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come across either a sensitive and attentive specialist or a character who last saw a living rodent back at university. In any case, after examining your new ward, you should definitely get recommendations from your veterinarian on feeding and caring for your new pet. But this is not possible everywhere and not always. Therefore, if you are forced to care for a baby squirrel without the help of veterinarians, then here are some basic recommendations that will help you not to kill it. First of all, you need to determine his age. Which is not so difficult if you know where to look: The baby squirrel is naked - he is less than 14 days old. The baby's first teeth are cutting in - about three weeks old. Eyes opened - a month. All the teeth have erupted, and their length has reached 1.5 millimeters - the baby squirrel is about a month and a half old. Why is this important? But because the feeding schedule and amount of food depend on the age of the baby squirrel. If the baby is less than 14 days old, then he needs to be given 2 ml of milk (not cow's milk!) or a special milk formula every 2-3 hours. If he is already a month old, then the portion can be doubled, and the interval between meals can be increased by 1-1.5 hours. Well, up to 1.5 months, the microprotein can be fed with 6 milliliters of milk at a time, gradually increasing the interval between meals to 6 hours. At least you can finally get some sleep... It will become much easier when the baby starts teething, because he can be switched from milk food to a typical squirrel diet: Acorns, hazelnuts, walnuts, unroasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds. Sometimes you can please him with sweets, like dried apples and carrot pieces. And then, if you did everything correctly, if the baby squirrel is healthy and provided with food, then it will grow into a young and nimble squirrel, which you can release into freedom. Well, or leave it next to you and endure the endless antics of the restless rodent. The choice is yours! 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot