What is it like to raise a squirrel?

Raising a squirrel is almost the same as raising a cat, and you have to guard against it like a thief, because there is no place where it can't go, which is the most helpless.

It's troublesome, squirrels are prone to chronic heat stroke. You can't spend a lot of time in the sun in summer, so it's easy to be deficient in calcium, so you need to give him calcium supplements.

When I go out, I take it back and go back, and every time I will be surrounded by people around me, especially children, it feels very good.

Be very patient, spend a long time building trust with each other, feed melon seeds one by one, let him develop the habit of peeing at a fixed point, etc.

The squirrel will hide the food that it can't eat, and the house is full of things it hides, which is very helpless.

It feels like it eats better than I do! The walnuts and nuts at home are all left to it, and I am reluctant to eat them.

The squirrel has too good digestion, so it is quite troublesome to clean the tray under the cage every day, at least 2 times.

In winter, it's either eating or looking for something, and it's so cute!

I've run away several times, but it's so hard to catch that neither of you can catch it. I'm afraid of it biting, so it's easy to catch it, but it still doesn't give up, and it feels so tired.

I often take it to the company, my colleagues like it very much, and my relationship with my colleagues is getting better and better through it, and I have to thank it for it!

The elf of the real porridge is too sticky, it's okay in winter, it's thin in summer, and the little fierce tiger scratches it on his body, it's all tears.

1 Food Squirrels seem to feed on the seeds of plants in the family Shellaceae, but they also eat quite a few insects in nature, so it is best to feed them some animal food as well. Walnuts, chestnuts and other nuts are squirrels' favorites, and biting open the hard outer jujube shell is not only a game for squirrels, but also can help grind their teeth before grinding. It is best to feed this type of food frequently.

If artificial feed is used as the staple food, it should also be supplemented with apples and other foods.

2 Rearing cages.

Squirrels are very active, especially like to climb trees, and the activity space is relatively three-dimensional, so wide and tall cages should be used as much as possible. Since squirrels are used to building nests in trees, nest boxes should be installed high in the cage. Nest boxes can be replaced by nest boxes used by small birds with high entrances and exits.

The squirrel moves very quickly, so be careful when opening and closing the door to avoid escaping. In the unlikely event that you escape, avoid being bitten by a squirrel if you suddenly hold on to it.

Squirrels bite people, and the feeding method of squirrels is as follows:

The first is to choose a smaller goldenrod squirrel, which is well-behaved and easy to cultivate affection and dependence.

Second, buy a common wire bird cage so that you can hold it. Not too small, squirrels are very active. And there are fixed sinks and troughs, so you don't have to worry about being knocked over.

Third, cut it with a cardboard box (shoebox) and fold it out to create a square nest. 10 cm wide, 13

cm long, 9 cm high. After sticking it with tape, leave the cover at the top, and then cut a hole the size of a ping-pong ball on the side for the little guy to get in and out. Without a good nest, its survival rate is very low.

Fourth, you can cut a small piece of carpet and lay it in the finished nest. Then find a few palm-sized rags and put them in the nest, put less in the summer and a few more in the winter, always loose, not too tight. Be sure to cloth the head, if it is a whole cloth, the little guy may nest in it and not be able to suffocate.

Squirrels love warm and cozy nests.

Fifth, put the finished squirrel nest into the bird cage, if it is too big to put in, cut off a few wires, and find a way to fix the wires after they are done. The purchased birdcage has two beams dedicated to the bird station. The squirrel's nest was fastened to two beams and suspended in mid-air.

It feels like you're going up and down a tree. On the other hand, it is also to save space in the birdcage and allow the little one to have a larger range of activities. If not, it is fastened to the middle of the cage with wire.

It's better not to put the nest directly in the birdcage anyway.

Sixth, squirrels have a very mixed diet. As long as people can eat it, it eats it. Meat, fruits, cereals. I like sweets, I eat any coke and ice cream. Sugar jars and rice bags at home should be protected.

Seventh, the squirrel has a lot of activity and cannot be kept off constantly, so it must be released to slip around. Rest assured, it won't run away. If you use food, you will run over. But a little bad is open defecation. Therefore, friends who are taboo about this should think twice.

Eighth, bathe the squirrels often. Bathe a squirrel when it smells foul of it. Put a basin of warm water, it is better to be cold than hot.

Squirrels are afraid of water and cannot swim. To wash with your hands, you can use shampoo or soap. After finishing, rub with a dry cloth to absorb the water from the squirrel.

The cloth in the squirrel's nest should also be washed frequently.

Ninth, always hold it with your hands or hold it in your hands often. Develop trust in your hand so that it won't bite you even in the shower.

Tenth, it is best to give it hard grains such as mung beans and apricot pits, and the best flesh and bones, so that it can grind its teeth.

Be careful not to think of squirrels as hamsters, chinchillas and the like. Squirrels are intelligent and spiritual. If it's squared, it runs out for a few days and comes back on its own.