Our mission at Wildlife Informer is to share free information and pictures of wildlife with our readers. A couple of years ago, I discovered that hair quality in squirrels, is directly related to diet. The rest parts of the body range from tawny to cinnamon to gray. I'm not sure how to feed him the coconut oil - should I just give him a dish of shelled peanuts with some of the coconut oil mixed in? I don't have experience with squirrel pox since I don't live in an area where we see this condition. My goal is to help her not hurt her of course. Wait one week and look for improvement. My story is similar to yours. If you want to remove a content that you own on my channel please e-mail me (meg.moh.elyas@gmail.com) ASAP, I will respond within 24 hours or less. I have been seeing ray squirrels in my yard with distressing skin issues. I leave in Michigan. I need to fin it and where to purchase it. Bill. It almost looked like a wild mushroom. Since supplementation with Vitamin D carries a risk of liver toxicity and overdose, a much safer and more effective way to treat it is to provide the means for Vitamin D synthesis. Bill. The Southern Flying Squirrel is a small nocturnal species that is native to most of the eastern half of the United States. That's why our skin gets dry and itchy in the winter, but we can slather on moisturizers after we bathe with moisturizing soaps and shampoos! We handle tons of e-mail every month and responding to replies on the Blog are very time consuming! Could you advise on how to proceed? Time is very important! If you copy and paste your above question into the e-mail it will help me remember this conversation! We keep finding dead squirrels in the yard. He is eating very well. I used it and it works great for mange. A cat chased either Mom or another adult squirrel up a tree. Long ears Speckled breast Orange eyes. Bill, I sent a couple pics It also could be a skin fungus. Hello Bill, Hi Renee! If it doesn't get infected, it forms a crusty serum scab. Crush one up and mix it with a tablespoon of peanut butter. The Mohave Ground Squirrel is typically solitary and territorial. We have two among our backyard troupe who look--based on your helpful photos--like they're suffering from dermatophytosis--one is completely missing all the fur on the neck and shoulders and halfway down the back and the other has tremendously thinning fur in the same places. It may take a little longer, but for now, it's the best you can do when you cannot feed them directly. We have a rescued male squirrel that we got @ 3wks. She has lost a lot of her red color and looks very grey now. I don't want to misdiagnose him, and must be careful with treatments as I do have 2 dogs that LOVE to eat nuts and seeds (we also have pet birds, so yeah, the dogs started eating the "floor nuts"). Bill. There are four different species of antelope squirrels and they are well adapted to high heat environments. I have tried stimulating to urinate but nothing yet. She lost one of her Palm Squirrels to the disease,because the treatment was started too late. Hi Bill. Hi Bill I have contacted you before and bought some of your ivermectin paste for a squirrel with mange. I have really enjoyed reading your comments william, and have learned alot on taking care of my Male squirrel named Jack. (You have provided that by putting it in a box and covering it up.) Bill. Thank you for your time. I made a few phone calls looking for help and advice but living in a rural area as I do, it wasn't easy to find supplies in a hurry. She is eating and acting normal though. If it is an open wound I would soak it in warm salt water or Epsom Salt, and spray it frequently with Ionic Silver and give the squirrel a quarter cc of Ionic silver twice a day or put 10cc of it in it's water bottle or dish. This species is listed as endangered in Oregon and is a candidate species in Washington. If they don't get 20 to 40mg of Calcium per day they can over time develop Metabolic Bone Disease, a condition where their bones thin out and become brittle and easily broken. There are too many to count but they are very small and white in color. They weigh between 5-9oz and have a very unique coat that sports both spots and stripes. His cage( 65x48x24) is in my daughters room while she at college. Our skin changes color,( either red or brown,) when we expose it to direct sun. do you also think I should continue the Bactrim/water wash and anti fungal cream? I have about 10 squirrels that come to my back door for "breakfast" every morning. Or if any other squirrels who dont have it that may accidentally eat it, Hi, Molly! I have order treatment for mange , its couple squirrels suffering on my backyard and local forest scratches they self badly , loosing hair , so nervous . I have been putting out tons of raw coconut oil and have administered a couple of doses of Ivermectin (though not sure that both doses went to the same squirrel). But they are clearly being driven mad from itching. We rescued him since his mother died and attempts to rehabilitate failed. The white-tailed prairie dog is tan-brown in color, with large eyes and a dark patch on their cheeks above and below each eye (source). I took care of her for 2 