Good point. It had its burrow right in the barn so i think it mainly ate the horses sweet feed alot. Im gonna put it in some hot water on the stove before giving it to him. Dont know if that makes any difference in killing off any parasites or diseases it may have. Im going to give it a shot though out of curiousity. If something happens then its a lesson learned. I dont think the chipmunks around here are too bad off, my cats get them all the time and they dont have any shots or anything. They all seem to live over 15 years with no internal problems.