What foods do wild squirrels eat:

1. Nuts: pine nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, pistachios, melon seeds, etc. Nuts are the squirrel's favorite and its staple food. Not only can they supplement nutrition, but the hard shell can also help it grind its teeth.

2. Whole grains: millet, corn, sorghum, buckwheat, brown rice, etc. Squirrels can also eat grains, but do not cook them. Feeding them whole grains can promote digestion and provide them with richer nutrients.

3. Vegetables: lettuce, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, etc. Common vegetables can also be fed to squirrels as supplementary food occasionally, but do not eat too much, otherwise the squirrel will have diarrhea.

4. Occasionally, it also eats meat. Its meat food mainly consists of insects, larvae, ant eggs and other small animals. You want clean bugs, don’t feed caught cockroaches or bugs with parasites. In addition, this also depends on your constitution. Some of them can’t be tolerated by the gastrointestinal tract and will cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Foods that squirrels cannot eat:

1. It is not advisable to eat too much animal protein foods, that is, meat, eggs and other foods. This will put a great burden on the digestive function of the squirrel's stomach.

2. It is not advisable to eat too much high-water fruits and vegetables, such as watermelon. This can easily cause diarrhea in squirrels.

3. You should eat chocolate and foods containing caffeine. These two things make the squirrel too excited, which is not good for the squirrel's body and mood, and can lead to death from excessive heart rate or heart failure.

4. Do not give squirrels drinks, especially carbonated drinks.