Greetings everyone! I have been feeding the squirrels in my backyard for a very long time now. I feed them shelled and unshelled peanuts WITHOUT salt. I used to feed them the food mix you can buy on Amazon but its basically just corn.

I can tell if there's a new squirrel joining the usual crowd in the morning. However, yesterday and this morning, for the first time I noticed a squirrel eating from one of the dishes and the entire back half of his body was hairless except for the tail and he can barely move his back two legs. His legs look like they are stiff, broken, or something else. I can't tell. When he does move, the back two legs barely move and at times it looks like he is dragging the back half of his body. He is still feeding despite the cold temperature outside. But again I have only seen him twice.

Also I have noticed that the other squirrels are intentionally keeping their distance from him when feeding.

Does this squirrel have a disease? Possibly a birth defect or maybe an injury? Its sad to see this little guy struggle.

If anyone could provide me with some information that would be much appreciated. Thank You all.