Rescued squirrel develops a taste for family's crunchy nut cereal

A squirrel taken in after being mauled by a cat in Cornwall joins its rescuers for breakfast – and has developed a taste for Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes.

The domesticated grey rodent, aptly named Kellogg, was found close to death suffering from bite wounds and abscesses after being mauled by a cat three weeks ago.

But Gary and Aly Zammit have been amazed at the speed of Kellog’s recovery after feeding her up on milk three times a night.

Mr Zammit, manager of Feadon Farm wildlife centre in Portreath, Cornwall, said: ‘She’s a real cheeky little thing. I was bottle-feeding her one day and she obviously thought she was ready to move on to solids and nosedived into my cereal.

‘So she leapt off my chest straight into my bowl of Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes and started going wild eating them. Since then, if she doesn’t get them she goes berserk and will run around the room jumping on my shoulder until she gets a bowl.

‘She turns her nose up at other cereals, so we’ve stuck with Crunchy Nut for the time being. I suppose I will have to wean her off at some point. It must be the combination of honey and nuts.’

His wife, Aly, said: ‘Gary didn’t even do the night feeds with our children but the squirrel will feed at any hour without complaining.’

It is illegal to release grey squirrels into the wild as they oust our native red variety so the couple will keep the animal.

Mr Zammit said: ‘We’ve developed quite a bond with Kellog. We have a licence from a previous rescue so we can keep her. I’ll have to start cutting down her cereal. But for the time being, she can have breakfast with us as long as she behaves herself.’


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