do squirrels eat bread if not what do they eat?

Answer 1

nuts and seeds

Answer 2

Years ago I had a Senoran Desert Ground Squirrel that my Dad found in the middle of a parking lot. He was only a baby with no fur and his eyes weren't even open yet!!! My step mother raised him on milk and honey until he could be fed solid food.

There are Rodent Foods available in pet stores that squirrels like. I fed my squirrel some of my horse's food (it was made of a combination of oats, barley, corn and other grains; NOT the pelleted kind), carrots, lettuce, fruits and nuts. He lived to the ripe OLD age of Five. Squirrels don't live very many years.....especially in the wild. Most rodent only live to be three or four years old. The smaller the rodent the shorter the life span.

In the wild, squirrels eat seeds, grains (so yes they will eat bread, although it's not the best food for them, or anything made of grains), fruits, nuts and some roots (like wild carrots or the ones in your vege garden).

Squirrels are extremely smart. I found this out with "Whoolybooger" (as my Dad named him). And wild squirrels are notorious for figuring out ways to raid bird feeders to get to the seeds (especially the sunflower seeds) in the bird food.

If you would like to feed squirrels I would suggest buying the dried ears of corn that are for that purpose found in pet stores. Simply drive some LOOOONG nails through some boards you can attatch somewhere and stick an ear in each nail. Make several "feeding stations" like this so there will be plenty to go around. You can also take pine cones (if readily available) and fill them with tallow and peanut butter and hang them around where you can watch them eat from the pine cones. You can also feed them from the items I listed above.

Good luck, enjoy and LEARN about squirrels while you're at it!!!

Answer 3

The squirrels in my area can empty an automatic dog feeder in no time flat. They pretty much eat anything. If you can locate one in your area try a squirrel bungee. Its an ear of corn on a bungee device that you can hang from a tree. The squirrel climbs down and eats the corn and the bungee bounces him. He continues to eat and you get the best entertainment just watching the show. Just get plenty of the dried ear corn because they get addicted.

Answer 4

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do squirrels eat bread if not what do they eat?

Answer 5

yes they will eat just about anything! but if you want to start feeding them i suggest nuts and seeds as it is more nutritious and natural - you may even be able to watch him scurry away to bury it! the squirrels in our garden love to eat my rabbit's food and i guess it must be quite good for them too!

Answer 6

Nuts and seeds. And they love seed corn I put out ears of corn I get from time to time from my brother in-law who farms and they will clean off 2 or 3 ears a day at certain times of year.

Answer 7

One well-known trait of some species of squirrel is the gathering and storing of nuts for the winter. These squirrels are scatter-hoarders; they will gather nuts and store them in any accessible hiding place, usually by burying them. Recent research shows that they have excellent memories for the locations of these caches. Another characteristic trait of several types of squirrels, especially ground squirrels, is their tendency to rise on their hind legs and curl their paws flat against their chests when they sense any kind of danger. They will then survey their surrounding territories. If they feel that they are in peril, they will often send the warning call, a loud screeching sound, to alert other squirrels.

Unlike rabbits or deer, squirrels cannot digest cellulose, and must rely on foods rich in protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Early spring is the hardest time of year for squirrels, as buried nuts begin to sprout and are no longer available, but new food sources have not become available yet. During these times squirrels rely heavily on the buds of trees, in particular, those of the Silver Maple. Despite popular impression, squirrels are actually omnivores; as well as eating a wide variety of plant food, including nuts, seeds, fruits, fungi (for example, mushrooms), and green vegetation, they also eat insects, eggs, and even small birds, smaller mammals, and frogs. It is also a common occurrence that these foods replace nuts in some of the tropics.

Squirrels are generally clever and persistent animals; in residential neighborhoods they are notorious for eating out of bird feeders, digging in potted plants either to bury or recover seeds, and for setting up house in sheltered areas including attics. While many companies sell bird feeders which are supposedly "squirrel-proof", very few - if any - of them really are.

Squirrels are sometimes also pests because they chew on various edible and inedible objects; the habit helps keep the squirrel's teeth sharp and also wears them down (many rodents' teeth grow continuously). Homeowners in areas with a heavy squirrel population must keep attics and basements carefully sealed to prevent property damage caused by nesting squirrels. Some homeowners resort to more humane ways of dealing with this, such as collecting and planting fur from pets (such as domestic cats and dogs) in attics. This fur will indicate to nesting squirrels that a potential predator roams and will encourage evacuation. Fake owls and scarecrows are generally ignored by the animals, and the best way to prevent chewing on an object is to coat it with something to make it undesirable: for instance a soft cloth or chili pepper paste or powder. Squirrel trapping is also practiced to remove them from residential areas.

Squirrels can be trained to be hand-fed. Because they are able to cache surplus food, they will take as much food as you put out. If a person starts to feed one, that squirrel will come back day after day to get its food. Squirrels living in parks and campuses in cities have learned long ago that humans are typically a ready source of food. Hand feeding is not recommended, however, because squirrels may carry plague or other animal-borne diseases. Even if they do not carry disease, they often have a hard time telling fingertips from food, and bites are painful.

Squirrels are often the cause of electricity outages. The animals will enter transformers or capacitors looking for food. The squirrels are then electrocuted and cause a power surge that shorts equipment. Squirrels have brought down the high-tech NASDAQ stock market twice, and were responsible for a spate of power outages at the University of Alabama. They will often chew on tree branches to sharpen their teeth, but cannot tell the difference between a tree branch and a live power line. Rubber plates are sometimes used to prevent access to these facilities.

Answer 8

I spread a birds treat called bark butter on pine cones than put on the seeds.

Answer 9

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i feed the squirrleys too! usually peanuts and sunflowers seeds they do not accept bread and soft pretzels

Answer 10

Not only do they eat bread but their natural food is nuts and acorns mostly. They gather them in their cheeks and store them for the winter.

Answer 11

Yes - we had one chew through the screen of the kitchen window - he went for the loaf of 12 grain sitting on the counter.