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FourWands
05-22-2014, 12:36 PM
I asked about these a while back and someone suggested they were a result of not enough actual sunlight. Back then, there were just a couple of flat bumps on Dunky's head. Last week, one opened up (it had a "pit" like appearance) and now it's got that big scab on it. They don't seem to be spreading and he seems to be in overall good health although he is still pretty slender. They do not appear to be itchy to him.

So, the big question... does this look like pox?
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Rhapsody
05-22-2014, 12:41 PM
Are they round and getting large in the body area? --I am wondering if they might be a bot fly? ? ?

Link:
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?42166-4-week-old-Bot-Fly
FourWands
05-22-2014, 12:55 PM
I don't think it's a bot fly. He's had these flat bumps for a while.

I posted about them back in March here:
http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/showthread.php?44966-What-is-this

The ones he has now, other than the one that opened, are dark, raised but flat on top, hairless spots. Kind of hard. Touching them doesn't seem to bother him. You can see them in the pic but they aren't as obvious as the scabbed one. They are only on his head.
TubeDriver
05-22-2014, 01:11 PM
So he has had these bumps for over 3 months? If so, I dont think they would be pox, it does not progress that slow.


Did you try additional Sunlight or UVB light?
Rhapsody
05-22-2014, 01:15 PM
Does he get a lot of time out of cage to play? --some times squirrels will rub their head against the
horizontal bars until round spots on their heads are bald and at times scabbed over. Is this possible?
FourWands
05-22-2014, 01:44 PM
He's definitely getting more real sunlight as well as full spectrum lighting since then. Since it doesn't seem to be getting better and one opened up, I wondered if it could be something more problematic.

Initially I thought it was from rubbing his head on the bars too but I've never seen him do that and he has always spent most of his waking time out of his cage. I'm stumped.
Rhapsody
05-22-2014, 01:50 PM
Initially I thought it was from rubbing his head on the bars too but I've never seen him do that and he has always spent most of his waking time out of his cage. I'm stumped.Hmmmm..... when he is in his cage does he spend a lot of time running back and forth at the bottom of the cage? That is usually the first sign to me that one of my squirrels is going stir crazy and probably getting reading to go outside in a release cage.
FourWands
05-22-2014, 03:47 PM
He is in a release cage now. I got the pic of him this morning because I started worrying that what he had might be contagious/dangerous to the wilds and he has a friend (a girlie no less!) that visits daily. I am sure she has a litter somewhere and I don't want them getting sick.

If things continue as planned, I will give him free access to the outdoor world in two more weeks.
Rhapsody
05-22-2014, 04:12 PM
Its hard to say...... but they look like rub bumps to me and you dont have to see them rubbing their heads on the bars for them to get them, I do not always see my squirrels rubbing their heads and then one day the head is bald. If he had these spots before he went out side to the release cage they will just take a little time to heal up, but will heal and the good news is that they do not look contagious. :)
TubeDriver
05-22-2014, 04:22 PM
Its hard to say...... but they look like rub bumps to me and you dont have to see them rubbing their heads on the bars for them to get them, I do not always see my squirrels rubbing their heads and then one day the head is bald. If he had these spots before he went out side to the release cage they will just take a little time to heal up, but will heal and the good news is that they do not look contagious. :)

^^^^^Yea, that does not look like Pox to me.
FourWands
05-22-2014, 05:01 PM
Its hard to say...... but they look like rub bumps to me and you dont have to see them rubbing their heads on the bars for them to get them, I do not always see my squirrels rubbing their heads and then one day the head is bald. If he had these spots before he went out side to the release cage they will just take a little time to heal up, but will heal and the good news is that they do not look contagious. :)

Okay. It just dawned on me this morning that his visitor would be exposed to it, as would the other wilds when he was released, if it was something nasty. The last thing I want to do is spread a contagion!
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