Baby Squirrel Milk

Never feed baby squirrels cow s milk fruit juice tang sunny d or any other sweet drink.

Baby squirrel milk.

Ingredients 1 can 12 fluid ounces evaporated milk 1whole egg 2egg yolks. At four weeks they open their eyes. Combine one part goat s milk mixture to two parts fox valley formula 1 2 subsequent. Feeding baby squirrels with improper formula milk can lead to the development of the metabolic bone disease as well as other health problems.

The fact is that if you feed a baby squirrel cow s milk without first boiling it it can give them diarrhea because their immature gut reacts to the enzymes present in the milk. Baby squirrels cannot digest food when cold. Combine two parts goat s milk mixture to one part fox valley formula 2 1 second two feedings. Or once you ve completed the process of rehydrating the squirrel you ll also shift to this formula.

How to feed a baby squirrel 3 tablespoons goat milk 3 tablespoons plain yogurt 2 tablespoons heavy cream egg yolk. Use only distilled water when mixing the formula milk. You can use various milk replacers such as esbilac puppy milk replacer. There is a video that will play a baby squirrel crying.

The animal should always be warm to the touch before administering any pedialyte or milk replacer. You can feed a baby squirrel with a bottle and it will bond to you as its mother you have to keep baby squirrels warm and massage their genitals to make them pee. Before feeding make sure the baby squirrel is warm. Using this while trying to reunite with mom helps to attract mom back to her babies.

You can warm the animal by taking a water bottle small soda bottle fill with hot water. The steps of feeding are rehydrate baby first using homemade fluid then feed baby using pedialyte homemade milk replacers and then squirrel milk replacers. Combine one part goat s milk mixture to one part fox valley formula 1 1 last two feedings. Steps of hydration are listed below in faq.

Use powdered puppy milk replacer if the baby squirrel is hydrated. Mix one part of milk powder with 2 parts of distilled water. If the baby squirrel doesn t require rehydration you can move straight to providing this formula. At three weeks they start developing teeth.

At six weeks baby squirrels can eat seeds nuts and fruit.