Sissy
12-07-2011, 10:18 PM
Is my squirrels diet healthy? I have been reading back and forth on the squirrel diet debate. And now I have gone from confident that their diet is healthy to just plain confused. So I am going to just put thier diet out there and anyone who wants to tell me what or how I could modify it to improve it would be appreciated.
After rehydrating with warm Pedialyte, and warming them up. These babies started out on formula of warm goats milk and water (50-50)
this was temporary till I got them to the rehabber.
The rehabber told me to put them on Esbilac 50%and goats milk 25% and water 25%.
When they started getting active, I put rodent blocks and acorns in their cage so they could snack on them in between feedings. Which they eventually did. Also fresh cut tree branches and dandelion leaves from the yard. I also gave them a half a pecan after each feeding to bribe them to not run everywhere while I was feeding their siblings.
Soon I was putting a full dog dish of different veggies, sweet potato, brocolli, cauliflower, and orange slices everyday as staples. Also a handful of rodent blocks .Then any other veggie I had around just to see if they like it. Also I put flowers and other vegetation out of the yard in there. Sometimes I even find fresh mushrooms growing in the morning . They really like those. I put another full dog dish of just acorns as well. Before they were weaned at 14 weeks (they weaned themselves one by one), there would be food left over at the end of the day, but now they eat it all. They eat the rodent block last. But I won't give them more food until they eat it. Sometimes they finish it before the end of the day and I will give them more veggies or pick them some flowers. ALL of their fruit and veggies are sprinkled with calcium powder. They have been getting daily sunlight since 6 weeks. This amount of food is for 3 squirrels..OK folks I am open to suggestions.:bowdown mjs
Be-careful when picking flowers I know some are toxic to squirrels. I made that mistake once. Luckly I administrated the proper meds and she was fine afterwards. It was Buttercups that made my squirrel so sick.
After rehydrating with warm Pedialyte, and warming them up. These babies started out on formula of warm goats milk and water (50-50)
this was temporary till I got them to the rehabber.
The rehabber told me to put them on Esbilac 50%and goats milk 25% and water 25%.
When they started getting active, I put rodent blocks and acorns in their cage so they could snack on them in between feedings. Which they eventually did. Also fresh cut tree branches and dandelion leaves from the yard. I also gave them a half a pecan after each feeding to bribe them to not run everywhere while I was feeding their siblings.
Soon I was putting a full dog dish of different veggies, sweet potato, brocolli, cauliflower, and orange slices everyday as staples. Also a handful of rodent blocks .Then any other veggie I had around just to see if they like it. Also I put flowers and other vegetation out of the yard in there. Sometimes I even find fresh mushrooms growing in the morning . They really like those. I put another full dog dish of just acorns as well. Before they were weaned at 14 weeks (they weaned themselves one by one), there would be food left over at the end of the day, but now they eat it all. They eat the rodent block last. But I won't give them more food until they eat it. Sometimes they finish it before the end of the day and I will give them more veggies or pick them some flowers. ALL of their fruit and veggies are sprinkled with calcium powder. They have been getting daily sunlight since 6 weeks. This amount of food is for 3 squirrels..OK folks I am open to suggestions.:bowdown mjs
Be-careful when picking flowers I know some are toxic to squirrels. I made that mistake once. Luckly I administrated the proper meds and she was fine afterwards. It was Buttercups that made my squirrel so sick.