Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

Animals in our sanctuary

Odion

Date of birth

01-01-2011

Date taken in

31-10-2011

Odion was kept together with several other grey squirrels in small cages to breed and then sell. She was confiscated by the government and taken care of by Stichting AAP.  Later she found a new home at De Zonnegloed.

Pearce

Date of birth

01-09-2015

Date taken in

01-09-2015

Pearce was kept together with several other grey squirrels in small cages to breed and then sell. She was confiscated by the government and taken care of by Stichting AAP.  Later she found a new home at De Zonnegloed.

Iszy

Date of birth

24-07-2018

Date taken in

24-07-2018

Iszy joined De Zonnegloed in 2018. There wasn?t any place for her anywhere else.

Ivey

Date of birth

24-07-2018

Date taken in

24-07-2018

Ivey joined De Zonnegloed in 2018. There wasn?t any place for her anywhere else.

Where does he feel most at home?

The Eastern gray squirrel is a squirrel that originally occurs in the east of the United States and Canada. The species is now also common in Great Britain.

What's his favourite food?

They like acorns, grains, shoots, flowers, nuts, seeds, fruits, buds, mushrooms and carrots. Sometimes they will eat corn, bird eggs and insects as well.

Fact

In England the gray squirrels increasingly threaten the red squirrels that are originally from England. There’re only about 15,000 red squirrels left, while there are now more than 2 million gray squirrels living there.