Thanks so much - Victoria, Hi Victoria! Bill. Besides the mites that affect squirrels can only be transferred by direct contact, they have to be on a warm body and squirrels transmit them by sleeping together. 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. I also use fresh coconut right out of the nut shell. He is just curled up and his eyes are closed but he is breathing heavily. Could you send me a picture of her wound, ( as clear as possible so I can get a good look at it.) You may feel it's a battle you can't win, but don't give up. I have really enjoyed reading your comments william, and have learned alot on taking care of my Male squirrel named Jack. Hi Jithu! Today suddenly we are seeing many other squirrels with very similar symptoms but on different parts of their bodies. I will keep you posted on what is happening and again thank you so much!If you don't mind can i send you some photos of what her paws look like? Squirrels don't pull this much hair to line a nest. Hi Shirl! Looking up patches I figure she has had babies and is lining the nest with fur from her back and neck but then i saw ur page and worried. I also have before and after pics of my squirrel which i will share through mail. You would be better off treating him or her on a local basis. Since she still lets me touch her I touched the spot, and she flinched in pain. I use the disposable cloth towels that we used to get in disposable suture packs to line the bottom of my blind squirrels' cage. It is also known as the shadow chipmunk. I'd treat this creature with anti-biotics via a peanut/peanut butter tube I have mounted. What is the shelf life of the Ivermectin Paste and what is the quantity you are selling? Hello ! It has excellent eyesight and also carries highly developed senses of smell and touch. Bill. Following are seven types of squirrels from across the continent that everyone should get to know just a bit better. We have treated them for mange in winter with Ivermectin successfully - using the information you kindly provided on your website. Also 3/4 cup of water with a 1/4 cup of colloidal silver for drinking water. I think that i saw different individuals with this in the last two years. My small dog and cat have caught it too. Ive ordered your nut squares/balls and waiting to get your recipe for the biscuits so if you could give me a little advice on the treatment of this issue going on id be so grateful. It is one of just three types of squirrels in Texas. Blueish-grey dorsal with a deep orange or . The size is similar to that of eastern gray squirrels, but the Arizona gray squirrel is a bit leaner, averaging 1.25 pounds. No redness at all. Avocado Itchy, dry and flaky skin in captive squirrels is almost always due to low Vitamin D levels, mainly because they spend so much time indoors, unlike their wild relatives. Last December my fiancee brought home a injured near dead 6 month old squirrel. Like the Alaska marmot, the Hoary marmot hibernates for up to eight months per year in communal dens. Withholding food will not kill your squirrel, but hunger will drive them to try new things. The Arizona Gray is found in the canyons of Arizona and New Mexico and is very similar in appearance to an Eastern Gray. We have had them for about 2-3 weeks now and have been feeding them fresh goats milk (we have goats) and assorted seeds/nuts. Susan, Hi Susan! These ground squirrels prefer open grasslands where they feed on grass, seeds, leaves, small birds, lizards, and insects. Native to parts of Canada and Mexico as well as the eastern half of the United States, including Texas, Missouri, and Florida, and New York. No irritation associated with the bald spot. I have noticed that some of the squirrels in my yard are losing hair and have large bald spots. Females: They have a green crown, neck, and back. I would send you a picture if I could/would learn how to do that! The two species can easily be mistaken for one another, but the western gray squirrel is differentiated by its steely gray coloration, slightly larger size, longer tail, and more prominent ears. You can relax, your animals and birds cannot catch the Mange Mites that are on squirrels. I would be so devestated if she developed rickets. If the squirrel spends most of its time indoors out of direct sunlight, the Vitamin D levels drop and this can cause hair thinning. Repeated trips outdoors will eventually get his curiosity aroused, so that you can leave him out in his cage for longer times. As far as diet, as much raw coconut oil as you can get into them, including coconut out of the shell. I was so thrilled and honored and looking forward to a long relationship with this perfect little half wild creature! If you were able to get a good picture and send it to SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com, I could better advise on this. LOL ( The avocado makes their hair really soft.) There are two substances in coconut that are antiviral as well as colloidal silver. Hope this helped! Hi, Haley! This species is listed as Threatened due to active