Interestingly enough, nobody knew the first thing about calcium efficiencies or squirrel "nutrition" (too esoteric a word!) until I came on the scene but now everybody and his dog spout the word "nutrition" on copy-cat, antagonistic web pages. My success rate from this 2-3 day point on until release at 6 to 9 months of age is 100% After getting them through this time (dealing with their injuries)and the next 2-3 days, none have ever tied. The first 24-hour period is the most critical. I have taken in well over 2,500 squirrels over the last two decades, approximately three-fourths of whom have been babies. I continue to be amazed at how fast they heal when given proper nutrition. Many, because of physical or mental handicaps, cannot be released but certainly can continue to lead long safe, viable lives in captivity when they are properly fed. The last 30 or more years have been devoted to extending this practical knowledge to squirrels, their care, nurture, and rehabilitation, toward releasing them back into nature. Oh, yes, they can! We just have to know how to listen, both figuratively and literally.įor many years I have worked with nutrition in my own digs and cats. People think squirrels and other animals can't talk. We can tell just by looking and by how well they are eating whether animals are thrifty (thriving) or not. The remaining 99% is nothing more than Mother Nature, Mother Nurture. If every there were a “scientific” bent to it, it would be in the 1% antibiotics which are only rarely given, hardly ever to these squirrel babies, though. Nor is it a “scientific” thing which some “so-called” rehabbers try to turn it into by using weights and measures, which I thing is just plain silly. It should be a sharing of information gleaned from our own true experience dealing with animals who are our best teachers – not come from those people who only spout online hearsay. Wildlife rehabitation is neither a contest nor a competition. Stimulate with a tissue after every feeding to make him go to the bathroom. syringe very slowly 4 times a day, every 5 hours. (Baby’s cage should be kept constantly on the heating pad.Ģ. Warm up baby in a small hamster cage put on top of a heating pad set on low heat with several warm, woolly blankets to burro under. Please do not send me any gigantic pictures! I won’t download anything that’s much larger than 1 MB.ġ. I answer all emails quickly, so if you do not here from me, something could be wrong on your receiving end. If you have any comments of question about squirrels after you have printed out and read this webpage (I do welcome feedback!), see the Contact page and email Clarissa. (You can even find a rant or two or three within!).įor those of us who are healers the creation, in this world, it is recommended that a copy of this material be printed out and read (!) at all times during each phase of the squirrel’s growth. However if you aren’t able to find the answers you seek, you may certainly email me (See below).īecause this is such a widely comprehensive webpage, I have included, not just information on diets (for humans and well as animals) and care, but also on squirrel behavior, normal and abnormal. As is the case with all reference documents, this webpage is intended to be consulted anytime a question arises. The answers to most all questions are now on the webpage. Periodically this web page is updated, thanks to questions from the public who help me fill in the gaps. Information in these pages has helped people in as many as 22 foreign countries as well as in the United States, not only to raise baby squirrels or heal the injured, but also to establish their own local squirrel rescue groups. This material may not be reproduced for sale nor may it be used without permission lest the wrath of the gods come down on your heads (!), and it will, you know! It is given freely and may be reproduced for the benefits and well-being of our bushy-tailed friends. Revised and updated, 2015.Īll information on these pages is copyrighted. These pages are dedicated to those among us who are bushy tailed…for a better and happier life.
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