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In one week, you repeat the process, feeding as many as show up at once, making sure they each get one, then stop again for another week. Mission Game. The next week, you take some untreated nuts with you to keep the improved squirrels occupied, while you feed the treated ones to the squirrels that look like they either still have mites, or are only slightly improved. They keep repeating this weekly process until all the squirrels have been given a couple doses and are improving, and hair is actually growing back in the bald areas. In your case, you will be doing something similar, only with a couple modifications. In your case, the idea will be to decrease the amount of Ivermectin you place on each nut meat, about the equivalent of half a drop. If you have 8 squirrels, do about 1. Kill Bill Whistling' title='Kill Bill Whistling' />Albay Rep. 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Squirrels have a very keen sense of smell and the bulk of their time during summer and fall is spent looking for food and keeping their Drays and dens fixed up for the coming winter. You can smear a little peanut butter on the nut meat to make it a little more fragrant, but it is not really necessary. Just like I mentioned above, you do this weekly and watch for results. It may take a little longer, but for now, its the best you can do when you cannot feed them directly. Many people ask what will happen if a non affected squirrel eats one The answer is that you will be temporarily reducing the number of fleas and lice they always carry. So, you will actually be doing them a favor. When you have the time, it is fairly easy to get squirrels to approach and accept food from you. I dont normally recommend peanuts, but peanuts in the shell are easy to throw. Go out and have a morning cup of coffee or juice every morning and take a couple dozen unroasted peanuts in the shell. When you see a squirrel, get their attention by making a specific sound, a soft whistle, even a clicker works, some unique, repeatable sound. Always use the same sound. When they look your way, throw a peanut in their direction. Squirrels are quick learners and very observant of things happening around them and what is happening to other squirrels. Food is one thing they are insanely jealous of, and once they make the connection of the sound that you are making, with food being thrown in their direction, they will start congregating in the area and start competing for the tossed peanuts. This will lead to them moving closer and closer to you in the hope of you tossing one directly to them. As long as you are in a relaxed, non threatening posture, preferably sitting, it wont be long before they will be waiting for you to come out for their daily feeding. The bolder ones will eventually even take them from your hand. While the less bold will move in closer less they lose out on getting their share. Before long, you will have them all within easy toss distance, and you will be able to individually treat them in the future if the need arises. Be careful the first time you hand feed a squirrel. Do it with an open palm. Squirrels are non aggressive animals, but they do move quickly, especially when taking food from you for the first time. It is a natural reaction to pull away when a squirrel quickly darts to your hand to retrieve a nut. A squirrels bite in this situation is almost always the fault of the human rather than the animal. The reason is, the placement of a squirrels eyes on their head, gives them 1. They can see predators approaching from behind without turning their head. The problem with this type of vision, is that they are unable to see things right in front of their nose. Once they zero in on an object and move in to grab it, they can get it with pinpoint accura.