Baby Squirrel Food Recipe

8 oz 230 g of powdered puppy milk replacer 16 fl oz 470 ml of distilled water and 2 fl oz 59 ml of whipping cream not whipped cream or plain full fat yogurt.

Baby squirrel food recipe. Microwave a coffee mug of water until it is hot but not boiling. Baby squirrels need to be taken care of until they are 12 weeks old. Remove immediately from the heat when boiling and allow to cool. If you don t have a method of weighing the baby and are unsure of.

With powdered formula use very warm water stir well. Then dunk the filled syringes in the hot water. A few drops of raw coconut oil to each feeding optional place milk and cream in a sauce pan and heat on high heat on stove while stirring continuously until mixture comes to a foaming boil. A single squirrel reared by humans is at a huge disadvantage for learning important social and survival skills.

Squirrels rarely make good pets and in many jurisdictions it is illegal. They are pink and bald at first. Baby squirrels are notorious hogs and will happily overeat. Baby squirrels make a high pitched squeaking noise.

In the morning stir the formula and draw up enough syringes of cold formula for your first feeding of the day. Mix all ingredients and then roll into 1 inch sized balls in your hand. Stir ocassionally while cooling to prevent a fat film from developing. Buy powdered puppy milk replacer at any pet store and make the following mixture.

Place on a foil lined tray into the oven for 3 hours. American red squirrels are reddish brown with a black stripe on their nose. Every first time visitor is offered our free mini e book about how to care for a baby squirrel. Eastern grey squirrels are black gray or brown.

2 x tsp of flour simply to hold it all together 2 x tablespoons of water add a bit at a time till roll able consistency method. Give them small amounts of just one food at a time to be sure it doesn t get diarrhea. Avoid picking acorns from the ground as many contain an invisible toxin that can quickly kill a squirrel. If your squirrel pees on the food don t worry it s just what baby squirrels do.

Place in the refrigerator. Reference the link entitled feeding complications for more information. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Baby squirrels need pedialyte and puppy milk to grow.

Stir the mixture together thoroughly and store it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.