human pressures through shooting and poisoning. Would you recommend adding it to the veggie squares? If you could get a picture of it and send it to me at SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com I could better advise! Benefits: https://genuine-haarlem-oil.com/benefits-of-genuine-haarlem-oil/, Hi, your website has been a wonderful resource and has helped me recently. If the squirrel does have nasal discharge check its mouth for overgrowth of the lower front Incisors teeth. Writ me at SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com. Not easy these last couple of weeks! The swellings usually appears between July and October due to the subcutaneous larvae of botfly in the host squirrel, the University of Florida extension website says. Cause he looks so uncomfortable. Two of them got chased off by two dominant females, who think they own my backyard. Hi Bill, The best oil is extracted from fresh coconut meat by a centrifuge process with a minimum of heat. The skin condition sounds like Dermatophytosis, which is self limiting and requires good nutrition and Immune support. 37 terms. Could you please email me the dos an do nots list for squirrel food--it would be super helpful as she gets older and weaned off the formula--thank you! If so how can I get it to him without harming the birds? Thanks for writing! Since that has happened two more times chunks of fur and he is itching a lot. I took her to the vet this afternoon (the vet is not very familiar with squirrels but willing to help and find the problem).She contacted another vet and she said that the scabs and swollen front paws and the facts that she bit off her tail seems to her that there is a problem with her blood supply and that this can be caused by sugar levels (from what i understand diabetes) or heart disease. She would toss peanuts to the squirrels in her back yard. Haven't recieved the paste yet so I'm glad I asked first! I read an independent report from a fellow who tried to determine what was the best method for storing a ripe avocado. They have to be passed skin to skin. Thanks for your help and for providing all this info! I dont think he could survive if I had to release him. I misses playing and interacting with him. He had pink lumps that have developed into dark hardened legions that he is now biting and chewing off leaving flesh below that he is licking. If you have further questions, please direct them to me at SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com, as it is more difficult to answer questions through this blog. He's upstairs in his cage whistling that high pitch sound now. The Douglas squirrel is found on Pacific coastal states and is one of two squirrels knows as pine squirrels. One is the B Vitamins, the other is the fact that fleas do not like the smell of Brewer's Yeast when it is exuded in the skin oil. Forgot to add that it looks more like the second pic atop this page of the squirrel with a fungal infection except all of its skin that is exposed is very dark in color, not pink or flesh tone. Could my cat have contacted mites from the squirrels? In one week, you repeat the process, feeding as many as show up at once, making sure they each get one, then stop again for another week. It sounds like it has mange, which is caused by the tiny itch mite, (Sarcoptes scabiei,) that can only be transmitted by close skin to skin contact over prolonged periods of time. They all seemed healthy til last week. Scientific name: Tamiascuriurus hudsonicus. They are so intelligent. Last week I noticed the grey spot on her back, bigger and then yesterday, a whole patch gone. The anti-fungal effect is what you would be wanting, and the anti-bacterial effect would help prevent any infection from scratching. Send picture(s) to SquirrelNutrition@Yahoo.com and mention that you contacted me on thei BLOG. About the only way you can isolate a single squirrel to give a medicated nut would be to establish a rapport with the squirrel. I feed her sunflower seeds she loves. in his yard, brought me 2 very tiny red squirrels that he found laying on the ground about three days after he had cut the trees. This species is listed as Endangered by the IUCN with the primary threat being habitat loss from the growth of Las Vegas. Shes a squirrel I rescued five years ago and released on my property. I'm assuming, from what I have read here, that it is most probably Dermatophytosis.I will follow some of the suggestions and hope that she starts to heal.unless you suggest otherwise. Your squirrel is aggressive because of sexual maturity. Very worried about our boys and their friends! A chipmunk is a small member of the squirrel family, with a long, fluffy white tail. I will get ivermectin for her. Most offer a one day class that makes you eligible to rehab baby squirrels. We rescued a grey squirrel in Southern Ontario, Canada, this past spring, and nursed it to health, and she's been doing amazing. well its been a week since i wrote to you. Whenever I have trouble sleeping, I'll get up and take 5 or 6 tablets of