weeks in our home but each day I prepared a safe area in my yard for her in hopes her mother would find her. Hi Bill came from his nose ,whiskers shook. Dru, I`ve raised many flying squirrels, as well as ground squirrels. He wasn't agitated or upset. That's my best guess of what you are dealing with. He has a white collar almost like a reverse Ring Ouzel on the back of his neck and the local Blackbirds don' like having him around.smart bird though. There has been no improvement. They have a white stripe along the side of their torso, highlighted with black markings both above and below the stripe. The oil in the wood is irritating to squirrel's skin and will cause them to break out in a rash. It's an alarm sound that squirrels make that starts with a long draaaaaa, followed by a chuck, chuck, chuck. if you ordered under a different name send it to me at SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com and include the e-mail address you included when ordering and I will do a search. It is self-limiting so the squirrel's immune system will eventually overcome it. It causes the hair to break off at the skin line and does itch a bit. This is either Dermatophytosis, or Mange, and I'm tending toward the skin/ hair fungus, because I don't see scabs. Hello William, I feel like nothing is helping his dry skin. These ear notches are one way that I am able to tell who is who! I am going to add raw coconut and coconut oil to the food I give them! The quick answer is "No" it won't hurt the squirrel if it doesn't have Mange! He eats well, potties regularly, and he is continuing to grow. I have two daughters and a granddaughter in Springfield. We rescued him at one week of age. Asparagus It wouldn't even overdose them to eat three, but the chances of that happening are greatly decreased by spreading out the treatment. Could you tell me how please. The bites are potentially dangerous for Palm Squirrels in that they can get the same flesh-eating parasite, (Leishmaniasis,) that humans get in your area of the world. Please help me. Please help me with a suggestion because I feel so bad for their suffering. So far everything we have done has been good as far as eating playing and getting him ready to go back out into the world. How to Keep Squirrels Away from Bird Feeders, 10 Surefire Ways to Attract Cardinals to Your Backyard. These steps alternate between tan and dark brown colors. walks I have become concerned - although he appears to eat well. No crusting or rash, but grooming grooming grooming. Hope to hear from you soon. My captive squirrel looks rather funny, because being inside the house, her winter coat resembles a turtle shell on her back and doesn't grow dense all over. I was out of town on business for two weeks when Hurricane Irma came through. He has a small hairless patch on his shoulder and one on the back of one leg, no scabs or lesions. The eye ring is a thick, white circle around the rodent's black eyes. She was eating, putting on weight and had energy. I am afraid to put him back out if he is being picked on. If it is bleeding from the eye, it probably got hit by a car close to your house, or fell from a tree and sustained a severe head injury. In any event, this baby squirrel has moved quite quickly when attacked but yes, it does not appear that that are doing so to kill the squirrel but I too assumed that there must be a nest nearby if not up one of the 2 trees I have noticed this aggressive action by the Robins, toward the squirrel. and if pics needed/wanted please let me know. If yo could add a tiny bit of Cod Liver oil to the diet it might help. It would not hurt to go ahead and treat the squirrel like it had mange with a touch of Ivermectin. He has no bald spots yet but I believe it's coming soon with the amount of fur that he keeps leaving behind. Any information will be much appreciated as I am really worried about my baby. If the paste dries on nut meat for a day or more, do you know if it renders the paste ineffective or less potent? January we had below 0 temps. Many people may not have the chance to observe the animal they've given the medicine to after the fact in order to ensure there weren't side effects suffered. And whats about others wild animals ? Topical application of Ionic Silver and Coconut oil pressed from fresh coconut will help, as will dissolving a capsule of Olive leaf Extract in 6cc of water and giving a drop by mouth 3 times a day. That did start to help her. White breast and ear patch behind eye. What I found about this method, was that the avocado took on some of the onion taste, which didn't appeal to my squirrels. I live in Alberta, just south of Calgary. If you could get a picture of it and send it to me at SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com I could better advise! The American red squirrel can be found almost anywhere in the United States that has an abundance of conifer trees and is also known as a pine squirrel. Read the article. Cause he looks so uncomfortable. If the neighbors are feeding them junk food, it's nearly impossible to get them to eat healthy! If you'd like I can send you some "high quality" pictures of the spots so you can see for your self. I just rescued a squirrel