What do adult squirrels eat that's good for them?

[conuly]

I mean, what should they eat?

See, I was in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet, singing a bit (well, I didn't have anything to read), and I heard a noise. I craned my neck a bit to see out the window, and it wasn't somebody listening to me singing badly, it was a squirrel, sitting in our Japanese maple (grow like weeds, they do), hanging upside down to eat the seeds.

If you know anything about those trees, you know their seeds are tinytiny, even to a squirrel-sized viewpoint. It seemed like an awful lot of effort for them, and, indeed, his tail (her tail?) wasn't as fluffy as we all like to see on our rodents (excepting those people who like rats and mice (will have their choice/and so will I have mine)), and I'm a bit worried.

So.

What sort of food do squirrels eat that I can get cheap that'll plump them up healthily, without making them a still-easier target for the neighborhood cats?

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[appadil.livejournal.com]

Er... and you respond to what she did wrong by following her to her personal journal instead of keeping it on the Parenting comm, where it would still be somewhat relevant? If you're going to call someone a jerk, even if they DO deserve it, it behooves you to not sink to a lower level than them.