Raising requires a large living space, squirrels have poor character, squirrels carry bacteria, so squirrels can not be casually raised.

1, the living space required is large, squirrels are a very active animal, they are small, but they need a lot of living space.

2, poor character, although the squirrel looks cute, but they do not like to be caught, and will have the behavior of biting.

3, carry germs, squirrels belong to the wildlife, their bodies carry a large number of germs, easy to infect humans.

Squirrel characteristics:

Squirrels mainly live in trees, will build nests in the trees, but in the morning or evening will leave the tree to go to hunt for food, with pine cones and other pine trees as the main food, in the fall the squirrels will be divided into a few locations to store food. The tail is large and thick, two-thirds the length of the body, and is used as a quilt when sleeping.

Squirrel Habits:

1, Food Habits:

Squirrels like to eat vegetarian, and occasionally eat meat, vegetarian diet is mainly to red pine, spruce, fir, larch, pine, and camphor and hazelnut, acorns, dried fruits, as well as seeds, and meat is mainly insects, larvae, ant eggs and other small animals. and other small animals, etc., in the case of food shortage, squirrels have other options.

2. Breeding Habits:

Squirrels come into heat in the spring and summer, and the heat period is about two weeks. The breeding age of squirrels is 8 to 9 weeks for females and 9 to 10 weeks for males. The gestation time is about 35-40 days, and the squirrels can give birth to about three litters per year, four to six each time. Newborn squirrels are so small that they can't see and use their mother's milk as the source of all their nutritional needs. Squirrels develop very slowly, opening their eyes only when they are nearly 30 days old.

3, nesting habits:

The squirrels build nests in the dense branches, or use the crows and magpies of the abandoned nests, and sometimes in the tree holes to make nests, in addition to eating wild fruits, but also eat the shoots, young shoots, leaves, as well as insects and bird eggs. Autumn, squirrels began to store food, a squirrel often several kilograms of food stored in several places, and sometimes see the squirrels in the tree sun food, do not let them deteriorate mold.