Cedar?

[Abbi's Mama]

While I'm at my parent's house I have the luxury of having all kinda of wild food around me. I went through this moving and found all kinds of awesome stuff for Abbi and was wondering, can they eat the twigs and leaves and stuff off cedar trees?

[Rhapsody]

Cedar is not recommended for squirrels....... it causes respiratory problems.
Can you get any oak or fruit tree branches with leafs --they will love it.

[Mommaluvy]

Good question - i lean toward Rapsodys answer .
I mean cedar shavings are a DEFINITE NO.
Personally i dont know why they still sell that stiff for animals. Those have been known to kill rodents via Respiratory illness.


But a cedar branch.. I dunno. Very good question. I think the enclosure type. Cage verses plastic container. Age of squirrel etc would be the things i would think about . If an older squirrel and in a large aerated cage with one cedar branch .. I might think that would be ok.
Might be encountered in the wild.
But when in doubt..

Will be interested in discussion

[Rhapsody]

We dont even recommend using cedar to make nest box out of because
your squirrels with chew on the wood and poss consume some of it.