Here are links for folks rehabbing baby wildlife & great shopping
NUTS ABOUT SQUIRRELS - FANTASTIC NEST BOXES & FEEDERS
Hand made jewelry and many nifty gifties for all your squirrel friends
http://www.nutsaboutsquirrels.net
CHRIS'S SQUIRREL & MORE YOUR 1 STOP SHOP FOR ALL YOUR REHABBING NEEDS
http://squirrelsandmore.com/
FOX VALLEY FORMULA FOR WILDLIFE ORPHANS
http://foxvalleynutrition.com/main/home.asp
HENRY'S HEALTHY PETS - BIG NUTRITON FOR SMALL ANIMALS
http://www.henryspets.com/
A FAVOR IN RETURN - AMAZING WILDLIFE ART
http://www.cafepress.com/afir
THE CRAFTY RAT - AWESOME SUPPLIES & FOOD FOR RODENT FRIENDS & Harlan Teklad blocks
http://www.thecraftyrat.com/
Author and Lecturer Ann Southcombe has some wonderful books
http://www.kinshipwithanimals.com/kinship2/Welcome.html
Jackie of Squirrel Central in Florida makes amazing fleece cage gear
email her for her selections thecrazysquirrellady@gmail.com
Kritter Kozys is just like it sounds! Awesome hand made critter comforts
http://www.kritterkozys.com/
David Coalburn is a traveling artist that is so supportive of my rescue efforts I love all of his work and his travels
http://stores.ebay.com/Davids-Wildlife-Gallery
BooBalls
A recipe for homemade snacks for squirrels from a lady who raised her pet squirrel on them. I use as they are economical to make and store well in the freezer. I also feed straight rodent blocks too. Calcium is so important in squirrel diets.
Ingredients:
50 grams (1 part) rodent block (crushed to a fine powder) I use Mazuri - I buy in 50# bags.
50 grams (1 part) powdered Fox Valley squirrel formula. I use what I have on hand
50 grams (1 part) crushed nuts. I NEVER use peanuts.
3 capsules of Multidolphilus.
20 grams "organic" coconut oil (melted)
1 jar (approximately 100 grams) of Earth's Best Organic baby food fruit (I use apples and plums)
Directions for mixing:
Mix dry ingredients together well (including the multidolphilus powder from inside the capsules).
Mix organic baby food fruit in to your dry ingredients until well blended. It will seem very wet.
Mix coconut oil into the mixture until well blended.
Put in the refrigerator for 5 hours (Overnight is even better). This lets it set up. It softens/moistens the
rodent block and dissolves the FV.
Once you are ready to serve it take out about a 1/2 tsp (5 grams) of the mixture and roll is in your hands but not
so much that it will melt the coconut oil. Give it to your squirrel.
I feed two of these a day. One in the morning and one in the evening. Between these two feeding I give them their assorted fresh vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, avocado, field greens, red bell pepper, cooked sweet potato, cucumber, zucchini, grape tomatoes, occasionally a piece of a baby carrot ... the list of veggies can go on and on and on.
Ingredients:
50 grams (1 part) rodent block (crushed to a fine powder) I use Mazuri - I buy in 50# bags.
50 grams (1 part) powdered Fox Valley squirrel formula. I use what I have on hand
50 grams (1 part) crushed nuts. I NEVER use peanuts.
3 capsules of Multidolphilus.
20 grams "organic" coconut oil (melted)
1 jar (approximately 100 grams) of Earth's Best Organic baby food fruit (I use apples and plums)
Directions for mixing:
Mix dry ingredients together well (including the multidolphilus powder from inside the capsules).
Mix organic baby food fruit in to your dry ingredients until well blended. It will seem very wet.
Mix coconut oil into the mixture until well blended.
Put in the refrigerator for 5 hours (Overnight is even better). This lets it set up. It softens/moistens the
rodent block and dissolves the FV.
Once you are ready to serve it take out about a 1/2 tsp (5 grams) of the mixture and roll is in your hands but not
so much that it will melt the coconut oil. Give it to your squirrel.
I feed two of these a day. One in the morning and one in the evening. Between these two feeding I give them their assorted fresh vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, avocado, field greens, red bell pepper, cooked sweet potato, cucumber, zucchini, grape tomatoes, occasionally a piece of a baby carrot ... the list of veggies can go on and on and on.