Squirrel Formula Recipe
1 Cup of Whole Milk
4 Tablespoons of Heavy Whipping Cream
200 IU of Liquid Vitamin E
Place Milk and cream in a sauce pan and heat on high heat on stove while stirring continuously until mixture comes to a foaming boil. Remove immediately from the heat when boiling and allow to cool. Stir ocassionally while cooling to prevent a fat film from developing. When the mixture has cooled to where it feels warm, add 200 IU of liquid Vitamin E. ( Note: Be sure to use Vitamin E drops and not Vitamin E from gel caps. Nature's Bounty makes a bottle that is 30,000 IU per bottle. If you have this brand, the dose is 10 drops per cup of formula.)
Shake the mixture well before drawing up each feeding. Keep refrigerated. It should keep well for 3 to 5 days. Draw up 1 to 2 cc for each week of age. ( Example: a 4 week old will take 4 to 8cc at a feeding.) Feed the formula warm to the touch, and go slow. This pictire shows a 6 week old squirrel drinking from a bottle. In reality, it's better to use a 1 cc syringe because you have better control of the flow, especially when they are tiny. If the squirrel starts to choke or blow formula out it's nose, stop immediately and place it's head lower than it's body to prevent formula from entering it's lungs. I add 3 to 4 drops of Raw Coconut Oil to each feeding. This adds Lauric and Capric Acid to the formula, that the squirrel's liver will convert to a substance called Monolaurin. Monolaurin is the substance in breast milk that is believed to give babies immunity from disease.
If you have any specific feeding questions, please contact me using our Contact Form.
4 Tablespoons of Heavy Whipping Cream
200 IU of Liquid Vitamin E
Place Milk and cream in a sauce pan and heat on high heat on stove while stirring continuously until mixture comes to a foaming boil. Remove immediately from the heat when boiling and allow to cool. Stir ocassionally while cooling to prevent a fat film from developing. When the mixture has cooled to where it feels warm, add 200 IU of liquid Vitamin E. ( Note: Be sure to use Vitamin E drops and not Vitamin E from gel caps. Nature's Bounty makes a bottle that is 30,000 IU per bottle. If you have this brand, the dose is 10 drops per cup of formula.)
Shake the mixture well before drawing up each feeding. Keep refrigerated. It should keep well for 3 to 5 days. Draw up 1 to 2 cc for each week of age. ( Example: a 4 week old will take 4 to 8cc at a feeding.) Feed the formula warm to the touch, and go slow. This pictire shows a 6 week old squirrel drinking from a bottle. In reality, it's better to use a 1 cc syringe because you have better control of the flow, especially when they are tiny. If the squirrel starts to choke or blow formula out it's nose, stop immediately and place it's head lower than it's body to prevent formula from entering it's lungs. I add 3 to 4 drops of Raw Coconut Oil to each feeding. This adds Lauric and Capric Acid to the formula, that the squirrel's liver will convert to a substance called Monolaurin. Monolaurin is the substance in breast milk that is believed to give babies immunity from disease.
If you have any specific feeding questions, please contact me using our Contact Form.
