Formula at 5 months?

[Kelly Brady]

My five month old eastern Grey (Peanut) is interested in my little babies Fox Valley formula now. I have been reading that it cannot hurt to offer them formula long after they have been weaned. So I do offer it every now and usually get the YUCK face. The other day he was very interested in the same type of syringe I used to feed him as a baby and he drank two syringes full. Are they smart enough to know they need the nutrients from the formula?

He eats well and always has. He eats HHB and lots of veggies and then he gets fruit and then nuts as treats. Just curious as to why the sudden interest.

[Jackie in Tampa]

yes they are smart enough and have proved it many times...spice demanded mushrooms when she was in the drawer...and formula, sarah still does...and lucky ate a calcium tablet plain the other day!
yep, they know what they need!:thumbsup

[PBluejay2]

I give my overwinterers and non releasables formula in a dish every night. Even one two and a half year old laps up some on occasion.

[virgo062]

lucky ate a calcium tablet plain the other day!
!:thumbsup Jackie what type of calcium pill? I'm going to offer formula to Knothead again I don't think he's gettin enough of what he needs

[PBluejay2]

Jackie what type of calcium pill? I'm going to offer formula to Knothead again I don't think he's gettin enough of what he needs

I know you asked Jackie (sorry Jackie--don't mean to barge in), but I'll drop a Tums in their cage occasionally.

[Kelly Brady]

Thanks Jackie,

I am so pleased to see him drinking his formula (such good nutrients). He actually helps me unload groceries and cannot wait for me to get to the vegtable bag. He samples all the veggies I bring home every Sat. So cute. He has always snubbed sweet potatoes, now the other day he attacked his sweet potatoe like he had never seen it before.

What kind of calcium tablet can they have? I am so curious. I was looking at them the other day and they mostly all include Vitiman D and that is not good. I know that tums will do in an emergency but don't know what kind to give if I know they havent eaten well or have been lacking sunlight, etc. MBD scares me so much.

Your just a wealth of knowledge here on tsb. Thanks

[Kelly Brady]

Thanks everyone good to know. It is so good to see him eating that formula. Just getting all of that nutrition into him. All my squirrels seem to love Fox Valley. It smells good to me.

So a tums now and then cannot hurt either.:thankyou

[virgo062]

I will try the tums but I can't imagine giving knothead a bowl of formula. he does not clean himself very well because he falls over.

Kelly I would like to see a picture of peanut in the grocery sacks I bet that is hilarious:rotfl Does he have the run of the house?

[Jackie in Tampa]

sarah is a few years old and she loves it in a bowl...amazing..as long as i put the vanilla yogurt..it's like ketchup on fries...:thumbsup
sucks them in!
insurance!
I offer them a plain 600mg calcium carbonate tablet...the first time I saw this was at Leighs house a couple years ago, but now when I am having issues with a sq..I give them one to just have laying around for nibbling.
I always say not to make a habit of giving tums, but really if you buy the tums that are only calcium and no magnesium, you can give these too...I recenty bought 750's that are berry flavors...and they love them...I crush up and add 7.5ccs water and syringe feed, Lucky likes it and so does Fidget...each syringe is 100mg, so I know what I am giving...in addition to my shakes and their veggies etc...
When I have a calcium poor sq...I try to sneak calcium every way I can, slowly throughout the day...always changing it up so I am not overloading them with other stuff...just focusing on the cal mostly...
in my shakes I add the other important factors and have recently added the protein powder as well...but that is more targeted at low nutrition sq rather than low cal...
with these tums ..the ones wthout mag, you can leave them in cage too...
magnesium is good for health, but I think in small doses and that is why I never tell people that tums are ok for daily, because people only do half of what you tell them...I hope that makes sense...but any tums in an emergency is good tums:thumbsup
leigh...are you there to fine tune my mess here!tinfoil
EDIT:6 posts made while i typed this post...i am so slow, you guys blow past me and leave me in the weeds...i need a typing class...no a secretary!

[CritterMom]

Guys, Leigh sells both pure calcium carbonate powder and the vitamin mix with calcium she uses in the HHBs on her website, cheap, cheap, cheap! No grinding, no crushing, and a daily dose is only 1/4 tsp. so it is very concentrated.

It sure is easy to mix into a little almond butter. Or juice. Just sayin'.

[Kelly Brady]

Yes Vigo Peanut has the entire run of the house. I am so sappy like that. He is spoiled rotten. The picture on my Avatar has Peanuts favorite behind him. A package of rasberries. I clean them put them back into the container and pop one side open. He pops the second side. When it is a new full container he flings rasberries everywhere until he finds the one he wants. As the week progresses he gets low on rasberries and he doesn't fling them around as much and gets very protective of them. Each week I change blueberries etc. But his favorite are the razzies.
I will take pics of the grocery unloading. They would be great pics to have.

Where do you find the Calcium Bicarbonate Jackie? I will look at all of the calciums again. There were so many at the grocery the other day. Just plain Calcium Bicarb.
Good luck with the boogie sample. Poor Sammy.

[Jackie in Tampa]

Guys, Leigh sells both pure calcium carbonate powder and the vitamin mix with calcium she uses in the HHBs on her website, cheap, cheap, cheap! No grinding, no crushing, and a daily dose is only 1/4 tsp. so it is very concentrated.

It sure is easy to mix into a little almond butter. Or juice. Just sayin'.
yep...and I have them both and use them in different things...but sometimes you may have something in the cabinet that will work today...:thumbsup

Leigh makes life sooo painless!:Love_Icon

[rozdow]

I've been giving my winter-over squirrels some supplemental calcium every other day (crushed human calcium pills). these pills do have added D3. Is this good or bad? They are under an Ott lamp.

[Frickster]

Frick is almost 2 and lives outside.....in the winter, she'll drink formula on and off...it's like her hot chocolate. :)

[Abby Oakleaf]

My Abby is 6 1/2 months old and still wants her formula before bed at night... She still takes it from the syringe like a baby... I've tried putting it in a bowl, no way she's drinking it... Wants to sit on my lap like a baby and drink it, and then off she goes to bed...Sleepy squirrel girl... :Squirrel :sleep1

[Kelly Brady]

awwww love these stories. So nice to know this about others squirrels. Yes my Peanut will not drink the formula out of a contianer either. He only wants it from the syringe like when he was a baby. It is nice to hear that he may want to continue to want his formula. Warms your heart ya know?