I'm having trouble attaching pix of the squirrel's lesions. I will keep trying.
Found 2 baby squirrels on the ground. I have been hydrating and warming them according to the Squirrel Tales site by Sarah Rowe. About 4 weeks by my guess--maybe a bit younger. I've had them almost a week and their eyes are still closed. They are still not completely hydrated but I'm giving them formula watered down by a quarter and try to get them to drink a little plain water 2 or 3 times a day between meals.
I have them in a small cardboard box padded with paper towel and tissues on top of a small animal heating pad. I pulled the heating pad out from under the box enough to provide unheated 1/3 space in case they got hot. 3 days ago I found the little boy out of the box on the naked part of the heating pad. I was horrified to find blisters on his tummy. I rearranged and covered everything so this cannot happen again but now both squirrels have lumps and blisters. I'm beginning to think that the blisters and bumps are not from the heating pad but from squirrel pox and that the discomfort from the pox is why he was toasting his tummy. I've been reading everything I can find on the internet about squirrel pox and now am 99% convinced that is it. I'd like to be able to post pix to get confirmation. I've raised baby squirrel rescues before and have never come across this.
If anyone can help me post the pix, please help. Meantime I'll keep trying.