Brewer's yeast and I'll be asleep in a half hour or less. She had come down from my Oak tree with her friend every morning and every evening to be fed, ate eats like there was no tomorrow, The syringe does have the past in it. They have a short, stout body, a hairy tail, more rounded head, and smaller ears than a standard mouse. The squirrel you described sounds like it has Dermatophytosis as opposed to Mange as this Blog Article outlined. I will make this for him as soon as possible! They are the largest trees squirrels native to North America with a body-tail length of 50 cm and weight up to 1kg. Bill, DEAR BILL ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I STARTED FEEDING ALL THE SQUIRRELS IN MY YARD AFTER LOSING MY DOG DAISY AND MY FATHER ALL WITHIN 2AND AHALF MONTHS TIME I HAVE ONE SQUIRREL NAMED SKINNY WHO COMES TO MY DOOR AND LOOKS FOR ME AND I GIVE HIM PECANS WHICH I READ IS GOOD FOR THEIR SKIN AND IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE WHOLE GANG HAS ALSO STARTED ENJOYING PECANS THEY DONT HAVE SKIN ISSUES BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW GOOD THE THERAPY HAS BEEN FOR ME AFTER MY LOSSES AND HOW MUCH JOY SQUIRRELS BRING TO ME EACH AND EVERY DAY. Rain is due for the next 3 days straight. It would get rid of the testosterone that causes most of the aggressiveness, but I don't know if there would be any residual resentment. I've been bitten numerous times, almost always because of my own fault, and I've never had even deep bites get infected. Thank you very much for your response. There is a safer and slower way to treat mites. Not sure why she was abandoned. Merle has a spot on his back leg that looks similar to dandruff. For a fox squirrel of approx 450 grams and using 1.87% concentration that equates to about .005 to .01ml, or one half unit to one unit, which in other words is 1/200th to 1/100th of a ml. William, Beldings ground squirrels can be found in the western United States in the meadows at high altitudes. It won't die from mange will it? about 2 months ago female (while hormonal prob) started losing belly fur, some on bottom feet (a little I think) too? She had two squirrels that had it and one died before I was able to get Colloidal Silver to her. We have been blessed with a healthy little fellow. Just put out some untreated foods to see when it comes to visit and eat. If you are giving him puppy formula or other commercial formula, I would switch to a high fat formula like what we list on our website, SquirrelNutrition.com. A close up picture would be of great help. Ooh good point! I released her back in mid September. Arctic ground squirrels are a very important part of the food chain, being the main source of food for several birds of prey, bears, and foxes. Regularly, I leave some food for wild red squirrels in a garden (hazelnuts and walnuts. your website is very good for me. Thank you, ali. Thank you. I'm still looking up pathogens. If your 1ml syringe is marked in 100ths, then the dose for a 450g squirrel would be ONE hash mark MAX. Can I give her another round of 3 (1 per week)? Our rehab squirrels set up their pecking order in the cage they are in. Of the seven methods he determined to be the best, he concluded that storing a slice of onion in the bag with the avocado after it has been cut, worked the best. They run if they even see me move inside the patio door. I think my Squirrel Loki has ring worm. Lol! Hope Bill can shed some light on this. I can't find any information on line about what could be causing this. Aside from being writer for Wildlife Informer, she's an avid bird watcher as well as the owner of several pet reptiles. I'll help you any way I can. Susan got it also because you both your names are on it. I haven't seen her in a week and a half. A tree squirrel is larger, has a longer tail and no stripes. Rocky is a sweet baby I found, probably one or two days oldon my seawall baking in the hot Florida sun. Baby squirrels often have maggots or fly larvae covering a wound. Is it possible to send me a close-up picture of the skin condition, plus a picture of the squirrel,(including the tail.?) I really admire you taking your time to help people like me who love the little furry friends and want to help but are clueless. Those that have improved, give a second dose. The hormone problem recently required that she have her uterus and ovaries removed, and that has given her a ravenous appetite. That adds to the potential weight problem, so she is not very happy with me restricting her food intake. I'm not sure how old he is. All appeared fine. Will that work if I make nut balls or something with it? We have pulled at the hair in and around the spots mentioned and were not able to pull any out. As to treatment, it sounds like Mange, so I would go ahead and give a dose of Ivermectin. Also, His tail is missing a lot of fur so I am wondering if he has mange or fungus. Thank-you for caring enough to provide one of God's little creatures what it needs at the end of it's life! I would get as much raw coconut oil as I could