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Young Growth Of Buds: In the wild, tree squirrels feed on young green cones, fungi, nuts, buds, seeds, berries, some insects, birds' eggs, and young birds. In captivity, well-balanced diet absolutely essential.
REQUIRES DAILY: Seeds—Offer sunflower seeds, whole oats, wheat, melon seeds, corn and seed mixes prepared for any of the larger birds; hamster mix may be used. Fruits—All kinds, especially melons, in season; apples and oranges in winter; cultivated mushrooms. Green food—Must be varied; offer young growth or buds of plants, trees, and shrubs; blossoms of clover and alfalfa; green weed seeds; carrot tops and young carrots; lettuce and young weed growth. Water—Must be fresh, clean, always available; use water bottle.
However; by cutting it in summer it is possible to restrain the plant without encouraging massive growth. In late or early winter cut back all shoots to within two or three buds of the point where they started growing in the previous season. Where a plant becomes too large, also prune it in mid-summer; cutting the current season's young shoots back to within five or six buds of the plant's base.
Green food—Variety necessary; offer young growth of buds of plants, trees, and shrubs; clover and alfalfa blossoms; green seeds and weeds such as mallow or common cheese weed; carrot tops and young carrots; lettuce; young weed growth that comes up after early rains. Water—Must be fresh, clean, and always available; use water bottle.
REQUIRES OCCASIONALLY: Nuts—Feed a few pine nuts or other ford-shelled variety, one at a time, once only per week. Meat—Feed weekly; offer meal worms 4 or 5 at a time; vary with piece of fresh bone of young animal from which all fat and most of meat have been removed.
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