Baby Squirrel Food List

Don t worry if it shows no interest at first.

Baby squirrel food list.

All the recipes that i ve found online will help you learn how to make squirrel your own squirrel food to help you save money. Squirrels eat fungi and mushrooms oyster mushrooms truffles acron truffles lichen and more. Feeding your pet squirrel 1. However they prefer to eat fruit berries seeds and nuts.

Let them wean themselves. Below are two of the best. They are pink and bald at first. Once this happens place your chosen feeding block into the squirrel s enclosure after giving it a feeding with the dropper.

Blocks should be the baby squirrel s first solid food. Choose the feeding tool. High calcium vegetables 5 7 thumb sized pieces per day. Other healthy veggies 2 3 pieces per.

Most baby squirrels open their eyes fully at around 4 5 weeks of age. Be careful to remove any seeds pits skin or strings as these can cause choking in a baby squirrel. It is humorous to watch a squirrel chew on hard objects such as hickory nuts. When feeding the baby squirrel you will need to be very careful.

Caring for an older baby squirrel. Baby squirrels need to be taken care of until they are 12 weeks old. Harlan teklad 2014 and 2018 rodent diets. Rehabilitators put primate chow in the nest box to encourage the baby to try solid food and add other foods over the next two weeks such as apples grapes hard shelled nuts out of the shell broccoli stems kale green beans and other vegetables.

Rodent block 2 4 small blocks per day. Shelled pecans corn on the cob carrots sweet potato mushrooms hard boiled eggs grains pine cones branches containing lichen shelled walnuts berries blueberries strawberries etc seedless grapes small apple wedges small enough for them to hold in their hands and in very limited amounts as they can cause diarrhea spinach leaves acorns broccoli califlower pecans chestnuts almonds brazil nuts hickory nuts. You can feed a baby squirrel with a bottle and it will bond to you as its mother you have to keep baby squirrels warm and massage their genitals to make them pee. Try to introduce solid food once the squirrel s eyes open.

Arugula beet greens belgian endive chicory chinese. The best feeding tool for baby squirrel is a 1cc syringe. Never try to wean a baby squirrel off formula. It will take your baby squirrels a while before he she gets used into feeding.

They will exert so much pressure trying to wear a hole in a hard shell that they will have to take frequent breaks due to muscle fatigue. Squirrels are omnivores which means that they eat both plants and animals. Babies enjoy shredding twigs and it is good exercise for their teeth and jaws.