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05-21-2024, 12:53 PM
Hello!
So baby Earl is doing GREAT! He’s probably 3 1/2 months now?? We found him at about 4 weeks old and he’s thriving as an indoor outdoor squirrel. We wake up…he goes out to his huge magnolia tree and fig tree in the backyard, plays for about an hour, forages and runs and jumps…then at around 9:30am I go out and he jumps on me…ready for breakfast…I’ve been feeding him alternating Henry’s blocks…watermelon, snap peas, grapes, papaya, currently he’s obsessed with bananas, avocado…and then he gets his “treat bowl” of seeds, flower buds (safe for critter consumption only), walnuts, almonds, (shells and one or two shelled) and veggie sticks) all sprinkled with a tiny bit of Henry’s calcium for good measure…then it’s back outside until lunch…playtime and meal time inside…then back outside until around 5pm when he’s ready to come in for the night and have his snacks and a good cuddle and sleep…but he’s so fickle with his foods…one minute he’s obsessed…the next day he looks at me like I’m insane for suggesting he eats (insert whatever food). He nibbles tho…and cycles his favorites. I guess I’m just concerned and curious…if he’s also foraging outside…and getting a ton of exercise and sun…and feeding off the trees and grass findings…do I have to still force the blocks? I mean, I’ll always want to and will continue to do so but do you think it’s possible he’s getting what he needs to be as healthy and happy and thriving as he can? Am I just a worried mommy? Any advice on this topic would be so helpful! And the science behind their seeking their own nutrition as a full outside wild squirrel would supplemented with moms “home cooking”. Oh…I also have a Himalayan salt lick as I’m concerned about his getting plenty of minerals:)
Thanks!:serene
So baby Earl is doing GREAT! He’s probably 3 1/2 months now?? We found him at about 4 weeks old and he’s thriving as an indoor outdoor squirrel. We wake up…he goes out to his huge magnolia tree and fig tree in the backyard, plays for about an hour, forages and runs and jumps…then at around 9:30am I go out and he jumps on me…ready for breakfast…I’ve been feeding him alternating Henry’s blocks…watermelon, snap peas, grapes, papaya, currently he’s obsessed with bananas, avocado…and then he gets his “treat bowl” of seeds, flower buds (safe for critter consumption only), walnuts, almonds, (shells and one or two shelled) and veggie sticks) all sprinkled with a tiny bit of Henry’s calcium for good measure…then it’s back outside until lunch…playtime and meal time inside…then back outside until around 5pm when he’s ready to come in for the night and have his snacks and a good cuddle and sleep…but he’s so fickle with his foods…one minute he’s obsessed…the next day he looks at me like I’m insane for suggesting he eats (insert whatever food). He nibbles tho…and cycles his favorites. I guess I’m just concerned and curious…if he’s also foraging outside…and getting a ton of exercise and sun…and feeding off the trees and grass findings…do I have to still force the blocks? I mean, I’ll always want to and will continue to do so but do you think it’s possible he’s getting what he needs to be as healthy and happy and thriving as he can? Am I just a worried mommy? Any advice on this topic would be so helpful! And the science behind their seeking their own nutrition as a full outside wild squirrel would supplemented with moms “home cooking”. Oh…I also have a Himalayan salt lick as I’m concerned about his getting plenty of minerals:)
Thanks!:serene