Baby Squirrel Milk Line
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Baby squirrel milk line. Once the squirrel has been rehydrated with pedialyte you can start to give powdered puppy milk replacer mixed as follows. At three weeks they start developing teeth. If the baby squirrel doesn t require rehydration you can move straight to providing this formula. For squirrels up to four weeks of age the best formula is fox valley day one 32 40 appropriate for baby squirrels under four weeks eastern cottontail or baby opossum under 45 grams.
Feeding a cold baby will kill it because it cannot digest the formula when cold. Based on the experience with the squirrel on the left when these white bumps began to appear the cow s milk based formula was immediately stopped the baby s system flushed with pedialyte and goat s milk esbilac introduced. Never attempt to feed a cold baby. This baby survived and was eventually released.
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When a baby squirrel begins to refuse milk and or begins to chew on the cage it is time to introduce solid food. It varies from squirrel to squirrel. 20 gram baby eyes closed. Baby squirrels need pedialyte and puppy milk to grow.
Vegetable oil casein whey protein concentrate cream and dried skim milk reconstituting it with distilled water. The squirrel will be around eight weeks or older. Use powdered puppy milk replacer if the baby squirrel is hydrated. Or once you ve completed the process of rehydrating the squirrel you ll also shift to this formula.
40 gram baby eyes closed. Teeth will allow the baby to crumble a half piece of shelled pecan after the morning milk feeding and the last milk of the day. At six weeks baby squirrels can eat seeds nuts and fruit. 10 gram baby eyes closed.
10 14cc per feeding. 5 7cc per feeding. Mix in all the lumps and use a strainer if you need to. Esbilac puppy milk replacer but you must check the ingredients on the label of the can to make sure the first 5 ingredients are listed as.
Use one part powder and four parts of water and mix what you will use at one feeding. 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. 80 gram baby eyes closed. Baby should feel warm in your hands.
Do not allow the baby to eat more than the recommended amount or frequency. Never feed baby squirrels cow s milk fruit juice tang sunny d or any other sweet drink.