Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Hanyar wucewa: Tun da yake squirrels ba sa iya narkar da cellulose, dole ne su dogara ga abinci mai gina jiki, carbohydrates, da kitse. A yankuna masu laushi, farkon bazara shine lokaci mafi wuya na shekara ga squirrels saboda kwayoyin da suka binne sun fara farawa (kuma saboda haka ba su da abinci), yayin da yawancin hanyoyin abinci na yau da kullun basu riga sun kasance ba. A wannan lokacin, squirrels sun dogara sosai a kan buds na itatuwa. Squirrels, kasancewar su masu cin ganyayyaki ne, suna cin tsire-tsire iri-iri, har da kwayoyi, tsaba, conifer cones, 'ya'yan itatuwa, fungi, da koren ciyayi. Amma, wasu squirrels suna cin nama, musamman sa'ad da suke jin yunwa. An san squirrels suna cin ƙananan tsuntsaye, yara macizai, da ƙananan rodents, da ƙwai tsuntsaye da kwari. Tabbas, wasu nau'ikan squirrels na wurare masu zafi sun canza kusan gaba ɗaya zuwa abincin kwari.An lura da halayyar farauta a cikin nau'ikan squirrels na ƙasa, musamman squirrel na ƙasa goma sha uku. Misali, Bernard Bailey, masanin kimiyya a shekarun 1920, ya lura da wani squirrel mai layi goma sha uku yana farautar wani ɗan kaza. Wistrand ya ba da rahoton ganin wannan nau'in yana cin macijin da aka kashe. Whitaker yayi nazarin ciki na 139 na squirrels na ƙasa goma sha uku kuma ya sami naman tsuntsaye a cikin huɗu daga cikin samfuran da ragowar ɗan gajeren wutsiyar shrew a cikin ɗaya; Bradley, yana nazarin ciki na squirrels na farin-tailed antelope, ya gano aƙalla 10% na 609 samfurinsa na ciki sun ƙunshi wasu nau'ikan vertebrates, galibi dabbobin daji da rodents. Morgart ya lura da wani squirrel mai launin fata mai launin fata yana kamawa da kuma cinye wani nau'i na aljihu.  Tambaya: me squirrels ke ci ban da tsire-tsire?
kwayoyi, tsaba, conifer cones, 'ya'yan itatuwa, fungi, da kore shuke-shuke