Originally Posted by
Spanky
This is not good nutritionally... In fact it is horrible. It is mostly dried corn, which is a horrible, calcium robbing food that will result in MBD in squirrels. Captive squirrels should never be fed dried corn, except maybe as an occasional treat.
Years ago I took in a very sick adolescent squirrel that had been raised on dog kibble... not only was she suffering from MBD, her belly was orange from the dog kibble (this was a grey squirrel whose belly should have... and eventually did turn... white as (clean/fresh) snow.