Newborn Feeding Baby Squirrels

Baby squirrels need to be taken care of until they are 12 weeks old.

Newborn feeding baby squirrels.

Baby squirrels easily aspirate and choke. Feeding a cold baby will kill it because it cannot digest the formula when cold. If the baby at this age rejects a feeding increase the time between feedings until you areoffering only two feedings then only one feeding a day. Squirrels rarely make good pets and in many jurisdictions it is illegal.

A soda bottle filled with hot water and covered with a sock can be placed near the babies. Some babies may need stimulation before and after feeding. Baby squirrels may nurse on the males genitals when they are housed together. Note when you are feeding a baby squirrel make sure you feed him in a natural position on his stomach with his head up.

The best feeding tool for baby squirrel is a 1cc syringe. When feeding the baby squirrel you will need to be very careful. Wear gloves if at all possible and wash your hands as soon as you. Never feed a baby on its back or too fast.

Watch to see that the genital area does not get swollen. Baby squirrels can suck harder than they should meaning that more milk than normal will get down even reaching into the lungs and eventually causing pneumonia. Baby should feel warm in your hands. The best outcome for any baby squirrel is to be raised by its mother and baring that to be reared in the company of other squirrels in a setting that best prepares it for a successful life in the wild.

A few may eat better if you potty them in the middle of a feeding. A baby squirrel less than 5 weeks old will need to be stimulated to poop and pee. Scoop up the baby squirrel very gently in both hands. Whether the newborn squirrel is too weak to sustain life is a valid concern but a baby squirrel cannot.

Gather up some nesting material twigs straw leaves etc and stick it in your pocket. Before you attempt to feed a newborn squirrel you must ensure several things if your hard work is. If necessary you may have to separate the squirrels until they are a little older. Gently carry the squirrel home and place it in a small container like a shoebox.

Supervise the reunion attempt carefully but from a distance. Baby squirrels need pedialyte and puppy milk to grow. Use a 1cc syringe on small babies to control the feed rate. Before or after each feeding the baby must be stimulated to urinate and defecate.

You can feed a baby squirrel with a bottle and it will bond to you as its mother you have to keep baby squirrels warm and massage their genitals to make them pee. What to feed a newborn squirrel first things first. Pleaseclick the next stimulating link below. Even on hot summer days baby squirrels can get chilled quickly.

Use a warm wet cotton ball q tip the corner of a kleenex or your finger and flick lightly across the genital area.