Hello all,
We have a neighborhood squirrel who is having a terrible issue with one of her eyes. 2 weeks ago she was fine. Last Saturday her left eye was really goopy. By Tuesday the eye was completely crusted over. Yesterday, after disappearing for 3 days, she appeared with what I can only describe as a mass that is growing out of the infection and onto the top of her head. It is extremely strange. Thankfully her right eye looks like it is normal. (I will add photos when I get back to my computer in an hour)

We don’t want to trap her to take her into the local rehabilitation center because she most likely has babies she is still taking care of. But this situation has progress so quickly that we don’t know if we should wait until her babies are independent.

If anyone has an idea of what is going on, or anything we could give her, please let me know. Usually we see her about once a day but lately it’s once every few. But when she does visit she gets close enough for us to be able to toss food directly to her. So if there are any safe treatments we can administer we are in a good position to try.

Thank you in advance for any help you may provide for this little one.