. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. e back or side; another door must be made opening flushwith the floor of the cage proper, but must not be larger than absolutely necessary, assquirrels are very nimble creatures, and are as likely as not to be outside the cagebefore one is well aware of the fact. The cages for flying squirrels should be somewhatdeeper than those intended for the other species of Scitiridce, with dark corners forthe animals to retire to during the daytime without actually using the small bottom of the cage should be strewn with a la
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. e back or side; another door must be made opening flushwith the floor of the cage proper, but must not be larger than absolutely necessary, assquirrels are very nimble creatures, and are as likely as not to be outside the cagebefore one is well aware of the fact. The cages for flying squirrels should be somewhatdeeper than those intended for the other species of Scitiridce, with dark corners forthe animals to retire to during the daytime without actually using the small bottom of the cage should be strewn with a layer of sawdust, and over this alayer of fine straw. Some people use hay as being sweeter-smeUing material; but ashay has a great tendency to encourage insects, its use is not recommended. Cleanlinessis a sine qua non with these as with all other animals, and the cage, in addition tobeing cleaned out every day, must be scrubbed out every week with a strong solutionof soda and water, with a free use of one of the various kinds of carbolic or other 401 402 Animal Life. BEOAD-TAILED SQUIEEEL disinfectant soaps, inorder that any unpleasantodours may be keptunder, and that the cageitself may be kept cleanand wholesome. If thisbe done regularly, nosmell will be apparentand the squirrels willalways be a credit totheir owner; of course,advantage must be takenof the animals being inthe sleeping-box to per-form these operations. Aportion of a tree branchmay be placed diagonallyin the cage leading upto the retiring - food vessels arepreferably of whiteearthenware. The staple diet of allsquirrels should be nuts,greens, fruit, dates, breadand grains, such as corn or oats. The plantain squirrel is very partial to dates and grapes, but all species shouldbe provided with an unlimited supply of nuts or other hard-kernelled fruits, as unlessthey are freely supplied with food of this nature squirrels rarely live long in people give food of a sloppy description, but this
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