Re: Dehydrated with MBD?
Originally Posted by
Miss Suzy Joy Button
Hey Stepnstone! Okay so I was using the quarter tsp as told to me by Lee at Henry's. I do it through out the day from 7a-11p. I was mixing it in filtered water, with a touch of clover honey and a a bit of cranberry apple juice, unsweetened. This was all rec. by Lee at Henry's. I started that Tuesday, 8/6. She was eating water melon and that's about it, also rec. by Lee. She peed ALOT twice on Thursday, 8/8. By Sat., 8/10 things went awry. She didn't want to eat good or bad stuff, will not eat the blocks, no matter what I do to them. I kept this calcium water up. Poop became beige and dry.
Here's what I realized. I found an article on The Squirrel board that squirrels drink 2-3 Tbsp water a day. She was getting teaspoons a day and only as calcium water. She refuses to drink from her bowl. She is strong but seems depressed.
I started the recipe last night at midnight. She has now gotten 1 teaspoon in her since midnight and it is just the recipe, no calcium. That takes 1 mL each time x 3. I need 3 more of those type feedings to get her to 1 Tbsp and hope to do that by 11:30 this morning. I am trying to pace it out perfectly.
Let's talk nutrition. You said above Formula 1-2 powder to water. I haven't done formula. Are you talking about Esbalac. Please advise. I agree she needs nutrition but she has stopped eating as of now, not even water melon. She syringe feeds well!
Thank you!
I was speaking about Esbilac formula, just forgot the age of your girl but if she will still take formula it's at least getting some nutrition in her.
As long as she syringe feeds well try blending block with formula or different foods with the block and see if she'll take to it.
All directives are based on average, all squirrels are not created equal. Regardless of how much calcium you have been giving, what reads how
or who said what you need to cut it back. Her bowels are dictating that.
Step-N-Stone
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Wildlife Master Rehabilitator