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so im trying to figure out how to work this site, im new on the board. im hoping this is going out for everyone to see. my squirrel Bennie is a little over a year, he is awesome happy and very playful. within the last 2 months he lost a lot of hair on his tail, weird only on one side. now were he lost the hair he has a perfect line of cuts. in trying to post a photo but I cant figure it out. I might just have to make it as my profile photo. ok back to it. he has everything he's supposed to get. rodent block. all the right fruits and veggies. nuts for treats. rawhides, antlers, cuttlebones, sticks and branches to chew on. his cage is very big. we try to get him out of the cage 6-10 times a day 20-30 minutes at a time sometimes more. he keeps very clean as do we keep his cage very clean. the bumps happened once 2months back, I called my vet, not exotic vet. he told me wash with dawn soap, and I could use a little neiosporne. he said if it doesn't get better we can do an antibiotic shot.. it got better but more hair was coming out. I did a lot of research. I cant find one picture that has matched what his tail looks like. the closest I found was mange, I didn't think it was that, mange starts with ears most of the time his are fine. so I called the vet because it came back. he said we could try revelation, along with the antibiotic shot. I think clavamox..??? so I picked it up from the vet. came home gave Bennie the shot. waited a day gave him the revelation. he still is acting fine and normal. the scabs again have healed but the bumps are still there. fir is trying to grow back in but only time I guess will tell. as I've done more research another alternative I saw was pox.. now what I have seen online is bad. looks like bad blisters all over.. this is just his tail no scabs or bumps anywhere else. does it look like pox, and will pox heal by its self and come back.???? so my other thought was maybe its allergies??? dose anyone have experience with squirrel allergies and has it affected the tail. I thought maybe the laundry detergent, so now I hand was everything in dawn soap. he was also getting almonds as a treat everyday, I have done research on everything since this problem and I saw that they have an ingredient that is also in aspirin and can make a squirrel with also humans neurotic... so another thought is maybe the almonds were making him so neurotic he chewed a perfect line of holes in his tail???? but he didn't act that way. so I stopped the almonds about two weeks ago. and I guess almonds don't leave your system for three weeks. so he has had these cuts twice in a little over 2 months. and the bumps are still there. little bumps few millimeters. but about 8 little ones. maybe they are going to stay there as a scar.??? he still has movement of his full tail, but likes to curl it all the way in to his chest at times. if anyone can help out on what it could be. if anyone has had the same problem before. nnie has a tail problemATTACH=CONFIG]233212[/ATTACH]