Feeding Chart For Baby Squirrels

5 of body weight each feeding every 2 3 hours for 6 8 feedings each day.

Feeding chart for baby squirrels.

Includes charts based on age and weight links to online conversion calculators for weight volume and. Feeding amount based weight range. Never feed baby squirrels cow s milk fruit juice tang. Umbilicus still attached feeding feeding newborn to one week description amount interval 12 grams completely hairless except for tiny vibrisse whiskers.

50 x 5 2 5 using a calculator it s 50 x 05 2 5 so you feed 2 5 cc s per feeding. Do not add vitamins or minerals to any commercially prepared milk replacement product as they are already nutritionally complete. We take the squirrels weight in grams and multiply by 25 then divide by the number of feedings in a 24 hours period. Example squirrel weighs 25 grams x 25 6 25 then divide by the number of feedings let s say 12 5208 or 52 cc s.

Do not allow the baby to eat more than the recommended amount or frequency. That will give you the number of cc s per feeding. Eyes are sealed shut and ears are pinned to head for first few days. A baby squirrel less than 5 weeks old will need to be stimulated to poop and pee.

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