Hi everyone! Thanks for having me. I have two bunnies who are my world and I’m new to squirrelege since two weeks ago when I took in one who was paralyzed (and had been for some time by the wounds on his dragging legs) in my yard. I did everything I could, learning as I went, much information I got from here (thank you all) but he passed away 10 days later. It’s broken me in so many ways, (I’m tearing up as I write this.) Anyway, this has gotten me highly concerned for the other squirrels in the neighborhood. My question is in regard to what to feed them, if at all. Background: where I live every other house has a citrus tree, oranges,grapefruit,lemon etc. 5 minutes away there’s an orange grove park and the squirrels are all over it. And second, it’s VERY sunny here. So correct me if I’m wrong, but they have a surplus in vitamin D, vitamin C, ....and calcium? Oranges are high in calcium right? I have left over Henry’s picky bites, and kaytee and oxbow rat food which has added vitamin D... given these nutritional facts should I put these foods out for the local squirrels here? Would that do good or harm? And the squirrel I had- do you think he had too much calcium/vitamin c in his diet to give him mbd/mbd like symptoms or too little?
Thank you so much for all your responses and time