Baby Squirrel Food Recipe

Eastern grey squirrels are black gray or brown.

Baby squirrel food recipe.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. With powdered formula use very warm water stir well. Mix all ingredients and then roll into 1 inch sized balls in your hand. Squirrels rarely make good pets and in many jurisdictions it is illegal.

If you don t have a method of weighing the baby and are unsure of. Every first time visitor is offered our free mini e book about how to care for a baby squirrel. Then dunk the filled syringes in the hot water. If your squirrel pees on the food don t worry it s just what baby squirrels do.

Stir ocassionally while cooling to prevent a fat film from developing. Give them small amounts of just one food at a time to be sure it doesn t get diarrhea. Before you proceed ensure that you have followed the steps described in i found a baby to address the orphan s urgent needs. Reference the link entitled feeding complications for more information.

Baby squirrels need to be taken care of until they are 12 weeks old. Avoid picking acorns from the ground as many contain an invisible toxin that can quickly kill a squirrel. Place in the refrigerator. A single squirrel reared by humans is at a huge disadvantage for learning important social and survival skills.

Stir the mixture together thoroughly and store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. American red squirrels are reddish brown with a black stripe on their nose. Baby squirrels are notorious hogs and will happily overeat. Place on a foil lined tray into the oven for 3 hours.

Buy powdered puppy milk replacer at any pet store and make the following mixture. Microwave a coffee mug of water until it is hot but not boiling. 2 x tsp of flour simply to hold it all together 2 x tablespoons of water add a bit at a time till roll able consistency method. A few drops of raw coconut oil to each feeding optional place milk and cream in a sauce pan and heat on high heat on stove while stirring continuously until mixture comes to a foaming boil.

Overeating may result in life threatening diarrhea and easy predation by cats hawks and other menaces that prefer chubby slow moving prey. Remove immediately from the heat when boiling and allow to cool. Baby squirrels make a high pitched squeaking noise. Ingredients you ll need 1 2 cup peanut butter unsalted is preferred 1 4 cup chopped nuts any of their favorites will do 1 3 cup plain oats unsweetened 2 tsp flour 1 4 cup pumpkin seeds you substitute 1 2 of chopped nuts instead 2 tablespoons water you may need to add more to get the proper.

In the morning stir the formula and draw up enough syringes of cold formula for your first feeding of the day.