Can a squirrel eat apples?

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asked Oct 24, 2019 in Other- Pets by HonilMunik (460 points)
Can a squirrel eat apples?

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answered Oct 24, 2019 by Larry S (42,350 points)
Yes apples are fine for squirrels to eat.

I will sometimes leave some apples out on a tree in my backyard and then in the morning I will see some squirrels coming to get them and eat them.

It's a very good sight to see squirrels climbing a tree in my backyard to eat the apples I leave them.

The feeding guidelines for squirrels are to avoid feeding squirrels dried fruit of any kind, figs, fruit juice, persimmons, plums, prunes, raisins etc.

But I've fed wild squirrels all of those foods and they've always came back for more so I doubt it will hurt them to eat the foods and if the foods were bad for the squirrels then they would likely not eat it anyway.

Squirrels also love to eat a lot of different vegetables and things such as apples, peas, watermelon, grapes, broccoli and yellow squash.

Notice grapes are okay for the squirrels which is what raisins are but just dried so I would not go by the guideline unless you want too.

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