also ordered the miracle nipples & FV Formula just waiting for it to come in the mail.
Do you know how much these babies weigh? Squirrels are fed between 5-7% of body weight.
How much and how often are you feeding?
Goat's milk formula:
3 parts goat’s milk
1 part heavy whipping cream*
1 part vanilla yogurt
GM is only meant to be a temporary formula, never heard of adding or the purpose of adding egg yolk??
Bloating: > Is Life Threatening, Is his belly squishy like a water filled balloon or hard like a balloon filled with air?
Warm water soak: Put baby in a bowl of warm water, up to the armpits and gently stroke downward both sides of stomach.
Be sure to keep her warm during and after and stimulate by petting or simulating grooming, moving legs around, etc might
also help promote peristalsis (gut moving) and poops. Dry and keep warm after.
Attaching pictures of these babies bloat could be helpful.
Attached below is the link to baby squirrel care
It's 6 pages long with the next button on the top right corner.
https://www.henryspets.com/1-basic-setup/
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