yesterday. Thursday night I still do not have meds come . In the mean time, we will be removing them, ripping room apart, to include carpet, and spraying room, baseboards, etc. while only 10 found so far, we will be dilligent in weeks to come! The other guy is not doing well. The top level FAMILY NAME that covers all 289 species of squirrels is the Sciuridae family. Whereas a human has to go to a dentist to get broken teeth fixed, a squirrel has to wait for the teeth to regrow. I feel so bad for her, but happy she's back nearby us, as she was missing and my mother thought she up and died but here she is, in all her glory, eating and seems to be alright, just jumpier, more scared and looks like she's probably cold poor thing..So i hope she uses the furry bed that can protect her from the cold with the cammy cloths i put in there for her..I swear I will not touch them unless i put a hazmat suit on and then just trash the stuff, no way will put in our washer dryerick. I wonder, do Squirrels get Lyme Disease? I'll get your order out today. can I melt it and coat some nuts in it? Hi Laura, I don't know how to prevent that! If your squirrel was fine, and then developed this condition in captivity, it is not mange. Hi, i was wondering if you could tell me more about metabolic bone disease, how to be sure My pet indian palm squirrel has eaten his flesh from near his side to the middle of his underbelly. I saw another squirrel mother a day after I last saw the one I have asked about but sadly, she became road kill 2 days later and she too had babies, 2 of which i have seen running aorund my property that are very scared of everything but they seem to be eating just fine. Adults are small and slender with a black or slate gray body and a yellowish ring across the neck, which may be incomplete or missing. I was sitting in a chair in his room letting him run around. From there we will move into the scientific naming conventions for all 289 squirrel species. I really hope this calms him down . If you e-mail me at SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com, you two might be able to work something out! He is a captive squirrel, but he's about 5 and a half years old. Besides, they are going to be exposed to all kinds of worse chemicals by walking, digging and eating stuff that lays in the yards of people who have their lawn treated for weeds and insects. Other squirrel has been identified with hair loss on the ears and crusty skin. Get a fresh coconut, drain the milk and put it out for the squirrel to drink and feed lots of the coconut meat to the squirrel. Bill, I rescued a palm squirrel few days ago. Bill. also knowledgeable. What can I do to help them? If possible, send me a picture of the itchy area to SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com. The other is the possibility of low Vitamin D levels but that usually only causes hair thinning and not baldness. She's the only one I've spotted, but then again, she's the only one we pay attention to. Also, many people may not take note of the concentration they have, and if they've procured a more concentrated formulation the results would be disastrous. Well, they love the nuts and won't touch the corn. First I noticed scratches on his back (looked like bloody cuts) so I assumed he was attached by an animal. I gave her 1 3-week round of medicine mixed in PB walnut pieces (your medicine - thank you so much). Again, forgive me if this is redundant, because I am going through my notifications trying to make sure I haven't missed any! Bill. Dens are holes in a tree that are useful during winter. Bill, All healed. The only other time she had this was when I rehabed a male squirrel and he became very dominate. God Bless you for caring! The southern flying squirrel is about the size of a chipmunk, at 7 to 10 inches long. Please contact me by e-mail! He has at least 8 wounds, each now swollen to about a cubic centimeter in volume. Bill, Hello, He takes other foods like, ( Light through glass doesn't count because it filters out the spectrum of light needed for this synthesis.) They ask us to allow up to two weeks for shipment, because they make all kinds of wood products. Pls suggest. She doesnt have red patches like the squirrel pictured. The white squirrel is actually a genetic anomaly due to a mutated gene from the common Eastern Gray Squirrel. I don't think I'd be able to trap & treat these guys, I've been feeding the squirrels for 10+ years and all the squirrels still run whenever they see me (they do stay close to be first at the feeders once filled). Never noticed squirrels before this lil gal or guy :) Mange in animals is the same as scabies in humans. Thank you! Hi. Hello and thank you for the info about mange. It's pouring outside with little signs of it letting up. In warm weather, I mix coconut oil with pecan meal and a little baby rice cereal as a binding agent to form little balls of coconut oil and pecans to get them to eat the coconut oil. The Xerinae Subfamily contains 138different species of squirrels. The easiest way to tell the black-tailed prairie dog from other prairie dogs is to look for its namesake black-tipped tail. (source). 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