Well one of our yard cats got ahold of the little guy/gal but didn't seem to do much damage so
I'm babysitting a chipmunk today. I put it in a old towel and down in a deep Rubbermaid
container. What would you feed a chipmunk that's about 3 1/2 - 4" long?

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This is what I found on-line:

Most of the eastern chipmunk's diet is made up of nuts, acorns, seeds, mushrooms, fruits, berries and corn. It also eats insects, bird eggs, snails and small mammals like young mice. In winter, it stays in its den. The eastern chipmunk doesn't truly hibernate, but it does spend a lot of time sleeping. It may wake up every few weeks to eat the food it has stored.

Some nuts, birdseed, granola, or grape-nuts cereal should be fine. Dry cat food, too.
Clean fresh water in a small shallow bowl (or jar lid).

You have a screen over the container? (Keep the cat out, the 'munk in).

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Look in your phone book for an animal/wildlife rescue place and give them a call. That's what we've aways done when our cats caught something that was still alive but injured.

If the little thing isn't injured why not just let it go?

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We live on 1 acre but we're surrounded, on three sides, by 85 acres of my FIL's farm so I'll
probably nurse it back to health and release it as far away from our cats as I can. Our
house cat is sound asleep about 5 ft away from it right now, I'm keeping a close
eye on both of them.

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If the chipmunk where perfectly fine, it would have run off on its own.

I hope it's really OK.

Good luck!

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Hopefully he's just suffering a little post traumatic stress...

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I have to agree with RAMd®d. Since my mother's been closely involved with various local wildlife rescue organizations (pretty much still on an outside basis but with knowledge of what really goes on), I've learned a lot about what happens to cat caught animals.

Even if an animal's injuries seem non-existent to very slight, they will still often die. If not from shock, from the injuries themselves or from infections which take hold soon after. Baby bunnies seem to have it the worst. Even if seemingly uninjured, they often die from shock. Birds too.

And I'm all too familiar with the aftermath of a snake attacked by a cat. My mother had noticed a garter in her back yard several years ago. She thought nothing of the fact he was just sitting there. It wasn't until she came back the next day & found him in the exact same position that it hit her.

When she picked him up, she couldn't even see any visible injuries. It wasn't until she took him to a rehabber friend that she found out what had happened. The snake had various puncture wounds. Its back is undoubtedly broken in numerous places. If it hadn't been for the rehabber's knowledge & access to antibiotics & my mother's amazing devotion, the snake wouldn't be alive today.

Numerous infections set in at the site of the tiny cat punctures. This caused & a broken back caused numerous kinks. The snake can only move the upper 1/3 of its body. Some might argue that the snake would be better off dead. We see it differently. He's an ambassador & he goes to nearly all of our snake programs. He doesn't appear to be in any pain (& once you've seen a snake in pain, you learn to recognize the signs of suffering). He lives with several friends which seem to have accepted him. My mother checks on him numerous times every day. She makes sure he drinks (he can't quite reach it to the water bowl) & he has a good appetite now.



Sorry to get off on a tangent. Please keep us updated on how the chipmunk does. If I'd been here earlier in the day, I would have suggested getting him to a wildlife rehabber or a vet asap. I hope the little guy does ok!

Not to seem callous, but Stephanie's snakes might enjoy the chipmunk.

I trap chipmunks. I consider them a pest. They have gotten into our attic, they've set up home in the insulated space in our garage. I've always been squeamish about killing animals, but living in a forested area, one learns that if nothing is done, the wildlife will rule one's stead and do much damage.

They are cute, but so are mice.

OK, by trapping, I mean I use a live trap. Trap them and then take them a distance away from the house. Though I have killed some chipmunks in rat traps set around the house. I WILL NOT tolerate wild animals in the house, not with a child in the house. Again, sorry if I sound callous.