Urgent: Found 2 swollen lumps on my squirrel armpits on each side!

[booboo]

Hi,

I rescued a baby squirrel 5 years ago and today i realized that he has 2 large lumps under his armpits, one on each side!

He seems to be eating normally and active.

Pressed those 2 lumps and he doesn't feel any pain (i supposed)..

There are no bite marks, or blood or any discharge.

Could someone please kindly advise what is it?

We are really worried and our local vets can't help as we are not allowed to keep squirrels as pets here in our country.

Thank you!!

[SammysMom]

Can you post pics??

[Milo's Mom]

Pictures of the lumps you are talking about would be very helpful.

[booboo]

Had to rush off to work this morning.

Will try to get my mom to take some photos!

In the meantime, could you probably guess what is going on?

Bot flies are definitely out of the question as we do not have it here.

Is it possible that its due to overgrown tooth that caused it to swell to the armpits?

[SammysMom]

Does he have overgrown teeth?

[booboo]

Does he have overgrown teeth?

I don't think so...

We have been giving him hard nuts like brazil nuts, hazel nuts, almond nuts (with shells) and lots of wood to chew and he has been chewing it daily.

Also if this helps, my squirrel is a Plantain squirrel.

Thank you!

[Nemehoto]

Wow pretty squirrel, I am not an expert but the swelling are of the same size and location on the left and right. I could be the little one packing on insulation for the winter (fat), Hormonal (glands swelling), allergy (glands swelling) or fatty tumors but they aren't often mirror images of each other...

[booboo]

Found an old photo of him (or her?) when it was still a baby!

Possible to tell if its a male or female?



Will definitely not be bringing him to the zoo as i doubt they will bother to do much.

Also, the lumps are perfectly symmetrical...

[CritterMom]

That sure does look like a little girl to me. I wonder if this swelling is a mammary issue, perhaps related to mating/breeding??

What you saw before and thought were his boy bits may have been the vulva swelling during mating season - it does that. There is no mistaking a male squirrel and his package - they really should walk on stilts!!

[booboo]

That sure does look like a little girl to me. I wonder if this swelling is a mammary issue, perhaps related to mating/breeding??

What you saw before and thought were his boy bits may have been the vulva swelling during mating season - it does that. There is no mistaking a male squirrel and his package - they really should walk on stilts!!

OH GEEZ!!!


And all along we thought its a little boy all these years!!! And "he" always seem to be so territorial, marking chairs etc with urine and rubbing its whole body with the urine and thus we thought it's a boy!

So, its a girl?

is the swollen mammary glands normal? How long will it last?

[Nancy in New York]

Just thought I would post a picture of a little boy. Can you see the difference in the positions?



And a little girl