WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
the bran it does them no harm. They are rather ex- 
pensive animals to keep. They will eat a little boiled 
carrot, made sweet with sugar or honey. 
FRUGIVOROUS BAT {PTEROPUS). 
Mr. W. Jamrach informed me that on his way to 
England he fed the common Indian PUroipus upon fruit 
and dead birds, such as the various kinds of Pstrelda and 
Mania, that died on the voyage, and they did well on 
this food. 
SQUIRRELS {SCIURUS). 
Most of the squirrels feed largely upon nuts or hard 
kernels. Unless they are supplied with food of this kind 
they rarely live long in confinement. Soft food, such as 
bread-and-milk, although most frequently used, is not 
suited to a healthy condition. Let the food be dry ; hard 
biscuits, nuts, fruit, such as apples, berries, and vegetable 
substances. They sometimes eat animal food, but this is 
rather an exception, and it is better to avoid it altogether. 
MARMOTS {ARCTOMYS). 
Marmots feed on much the same food as squirrels, but 
are greater devourers of vegetables, roots, etc. They 
should be fed on oats and other grain, carrots, lettuce, and 
tender shoots of trees. Many rodents are great leaf and 
bark eaters, and persons who undertake to keep and feed 
animals ought to bear in mind how essential it is to pro- 
vide constantly a change of food for them, and fi:om time 
to time find a fresh kind that may prove agreeable to 
captive animals. 
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