Baby Squirrel Milk Feeder

If the baby squirrel doesn t require rehydration you can move straight to providing this formula.

Baby squirrel milk feeder. Never attempt to feed a cold baby. Feeding a cold baby will kill it because it cannot digest the formula when cold. Steps of hydration are listed below in faq. So you feed 2 5 cc s per feeding potty time.

They have lighter colored fur around their eyes. Baby squirrels need pedialyte and puppy milk to grow. When feeding the baby squirrel you will need to be very careful. Or once you ve completed the process of rehydrating the squirrel you ll also shift to this formula.

At six weeks baby squirrels can eat seeds nuts and fruit. The tail is a little less than half of the squirrels total length and has banded hair of black and red. This recipe uses eggs to boost the proportion of these two nutrients in cow milk to the correct amount but any other source of fat and protein can be substituted if you prefer be aware that this easy squirrel milk recipe contains almost 3 times as much sugar as regular squirrel milk. Use powdered puppy milk replacer if the baby squirrel is hydrated.

Use one part powder and four parts of water and mix what you will use at one feeding. Squirrel milk is rich in fat and protein. Mix in all the lumps and use a strainer if you need to. For each of the next feedings make the formula more concentrated by adding less water until you are mixing the formula at 1 part formula powder to 2 parts water.

At four weeks they open their eyes. The best feeding tool for baby squirrel is a 1cc syringe. Before feeding make sure the baby squirrel is warm. Popetpop 4pcs pet feeding bottle small pet nurser bottle hamster puppy squirrel kittens nursing feeding bottle water milk feeder random color 4 0 out of 5 stars 8 7 99 7.

Some babies may need stimulation before and after feeding. Use a warm wet cotton ball q tip the corner of a kleenex or your finger and flick lightly across the genital area. A baby squirrel less than 5 weeks old will need to be stimulated to poop and pee. There are also black and blonde color phases of fox squirrels.

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. The steps of feeding are rehydrate baby first using homemade fluid then feed baby using pedialyte homemade milk replacers and then squirrel milk replacers. At three weeks they start developing teeth. Do not allow the baby to eat more than the recommended amount or frequency.

Baby squirrels cannot digest food when cold. Never feed baby squirrels cow s milk fruit juice tang sunny d or any other sweet drink.