Nuts

[dextersmom]

After releasing a few squirrels 3 months ago I have one little boy who comes for his Henrys blocks everyday for the past few months. I give him a handful of nuts daily as well. My question is being he is free and eating wild food as well are the nuts dangerous for him? He eats 2 Henrys a day along with avacodos..

[island rehabber]

After releasing a few squirrels 3 months ago I have one little boy who comes for his Henrys blocks everyday for the past few months. I give him a handful of nuts daily as well. My question is being he is free and eating wild food as well are the nuts dangerous for him? He eats 2 Henrys a day along with avacodos..

I would not worry at all about him, especially since he's also getting Henry's blocks to supplement all the wild foods he eats. Nuts are only a danger when a squirrel is captive and has a steady source of food from a human -- if that human doesn't make sure the Calcium/phosphorous ratio is maintained correctly, the squirrel will eat nothing but nuts and off we go into MBD. :(

How nice that he returns for treats after release! He's got the best of both worlds -- and very high quality treats, thanks to you!