Possible AP?

[LoveMyRodents]

I have an Eastern Gray that I'm worried may have AP. He's been in my care for about a month, and is approximately 10 -11 weeks old. He's recently started refusing formula,which I know they all do at a point, but now I'm noticing a sound when he's up close to my ears, and I don't know if the timing is just a coincidence. It's not so much a clicking as an almost buzzing or purring sound. I've rehabbed a few squirrels, but never a gray, so I don't know if this is just a noise they make? I have Baytril, but I don't want to dose if not necessary, but I'm paranoid, and don't want to wait too long if it is. He's eating block still, and is still very active. Another question to go with this, should I need to treat him, how do I get him to take it if he refuses the syringe?

[CritterMom]

Eastern Grays purr almost like a cat when they are happy and excited. I can hear my guy purring down the hall in the morning when he knows I am on the way to get him out for breakfast and general mayhem. Sometimes they stop as adults but my two male grays both purred as adults.

The FIRST symptom you will see with A/P is lethargy and they don't want to eat anything. They look miserable. Then the "clicking" sound starts up. It is in the CHEST, not the throat and is at the same rhythm as the breathing - you are hearing the wet congestion from the pneumonia in the lungs passing in and out with each breath.

NONE of that sounds like your headstrong guy. He is eating and happy to see you. BTW, to give meds by syringe, the method is "any way you can." It usually involves some burritoing. But I don't think you need to find out this time!