Hi,
This is a wild squirrel that loves to harass my bird feeder. I can't get too angry with him since he's so cute, and feed him too. A couple of weeks ago I saw that he was losing hair in patches and his shoulder area looked pink. Today, I was alarmed to see bigger patches of hair fallen off of him, and he was rolling on the ground repeatedly in an effort to scratch himself. He's very active and has a voracious appetite as usual.
I feed the squirels peanuts and sometimes leftover piecrust and oatmeal squares cereal. I hope it's a healthy diet for them?
https://picasaweb.google.com/chaitanyavs/Squirrel?authuser=0&feat=directlink
Sorry for the grainy pic, I'll try to take a better one tomorrow if he visits.
There are several squirrels that visit the feeder so I don't want him to infect them.
In case this is Mange, where do I get the Ivermectin, and is it safe for healthy squirrels to ingest it? We also have some little birds and Steller Jays eating out of the squirrel feeder, so I wonder if it's safe for them.