What kind of clothing to avoid nails sticking?

[L0andbehold]

My girl Kiki is getting close to a year and the past few days her nails have really been getting stuck on my clothes. I’ve had to sit down with her for the most part to avoid her running up and down me. She’s getting stuck on all my sweatshirts. Any recommendations on what clothing material is better?

[Spanky]

Blue jeans and flannel (and a bonus, it usually is thick enough to prevent scratches to the skin underneath... or maybe prevents only serious scratches?)

Early signs of MBD include nail splitting that can cause their nails to get stuck in clothing and various types of material.

A healthy diet, including limiting calcium robbing foods (nuts, seeds and many other favorite foods) is imperative to preventing MBD from developing. Along with a high quality rodent block (a must).

I mention diet because it is abnormal for adult squirrel nails to get really stuck in clothing... the exception might be "loopy things" like terry cloth,

[fanofmothernature]

I use a lightweight, long-sleeved, denim shirt with a collar. Same with pants and sometimes gloves as my skin is fragile. Works great.

[L0andbehold]

Until recently I’ve always worn sweats. I’ve been wearing activewear/legging material now and it’s not as bad.

She was weaned from fox valley onto Henry’s but stopped eating them. I tried kaytee rat/mouse blocks and same thing. She eats all different nuts and fresh fruits veggies/greens daily. So where do I go from here? Only give her the blocks and nothing else to force her to eat them? She is being moved to her release cage tomorrow.

[Spanky]

UShe was weaned from fox valley onto Henry’s but stopped eating them. I tried kaytee rat/mouse blocks and same thing. She eats all different nuts and fresh fruits veggies/greens daily. So where do I go from here? Only give her the blocks and nothing else to force her to eat them?

Yes, provide her the blocks and do not giver her other foods until and unless she eats the block. That is with the Henry's block and she only needs to eat 2 blocks a day since these are supplement block. If feeding Kaytee (or other commercial extruded block) that needs to be about 80% of everything she eats. She'll test you but like a toddler that knows they can throw a fit and get desert without eating dinner, a squirrel will behave the same way holding out trying to get junk food. Neither of them will starve themselves to death before eating the healthy food, but both will do a very good job of testing your resolve and making you believe they may actually starve.

I am attaching a link for the healthy food pyramid... Nuts should be treated as treats; like cotton candy to a toddler. It only takes a handful of nuts a day to cause MBD to develop over time. A captive squirrel eating neither formula or rodent block is at very high risk
https://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?44440-Healthy-Diet-for-Pet-Squirrels

[L0andbehold]

Thank you so much! Blocks only going forward. If she does have it, I’m glad found out early on to correct it now before it got worse. I was looking up symptoms of MBD and the only other one that I think applies to her is that she’s less active . She has been extremely cuddly with me and a little less playful the last few weeks. She’s still jumping no problem and eating fine though. The room she’s lived in her whole life gets a lot of sun too.

So this is something that diet alone can fix?

[Charley Chuckles]

I love military pants and shirts, I get my pants on Amazon.... nothing sticks and my legs don't look like I've gone through barbwire 😜

[Spanky]

Thank you so much! Blocks only going forward. If she does have it, I’m glad found out early on to correct it now before it got worse. I was looking up symptoms of MBD and the only other one that I think applies to her is that she’s less active . She has been extremely cuddly with me and a little less playful the last few weeks. She’s still jumping no problem and eating fine though. The room she’s lived in her whole life gets a lot of sun too.

So this is something that diet alone can fix?

If caught early enough, corrected the diet is all that is needed. In more severe cases calcium needs to be given multiple times daily for a long time as well as diet changes.