Feeding Chart For Baby Squirrels

Never feed baby squirrels cow s milk fruit juice tang.

Feeding chart for baby squirrels.

Eyes are sealed shut and ears are pinned to head for first few days. Includes charts based on age and weight links to online conversion calculators for weight volume and. Use a warm wet cotton ball q tip the corner of a kleenex or your finger and flick lightly across the genital area. 50 x 5 2 5 using a calculator it s 50 x 05 2 5 so you feed 2 5 cc s per feeding.

One of the most frequent and avoidable feeding mistakes is feeding too much too fast or at the wrong frequency. That will give you the number of cc s per feeding. A baby squirrel less than 5 weeks old will need to be stimulated to poop and pee. Do not allow the baby to eat more than the recommended amount or frequency.

Squirrels are wild animals that live their best lives in the wild rather than being kept as pets if you find a baby squirrel that you re sure needs care contact a wildlife rehabilitator first to get expert guidance prepare a rehydrating solution or milk replacement formula as advised and feed the squirrel slowly carefully and frequently as directed. Example squirrel weighs 25 grams x 25 6 25 then divide by the number of feedings let s say 12 5208 or 52 cc s. 5 of body weight each feeding every 2 3 hours for 6 8 feedings each day. We take the squirrels weight in grams and multiply by 25 then divide by the number of feedings in a 24 hours period.

Do not add vitamins or minerals to any commercially prepared milk replacement product as they are already nutritionally complete.