{"id":11751,"date":"2023-05-11T09:10:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=11751"},"modified":"2023-05-13T00:23:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T05:23:10","slug":"eastern-fox-squirrel-overcomes-head-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/eastern-fox-squirrel-overcomes-head-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Fox Squirrel Overcomes Head Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11753\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/eastern-fox-squirrel-svwcr-20230511-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"eastern fox squirrel standing on towel in cage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/eastern-fox-squirrel-svwcr-20230511-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/eastern-fox-squirrel-svwcr-20230511-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/eastern-fox-squirrel-svwcr-20230511-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/eastern-fox-squirrel-svwcr-20230511.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about an Eastern fox squirrel was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/swvawildlifecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This adult Eastern fox squirrel was admitted from Blacksburg, Virginia, after being found in the road (likely hit by a car).<\/p>\n<p>Upon admission, this squirrel was lethargic, had a broken lower incisor, a busted nose, significant head trauma and was sneezing. She weighed 670 grams (about 1.5 pounds) on admission, which dropped during the first few days at the Center before rebounding.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her teeth not being badly injured, she was unwilling to eat, and we started her on <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-herbivore\/\">EmerAid IC Herbivore<\/a>. We placed it in a dish in her cage and she lapped it up. She also started eating solid, soft foods like fresh corn and other vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>She is still on a regimen of medicine to assist her with head trauma and her injured teeth but is expected to recover and be released into the wild. She is improving week by week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Eastern fox squirrel suffering injuries likely from being hit by a car is helped by staff at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke to recover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eastern Fox Squirrel Overcomes Head Trauma - 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