Feeding Gray Squirrels

[jskiddjr]

Hello!

My wife and I are raising our first squirrels. Three gray squirrels who were living in our Maple tree until mama disappeared. So far so great! We've been feeding them Fox Valley and HHB. They're all between 250-290g which puts them MAYBE in the 8-10 week range?

Lately they have all stopped taking formula. They spend more time trying to chew off the nipple. They do eat veggies, including broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, lettuce, carrots, and butternut squash. So I imagine they're weaning themselves, but should I continue to try formula once or twice a day? Someone in another thread mentioned waking them up at night to feed them but they still don't seem to care for it.

But what's more troublesome I guess is their addiction to the HHB! Now when I come around with veggies they nibble on them but throw them down and frantically run about until they get their blocks. If I leave they begrudgingly eat their veggies (I watch them through the window so I see them eating). The package says 2-3 blocks a day but they are eating a lot more than that. Is this ok? I'm concerned about them after release if they're this attached to the blocks.

Oh I should mention I also feed them branches from their maple tree and they do seem to enjoy those as well.

[Mel1959]

The Henry’s blocks should be limited to a maximum of 2-3 per day because they are a supplemental block. They have a lot of nutrition packed into them and are designed to be fed alongside the healthy veggies and fruits. You can purchase some Envigo Harlan Teklad 2018 block from an online source and place them in their cage, while still giving them the HHB’s and veggies. Harlan or Mazuri or Oxbow rodent block are a free feeding block…..they can have as many as they want. They aren’t nearly as tasty as the HHB’s but they may like them.

For the formula, it normal for them to wean around this age. Sometimes they’ll continue to drink formula from a bowl.

[jskiddjr]

The Henry’s blocks should be limited to a maximum of 2-3 per day because they are a supplemental block. They have a lot of nutrition packed into them and are designed to be fed alongside the healthy veggies and fruits. You can purchase some Envigo Harlan Teklad 2018 block from an online source and place them in their cage, while still giving them the HHB’s and veggies. Harlan or Mazuri or Oxbow rodent block are a free feeding block…..they can have as many as they want. They aren’t nearly as tasty as the HHB’s but they may like them.

For the formula, it normal for them to wean around this age. Sometimes they’ll continue to drink formula from a bowl.

Thanks! I actually have the Mazuri and KayTee. I'll try giving them more Mazuri with their veggies