sick in cleveland

[2Ware]

I have a extremely urgent issue in cleveland ohio ... hopefully you have a member or two that can help this little guy. he (or she, I think) is pretty friendly. coming right up to the patio door for cookies everyday.

recently his/her hair starting falling out. started on his/her nape, has now moved across the entire body. I am guessing mange. a couple red sores have appeared at the base of the tail yesterday and a couple larger abrasions on the hind quarter. it is apparent his/her scratching has got several infections going!

anyone out there able to help this little guy?

[CritterMom]

Is he yours? You can very easily help him yourself and it will cost you less than $10.

If you have a Tractor Supply near you, you can purchase a tube of 1.87% ivermectin in the horse worming section. If you go to: http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/...erm=ivermectin

Items 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 are all exactly the same product and all would work. There are a bunch of companies that make this - all you want is the 1.87% ivermectin with no other meds added to it. They will usually all be called "something or other"mectrin.

If this is something you would like to do I will tell you how to administer it. It is very easy but you need to follow directions. Pick up some pecan halves, too. They will be your carrier. Happily, they make this paste to appeal to horses so it is usually apple flavored, which makes it more appealing to squirrels too.

The other thing you will need to be able to do is deliver a dosed nut to one individual squirrel. You cannot just put a pile of them out - the stuff can be overdosed easily and a single squirrel pigging down several dosed nuts would be in trouble.

[2Ware]

Is he yours? You can very easily help him yourself and it will cost you less than $10.

If you have a Tractor Supply near you, you can purchase a tube of 1.87% ivermectin in the horse worming section. If you go to: http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/...erm=ivermectin

Items 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 are all exactly the same product and all would work. There are a bunch of companies that make this - all you want is the 1.87% ivermectin with no other meds added to it. They will usually all be called "something or other"mectrin.

If this is something you would like to do I will tell you how to administer it. It is very easy but you need to follow directions. Pick up some pecan halves, too. They will be your carrier. Happily, they make this paste to appeal to horses so it is usually apple flavored, which makes it more appealing to squirrels too.

The other thing you will need to be able to do is deliver a dosed nut to one individual squirrel. You cannot just put a pile of them out - the stuff can be overdosed easily and a single squirrel pigging down several dosed nuts would be in trouble.

though we do feed several squirrels, this guy is the only regular visitor, and generally eats by him(her)self after coming to the door for hand-outs. so, maintaining a single dosage should be fairly easy. the hard part might be finding a feed store in the middle of cleveland ... but let me see what I can find.

thanks for your ultra-quick response!

[CritterMom]

though we do feed several squirrels, this guy is the only regular visitor, and generally eats by him(her)self after coming to the door for hand-outs. so, maintaining a single dosage should be fairly easy. the hard part might be finding a feed store in the middle of cleveland ... but let me see what I can find.

thanks for your ultra-quick response!

http://www.tractorsupply.com/StoreLo...ode=&radius=50

Tractor Supply is creeping into the urban areas - they have all sorts of stuff. Any livestock place, feed store, or a place that caters to horses and tack would have this too. Pretty much every horse owner uses it.

[lovesmice]

Wilson Feed Mill is another place you can look into. It is on Canal Road in Valley View which is not too far from Cleveland. Here is the address and phone number:

http://www.yellowpages.com/cleveland...49?lid=1993049

Nice to meet another Ohioan. My squirrels are Cuyahoga Valley National Park squirrels.

[2Ware]

Okay ... got a tube!
and a bag of pecan halves ...

the little guy was waiting for us on the deck when we got back.

so?

what do you recommend as a dosage?

thanks in advance for helping us help him(her)

p.s. humorous anecdote... got the weirdest look from the counter gal at the feed and seed when I said I needed it to treat a sick squirrel ... ("you know this is for horses, right hun?") ... yep!

[2Ware]

Wilson Feed Mill is another place you can look into. It is on Canal Road in Valley View which is not too far from Cleveland. Here is the address and phone number:

http://www.yellowpages.com/cleveland...49?lid=1993049

Nice to meet another Ohioan. My squirrels are Cuyahoga Valley National Park squirrels.

Hi,

yes, I found it at the Lake Shore Feed and Seed on the west side of cleveland ... middle of the inner city, go figure?!

we have three young ones that frequent our back-yard ... the eldest is the sick one.
I may try and snap a photo or two, if this board allows photo posting?