I saved a baby squirrel and don't know what it eats?

Well I saved a baby squirrel it fell out of a tree and well I can't find any nuts outside and we can't go to town and leave it here with 3 dogs and 1 cat is there anything that I would most likely have in the house for it to eat and drink?I saved a baby squirrel and don't know what it eats?
The very best thing you can do is call your local animal rescue number in the phone book and locate who in your area is trained in rescuing wild animals. They will have all the appropriate foods to feed it and release it back into the wild when it is old enough. This is a sure way it will live and grow up to be an adult.I saved a baby squirrel and don't know what it eats?
Check the packages on your dog and cat food. The one with least(preferably none) meat ingredients can be fed to the squirrel in short-term. Take it to the nearest rescue center(not spca as they will euthanize it!) Water is good for drink.





If you happen to have nuts in the house, they are much better, but only if they are raw (unprocessed, unsalted, etc.)





Get him to a Professional as soon as possible pleas.e
Don't try to raise it yourself, take it to a trained rehabber. You can find one near you here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.鈥?/a>





If you try to raise the squirrel yourself without knowing what you're doing you risk causing serious harm to the squirrel. At the center where I volunteer, we keep orphaned squirrels for weeks before they are ready to be released. Even if you were to feed it properly (which is not simple for babies - look at the pictures here of some improperly fed babies: http://www.squirrel-rehab.org/pictures/i鈥?/a> ), you risk the squirrel becoming ';imprinted'; and learning to trust humans. Then it will be in danger when you release it as it may lose it's instinct to run from humans.





Whatever you do, do NOT give a baby (of any species besides cow) cow's milk!
here are some suggestions : eat nuts maybe fruit or cheese peanut butter maybe or maybe cereal without milk : drink water milk maybe ( not soda! maybe you can try this website
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vegetable or fruit...don~t forget water....check out googles too!
this is what you can feed them


Pecans


Walnuts


Hazelnuts (Filberts)


Cashew nuts (salted or unsalted, doesn't matter)


Pine nuts


Macadamia nuts (from the jar, not in the shell)


Pistachio nuts (in the shell for the older, more juvenile squirrels). Do give the white kind, NOT the red-dyed ones. Salted ones are just fine.


Almonds ---- Give sparingly because these contain salicylates (the same ingredient in aspirin which is stored in the body and not easily thrown off -- takes 3 weeks for that chemical to go out of the body.





Chestnuts are fine as long as they're sliced open with a knife, cut in half so inside can be inspected and tasted, if necessary. Withered, yellowed, or moldy chestnuts should never be given. Nor should those that have started to sprout be fed since they can be terribly bitter and leave a horrid aftertaste in the mouth. Their life span is very short -- shells are so porous and air can get in to spoil the pure white nutmeat inside, so do be cautious about feeding these.


Brazil Nuts -- Give rarely because these are too high in phosphorus and make squirrels nervous. Since shells are so hard, it's best to cut them in half (or less) with a nut cutter and only give the half (or less) at once. Whether these have withered or spoiled inside can only be detected by cracking them open.Red-tipped or green-leafed lettuces (Romaine is preferred)


Endive


Spinach (go easy on spinach because it contains nitrates which are carcinogens)


Small tender leaves of:


Beet greens


Swiss Chard


Turnip greens


Kale


Hackberry leaves (if you know what a Hackberry tree is)


Broccoli -- (Its cousin, cauliflower, has little food value, if any, so don't feed it.)


Celery, leaves and 陆'; very short piece of stalk -- please don't put the whole plant in the cage! Celery has zero nutrition in it so give only sparingly.


Other vegetables:


Squash (Yellow, Zucchini, and Butternut)


Cucumber (Peel rind if waxed)


Tomato


Sweet potato


Green Bell pepper


Okra


Sugar Snap peas


Snow peas


Corn --- A 1'; slice cut in 4 pieces. (Give only 1 or 2 of these pieces.) Do NOT put in a whole ear of corn for them to gorge on: Corn sours and molds quickly.


Green beans (1 陆 '; sections)


Fruits (all, except where noted, should be a small chunk about the size of the end of your thumb including thumbnail)


Avocado


Blueberries (3 or 4)


Blackberries (1)


Strawberries (1/4)


Raspberries (these mold awfully fast so feed only those that are of the ultimate freshness)


Banana (small slice)


Kiwi (supposedly the most ';nearly perfect'; fruit)


Watermelon (I consider this nutritionally poor because it is mostly water)


Cantaloupe


Grapes (1 - 2 occasionally)


Raisins (same nutritional value as grapes)


Plum


Pineapple


Mulberries


Fig (1/4 to 1/6th)


Dates (1/3rd is a sufficient serving)


Apple -- (seeds in the core are toxic -- do NOT feed)


Peach or Nectarine


Pear


Orange(small piece)


Mango(small piece -- skin is toxic, so peel it off)


Other:


Mushrooms (store-bought only). Do NOT feed white button or Portabello mushrooms because they contain three carcinogens.


Seeds: (All sun-dried by you!) Best not to give these (and only a few at that time) except occasionally every now and then. Pumpkin seeds especially are high in phosphorus which makes squirrels (and people!) nervous.


Pumpkin


Squash


Watermelon


Cantaloupe


A List of NO-NO's





Nothing-- for 24 hours; he died.





Egg yolk -- they all die. This is literally ';unborn chicken';, not intended for our vegetarian squirrels -- only for carnivores.





KMR (kitten formula) they die in 3-5 days. One lasted 8 days. The extremely high concentration of egg yolk (unborn chicken) will quickly do them in, especially fox squirrel babies whose little systems are much more delicate than the grays.





Esbilac (puppy formula) -- literally thousands of squirrels have died needlessly in the hands of humans because of being fed commercial formulas recommended on those politically-motivated wildlife-group web pages whose members don't want the public to succeed. This particular formula takes longer than KMR for the harmful effects to set in. Has egg yolk (unborn chicken) in it, no magnesium, too many alien chemical additives and preservatives, and the ferrous sulfate blocks calcium, leading to broken bones, rickets, nervousness, convulsions, seizures, and sudden, unexpected death.





All other commercial formulas supposedly intended for baby animals, no matter WHAT the brand name, cause the same unfortunate symptoms since compositions of all those formulas are basically the same.








Ground-up dog food mixed with Pet Milk -- he died (Instructions for this awful concoction came from a Wildlife Rehabilitation handbook.) Squirrels are vegetarians and cannot tolerate meat. When squirrels are confused with dogs, the next ';step up'; can be Puppy Weaning Formula, a sure-fire instant killer, because of the extemely high content of meat.





Pizza-- convulsions, seizure. He died.





Enfamil, Similac, etc. (human baby