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\"Eastern The following story about an eastern gray squirrel was shared with us by licensed wildlife rehabilitator Deanna Epps of Waxhaw, North Carolina.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brought into rehab on June 10, 2024, this adult eastern gray squirrel was hit by a car. She was found dazed and allowed the caller to pick her up.<\/p>\n

On arrival, she weighed 382 grams (about 13.5 ounces) and was covered in fly-strike, which was cleaned off. She had a small puncture wound on the left side of her head just below the ear, which was cleaned and antibiotic cream placed. She had dried blood in her left ear and blood drainage from her nose and mouth. Her sinuses were gurgly when breathing. She had a corneal abrasion to her left eye confirmed by fluorescein stain test. I did not see any injuries inside the mouth and no deformities to the head, spine, or the rest of her body. She was favoring the right front leg but on exam and X-ray, no significant findings were found. She was started on subcutaneous lactated ringers, meloxicam, Clavamox, ofloxacin eye drops, and was sprayed with a flea and tick treatment for parasites.<\/p>\n

\"EasternOn Day 2, she was unable to eat any food on her own and was lying in a corner of the cage with nasal wheezing. I gave her all of her meds and continued treatments.<\/p>\n

On Day 3, she still wasn\u2019t eating anything on her own. Her weight was down to 348 grams (about 12.3 ounces). I started to feed her EmerAid IC Omnivore<\/a> in small amounts three times a day. She was still having a lot of pain in her mouth. She did swallow the EmerAid, but it took a little time.<\/p>\n

By June 14, she was eating the EmerAid much better, so I started to feed her twice a day.<\/p>\n

By June 16, she started gaining weight, reaching 362 grams (about 12.8 ounces). Although still lying on the bottom of the cage, she now drank some water and licked some of the mush I made her. Her eye was healed.<\/p>\n

By June 18, her weight hit 392 grams (about 13.8 ounces). She slept in a hanging bag and ate some of the food and vegetables along with the mush food. I discontinued the EmerAid. She was no longer wheezing or gurgly, and she roamed around in the cage and got around very well.<\/p>\n

By June 21, I put her outside in the big pre-release cage to monitor her climbing skills. She did very well.<\/p>\n

On June 28, I opened her little cage door so that she could come and go for release.<\/p>\n

Thanks to EmerAid IC Omnivore, once again, she is another success story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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