into the squirrel. Just because I try to find natural alternatives to the conditions I recognize, I have to play the silly games of the thought and word police of the FDA. He or she could check to see if the skin condition is mites, would be able to prescribe something for the mites and the itch and deal with any infection the squirrel might have as a result of it's wounds. If a pox forms on brain tissue or a vital organ, it is almost always fatal. These squirrels are highly territorial in their defense of their stored food supplies known as middens. Infact, it didn't even seem to bother him while I scrubbed at them with a q tip during the bath, and even took some tweezers to one that was fairly detatched. The rest of the fur is grey with either black or brown markings, with the exception of the underside of the tail which is also white (source). I read in one of your letters that almonds are a no no? They have white feet, a white underbelly, and some platinum foxes have a white ring around their necks. Hope this helped! Hi Linda! DeeDee is 3/12 years old and is an exclusively indoor squirrel (although, I would love to transition her to outdoor but don't think she would do well since she has not been outside since she was about 3 months old). Am I missing something? Here in the US, two things can make that happen, mange and skin/hair fungus. Red skin, fur loss, lots of itching. If the cortizone cream doesn't help, I would try a little raw coconut oil on it. There will be one spot in the center of the bald spot. Just about everything, especially males, will set him off. The little white blisters on babies are usually a mild staph infection from laying in a filthy nest where the get bit by fleas. Are you sure you ordered? Oh, is this contagious to my dogs??? Hi, I live in Alberta, just south of Calgary. California ground squirrels have a white ring around each eye. I saw one guy making a delivery actually hand feed it. Most times, squirrels don't scratch themselves raw with skin fungus, but like everything else in life, there are a few that do. Hello Lover-of-all-wildlife! You didn't say whether the squirrel has any nasal discharge. It looks like round patches where his fur has fallen off. Dont miss this:Flying Squirrel Facts: Top Ten Things You Need To Know! Thanks for such an interesting website!!! Bill. So, yes, they can be carried by the mother and transmitted to her babies. Crust does not form on the skin in notoedric mange in squirrels like it does in sarcoptic mange in red fox. I would go outside to attend to wild squirrels, then came indoors and handled Lucky. It's common for baby squirrels to do this to each other, because even female squirrels have a prominent urethra that many people mistake for a penis, and siblings will suck on that. I plan to get him accustomed to the outdoors in the spring. Romane Lettuce These chipmunks are highly adaptable and live in many different types of environments with different food sources. Reasoning with him didnt work, maybe tools will! You give it once per week for two doses, and that shouls take care of it. (They are very communal.) Can anyone help! We brought stray baby kitten in and we all caught scabies from it. I can always shine a spot light on him to take a look. Ringneck snakes also have a bright yellow or orange band around the back of their neck. Dogs love them, squirrels, not so much! After hours of this, I will let him out. Hi Linda! However we did find just a few, Larder bugs in the room. I assume the kitten stuff I can get at vet store? I buy a whole one and cut up in small pieces to freeze individually. There is some debate about this species of squirrel that is found only in Idaho. Excessive salt intake will cause thinning of hair in squirrels. Eastern Gray Squirrels are found in the eastern half of Canada and the United States. Thank you William . The Ivermectin did nothing, so last Saturday when I fed her, I took a closer look with my reading glasses on. The maggots are gone and its skin is healing. Hi William. It has a heavy body with short neck and bushy tail, powerful legs and feet, and claws well-suited to digging. He seems to like to sit and do a high pitch whistle slowly let out. A mature forest habitat with a well-established canopy and a diverse offering of vegetation is essential for western gray squirrels to thrive. http://oi58.tinypic.com/688x28.jpg Long ears Speckled breast Orange eyes. Take care, and keep up the good work! Deborah, Hi Deb! Did the weather have something to do with this epidemic? Thanks in advance. If not, consult your Vet about other possible solutions. My husband and I rescued a 3-4 week old squirrel that had fallen out of a tree after a hurricane. The Bible says that a sparrow does not fall to the ground without the knowledge of God the father. The light showed no promise,change. Their tail is usually just as long as their body, between 12 and 17 in. Thank you in anticipation. As the worm crawls out of the ring, it fills the ring with eggs and sperm.
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