Advice, Please: Strong Ammonia smelling, pinkish-clear urine, possible UTI?

[No2alike]

I need some advice. I have rehabbed several squirrels in the last year but none of the other babies had urine that smelled so strongly of ammonia like this, even when they were dehydrated and I had to rehydrate them before feeding. I just got her Thursday (it’s Sunday night). She looks skinny for her age and I think she is about 5-6wks old. I can feel her spine and ribs and her face is hollow looking. She has only gained a gram in the four days I’ve had her. She is 122grams in weight and she sometimes doesn’t feed very wellfeeding. The easiest time to feed her is first thing in the morning when she eats about 7mls. At night she hardly eats at all. She isn’t lethargic, yet.

Should I get her started on Bactrim or should I wait and see? We don’t have any good wildlife vets in our area. Any advice would be helpful. I don’t want to wait until she gets really sick to act. She is already so thin. Thanks!

[TubeDriver]

If you think the "pink" in the urine is blood then I would start the AB. If not, could be from dehydration? I would try a dose of pedialyte and then some extra water hydration between feedings. She is big enough that body temp regulation should not be a big issue but perhaps she is so weak that she will still need extra help staying warm (cold bodies do not process food well)? Perhaps also consider trying a different formula (maybe GMF)? If you are convinced she is warm, hydrated and tolerates the formula you are using but she still can't put on weight and don't see a change in behavior, start the AB.

I need some advice. I have rehabbed several squirrels in the last year but none of the other babies had urine that smelled so strongly of ammonia like this, even when they were dehydrated and I had to rehydrate them before feeding. I just got her Thursday (it’s Sunday night). She looks skinny for her age and I think she is about 5-6wks old. I can feel her spine and ribs and her face is hollow looking. She has only gained a gram in the four days I’ve had her. She is 122grams in weight and she sometimes doesn’t feed very wellfeeding. The easiest time to feed her is first thing in the morning when she eats about 7mls. At night she hardly eats at all. She isn’t lethargic, yet.

Should I get her started on Bactrim or should I wait and see? We don’t have any good wildlife vets in our area. Any advice would be helpful. I don’t want to wait until she gets really sick to act. She is already so thin. Thanks!