Basic Flying Squirrel Diet

Flying Squirrel Exotics

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a WHAT?

The dietary needs of the Southern Flying Squirrel are pretty simple. The idea is to keep it varied.

The minimum requirements are:

Hard shelled nuts, still in the shell (The nuts are needed to keep the teeth trimed. Being rodents, their teeth continue growing their entire lifetime.)

A Parrot or Macaw bird seed mix with lots of large seeds

Pumpkin seeds

Stripped sunflower seeds

Fresh fruit

Fresh or dehydrated veggies

Fresh water with a liquid vitamin suppliment such as L&M Farms for small animals at the dosage recommended for mice

Calcium block, Mineral block, salt spool and cuttlebone

Extra goodies not required, but loved by flyers in the wild:

Wax or meal worms

Crickets

Flower blossoms

Fresh twigs and branches

Caution!!!

Only offer the above items that

HAVE NOT

been sprayed with pesticides or fertilizers!!!

Starter Diet for flyer pups 6 to 8 weeks:

If acquired from a breeder, your pup should still be on the formula it was getting from the breeder.

Peeled, split grapes

Peeled apple cubes

Crunchy peanut butter

Cheerios

You can start offering water without vitamins.

You can also start offering unshelled pecan peices in small quantities as treats.