Each year, new skyscrapers are built in Moscow, roads expand, metro stations appear in remote areas. But despite this, protected areas with massive impassable forests in which wild animals live are preserved within the boundaries of the capital city. While resting, citizens often go to a national park located on Elk Island, where you can meet animals and birds.
Many bring food with them to leave it to the forest inhabitants. The article will give advice to the veterinarian about what kind of food should not be offered to wild animals.
How to feed squirrels?
Often in urban green recreation areas there are ads asking visitors to help squirrels feed in the winter. There are specially made feeders for this. Many animals are so used to people that they take food directly from their hands. The bad thing is that many do not know what is allowed to give these animals, so as not to harm. The following is a list of squirrel products that can be put in the feeder:
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- Nuts - pine, hazelnuts, walnuts, always with shells. Peanuts are better not to put.
- Seeds - watermelon, pumpkin, melon and sunflower. They should not be fried.
- Dried fruits - prunes, apples, raisins, dried apricots, cut into small pieces.
- Carrots, cut into small pieces and dried.
- Wheat bread - dried, but not toasted.
- Special mixes for squirrels and hamsters.
- Dried mushrooms.
- Crackers are small, sugar and salt free.
What can not be fed protein?
The products listed below are very harmful to animals. These include:
- almonds - for protein is poison;
- fried nuts and seeds of any kind;
- fresh and dry moldy bread slices;
- chips, salted crackers, nuts for beer and any products containing fragrant fragrances and pungent odors;
- sweet cookies and salty crackers.
In the cold, it is not recommended to leave fresh apples and pears, because proteins can not be chewed by the icy liquid into which fresh juice turns.
Hand Squirrel
Feeding these cute creatures is very nice. They are so accustomed to a person that they are not at all afraid and calmly eat food from their palms. But after feeding, you need to wash your hands thoroughly and use disinfectants. Remember that squirrels can be carriers of tularemia, leptospirosis and rabies, which are very dangerous diseases for an individual. Particular attention should be paid to feeding animals to children. With a sudden movement of the child or a joyful cry, the animal can be frightened and scratch or bite the baby.
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Feed for bird feeders
In winter, when there is no vegetation, birds experience great difficulties in finding food. Often a person comes to the rescue by hanging bird feeders and pouring feed into them. What food is suitable for birds? Most commonly used:
- sunflower seeds;
- millet - in dry form;
- oats, rice or wheat - raw grains or boiled;
- meat - in raw or dried form;
- lard, beef or chicken fat;
- berries of mountain ash, hawthorn, viburnum - in dry form;
- nuts - any;
- eggshell.
What can not feed the birds?
For all birds during feeding, certain rules must be followed and do not feed:
- Salty foods - nuts, lard, meat and seeds. The removal of salts from the body occurs through the kidneys, so when they are in excess, they quickly wear out.
- Fried foods are dangerous for the liver.
- Black bread - it causes fermentation in the intestine, intestinal inversion is possible.
- The kernels of plums, cherries, apricots and almonds - contain hydrocyanic acid, which is a poison.
- Raw potatoes contain solanine and poisonous for birds, boiled - rich in starch, has a detrimental effect on digestion.
- Canned foods - contain vinegar, salt, spices and sugar.
Feeding rules
When luring birds to a feeder, one must remember that they need to be fed, and not fed to their fill. The constant presence of food in the feeders makes birds lazy. They stop looking for food on their own and eat constantly monotonous food, and this badly affects their body. In winter, under natural conditions, they hunt insects hidden under the tree bark or look for berries and seeds of plants. Constantly fill the feeder about once a day at a specific time. They get used to a certain mode.
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