Welcome to SquirrelNutrition.com!
Welcome to our website dedicated to
providing good squirrel nutrition and care. There's a lot to
know about feeding squirrels, to provide adequate squirrel
nutrition. We've raised and released many squirrel over the
years, and have never lost one due to a nutrition problem.
Squirrel nutrition does not have to be complicated or
expensive! We'll share our little secrets about squirrel
nutrition, and show you how you can be feeding squirrels
for just pennies per day! Forget about what you've read in the past
about only certain formulas being safe for feeding squirrels!
We've raised healthy, disease resistant squirrels for years and have
never had to use the stuff that other websites promote!
How It All Began, And a FREE Gift For You.
In 2008 I had a squirrel literally fall into my life, and my life has never been the same. For all intents and purposes, the baby Squirrel was dead! Naked as a
Jaybird, laying in the snow on a cold March day, she was ice cold, blue, stiff and not breathing. Crows were waiting in the trees above me to swoop down
and have her for lunch, but I was not about to let that happen. I gently picked her up and carried her into the house to show my wife before I took her
out to bury. As a Registered Emergency Room Nurse, I knew that many people had been successfully revived after spending considerable time in cold water
drowning situations, so my wife and I decided to give it a try. After warming her tiny body in a heated rice bag, I used my finger to stimulate her
and give tiny chest compressions, while gently blowing puffs of air into her nose. After five minutes of this activity, we noticed spontaneous movement
and respiratory effort begin. Then, all of a sudden, it hit us. What do we do now?
The next few days was a blurr of seeking help on-line in an attempt to know how to care and feed this precious little bundle. I found a person who claimed to be a Squirrel Rehabber, that gave me a recipe for a formula that he claimed would work. After 3 to 4 days on his formula, my baby squirrel started having seizures and nearly died. Only by the Grace of God were we able to avert a disaster and find something that worked. That experience made me realize that there are people out there who are flat-out lying and giving out misinformation about how to raise a squirrel. It also set my resolve to find out everything I could about the proper care and feeding of squirrels,
and to make that information available to all who are seeking. After 4 years of studying everything I could find about the proper care and feeding of squirrels, I'm now fondly known as the "Squirrel Man" in my hometown, and people from around the area and the world seek me out when they have a question about squirrels!
As a thank-you for visiting our site, we offer every first-time visitor a FREE copy of our Mini Rehab E-book that covers all the basics about how to give initial
care to a baby squirrel, so that you're not caught in the same situation as I was. To obtain your free copy, simply follow THIS LINK to our Contact page and enter your Name and E-mail Address and select the e-book from the drop-down menu.
Jaybird, laying in the snow on a cold March day, she was ice cold, blue, stiff and not breathing. Crows were waiting in the trees above me to swoop down
and have her for lunch, but I was not about to let that happen. I gently picked her up and carried her into the house to show my wife before I took her
out to bury. As a Registered Emergency Room Nurse, I knew that many people had been successfully revived after spending considerable time in cold water
drowning situations, so my wife and I decided to give it a try. After warming her tiny body in a heated rice bag, I used my finger to stimulate her
and give tiny chest compressions, while gently blowing puffs of air into her nose. After five minutes of this activity, we noticed spontaneous movement
and respiratory effort begin. Then, all of a sudden, it hit us. What do we do now?
The next few days was a blurr of seeking help on-line in an attempt to know how to care and feed this precious little bundle. I found a person who claimed to be a Squirrel Rehabber, that gave me a recipe for a formula that he claimed would work. After 3 to 4 days on his formula, my baby squirrel started having seizures and nearly died. Only by the Grace of God were we able to avert a disaster and find something that worked. That experience made me realize that there are people out there who are flat-out lying and giving out misinformation about how to raise a squirrel. It also set my resolve to find out everything I could about the proper care and feeding of squirrels,
and to make that information available to all who are seeking. After 4 years of studying everything I could find about the proper care and feeding of squirrels, I'm now fondly known as the "Squirrel Man" in my hometown, and people from around the area and the world seek me out when they have a question about squirrels!
As a thank-you for visiting our site, we offer every first-time visitor a FREE copy of our Mini Rehab E-book that covers all the basics about how to give initial
care to a baby squirrel, so that you're not caught in the same situation as I was. To obtain your free copy, simply follow THIS LINK to our Contact page and enter your Name and E-mail Address and select the e-book from the drop-down menu.
What Do Squirrels Eat?
For the first 8 weeks of their life, Squirrels are fed formula exclusively. This picture shows our first squirrel,Lucky, drinking from a bottle. We did not start with a bottle, and it really is not advisable to use a bottle for squirrels, because there is a greater chance of choking when a bottle is used. We now recommend 3 cc syringes with a nipple being optional. A smaller syringe give you better control over the flow and you are less likely to choke the squirrel with formula. You need to develop your own "feel" for how fast to allow the formula to enter a squirrel's mouth. Some are avid and active nursers, while others are slower and more "laid back" about eating. You'll start to see their personalities emerge even at only a few weeks old.
As to what type of formula to use, you'll run in to a full spectrum of opinion and even militant advocasy among rehabbers. Many still believe that the only safe formula for squirrels is a popular and very expensive puppy formula. I raised my first squirrel on this formula after I found that I was killing her with the original bogus formula, and she did OK except for the fact that when she started to wean, her hair became very dry and brittle, and she took on a very dull and lifeless appearance.
Since that time, the manufacturer of the Puppy Formula has changed the way they manufacture their product. I say they've cheapened the process, going from a 3 step process of drying the product into powder, to a one step process. Some of the latest research by an independent Rehab' Organization has found some very serious problems with the new product that can cause everything from bowel obstruction, intestinal infections and prolapsed rectums, not to mention some serious malnutrition problems in baby squirrels. Go to THIS SITE and read for yourself. Scroll down on the landing page and look at some of the pictures of baby squirrels and the results of not mixing this formula properly!
What I use and recommend is a very simple formula that you can make at home that only costs pennies per week as opposed to $20.00 or more dollars per can. We provide the recipe right here on our website. You can access it HERE, and have a batch ready to go in less than 15 minutes. I've raised 16 squirrels on this formula and have never lost a single one due to a formula related problem. And, I have taken on some of the worst starvation cases of babies you have ever seen, and have completely turned them around as you will see a little later on this page.
As to what type of formula to use, you'll run in to a full spectrum of opinion and even militant advocasy among rehabbers. Many still believe that the only safe formula for squirrels is a popular and very expensive puppy formula. I raised my first squirrel on this formula after I found that I was killing her with the original bogus formula, and she did OK except for the fact that when she started to wean, her hair became very dry and brittle, and she took on a very dull and lifeless appearance.
Since that time, the manufacturer of the Puppy Formula has changed the way they manufacture their product. I say they've cheapened the process, going from a 3 step process of drying the product into powder, to a one step process. Some of the latest research by an independent Rehab' Organization has found some very serious problems with the new product that can cause everything from bowel obstruction, intestinal infections and prolapsed rectums, not to mention some serious malnutrition problems in baby squirrels. Go to THIS SITE and read for yourself. Scroll down on the landing page and look at some of the pictures of baby squirrels and the results of not mixing this formula properly!
What I use and recommend is a very simple formula that you can make at home that only costs pennies per week as opposed to $20.00 or more dollars per can. We provide the recipe right here on our website. You can access it HERE, and have a batch ready to go in less than 15 minutes. I've raised 16 squirrels on this formula and have never lost a single one due to a formula related problem. And, I have taken on some of the worst starvation cases of babies you have ever seen, and have completely turned them around as you will see a little later on this page.
