How slow should you feed a baby squirrel that is less than ten days old? They've been making clicking sounds.

Help?How slow should you feed a baby squirrel that is less than ten days old? They've been making clicking sounds.
The advice given is correct, about every two hours, night and day. I have to tell you my story. A baby squirrel fell out of his nest in my back yard a few years back. His eye's weren't even opened and he had a little blood coming from his nose. I thought he probably had internal injuries and would die but still, I feed him baby formula with a pinch of peanut butter added (why? because I would feed his mom peanuts and I thought it must flavor her milk and the baby would feel closer to mom). The momma squirrel came to my back door and I brought the baby out to her, she seemed content that it was being looked after, she had 3 others. We cared for this baby all summer, taught it how to forage, jump, everything we could imagine it's mom would teach it. When it was old enough and a good enough climber we would let it go in the tree it was born in. It would play there all day but come down and crawl in it's cage at night. It even started fixing the hole in the old nest. The mom and babies had long since abandoned the nest. One day while out a big rain storm came, the baby squirrel didn't come down to it's cage that night but chose to stay in the tree nest. The next day he was wild, never wanting to go into the cage again. It would climb down the tree and sit on the branch with my sons, but would not let them pick him up. Three years later he still lives in that tree and still visits us whenever we're out in the yard. True story I swear!How slow should you feed a baby squirrel that is less than ten days old? They've been making clicking sounds.
Are you a squirrel? They don't need humans help at all.


the clicking sound is it dying because you took it out of it's natural habitat...





You may not know it but you have doomed that poor animal


by messing with it...It's mother should provide for it until


it is old enough to fend for it's self.





If it fell from a tree or you took it from a nest it spelled out the end for the animal....they are wild animals...do you know many


people with a squirrel for a pet....NO!! because they can't live in captivity..





Hope it don't carry Lice or Rabies.....let it go free.


Next time don't scare off it's mom...


It is a small animal , They run away when approached


They don't defend there nest they run for there lives..





.no Animal shelter/clinic/place would tell you to bring an un domesticated animal inside.





You should have left it alone....


Mark my words it is already dead and it died the minute you took it out of the tree.


I will look back at this question in 2 weeks and I bet it died days before.
tree rats
about every 2 hours feed them baby formula they are clicking because they want their mom
If these are domestically bred pets, you need to contact the breeder for advice, or take them to an experienced exotic animal vet.





If these are wild squirrels that you have ';rescued'; you need to contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact.鈥?/a>





These people have the specialized training to care for sick, injured and orphaned wild animals. They also have the required state and federal licenses that are needed to keep wild animals in captivity, even for a short time, even for the purpose of saving them. It is illegal to have wild animals in your possession if you do not have these permits.











edit: In additional details, you stated ';I called the Wildlife Rehab center, and they said that I could infact raise the squirrels and only have to bring them if I tire of caring for the squirrels.'; I don't know what kind of place you called, but they are wrong. In order to keep these animals and care for them, you must be a licensed rehabilitator, and then you can only keep them until they are healthy enough for release.


';U.S. wildlife rehabilitators must hold permits or licenses from the state and federal governments.'; http://www.owra.org/becoming.htm





';Wildlife requires specialized care to survive, especially those that are injured or orphaned. Without such specialized diets, feeding, cages, and treatment, these animals may suffer or die. Working with wildlife carries risks of injury, disease, and parasites for humans and domestic animals. Inappropriately released wildlife can result in problems for wild populations. Possession of wildlife requires various permits and licenses. Working with wildlife is a serious activity and has special requirements.'; http://www.ewildagain.org/pdf/RecBooklet鈥?/a>





Since I used to volunteer at a wildlife rehabilitation center, and was a designated transporter for another rehabilitator, I do know what I am talking about - you do need a license to keep these squirrels.
http://www.squirrel-rescue.com/squirrel-鈥?/a>


I believe a squirrel will not eat when not hungry so just give it what is in this article just very small pieces..i think when they are this small its the size of the food not how fast.
ok get one of those tiny bottles that you can get t pets mart and poke a hole in it with a needle. Then put goat milk in it and warm it for about 10 seconds. (test it on your wrist to see if it's the right temp) then just barley stick it in its mouth.





Hope that helped (my freind had a squrrel and we both took care of it.)








oh and if they click that means there mom sick (need there mother)