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If Your Baby Doesn't Look Healthy...
Go back to the ABC's:
- Is he warm?
- Is he hydrated?
- Is he being fed properly? (not too much or too little; not too often or too infrequently)
Then address those issues in that order!
Then go to The Squirrel Board for help. The baby's life depends on it.
Note: With immediate and intensive treatment, all of the sick babies in these pictures survived and were released.
6. Is Your Baby Healthy?
Newborn: Mostly pink, no eye slits visible, ears sealed flat to the head


1-2 Weeks: Dark color on head and back, eye slits visible, ears coming away from head


3 weeks: Short fur everywhere except on belly


4 weeks: Thicker fur, eyes almost ready to open, lower teeth emerging


5 weeks: Fully furred including belly, eyes open, upper teeth emerging

