This poor little angel showed up at my backdoor today. I'm having a hard time determining if it's mange or pox. There's one other squirrel I saw today who has the same affliction. I have ivermectin on hand. Opinions? Thank you!
This poor little angel showed up at my backdoor today. I'm having a hard time determining if it's mange or pox. There's one other squirrel I saw today who has the same affliction. I have ivermectin on hand. Opinions? Thank you!
I hate to say this but that looks more like Pox than mange to me. I hope I am wrong.
[edit] I looked at the pics again. In the first photo (head on) the swelling and hair loss on the left side of his head look more like Mange,but the nodules all along the right side of his body look more like Pox.
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Yeah, that's what was mixing me up as well He seems more scabby than tumor/nodule like...or maybe I'm just wishing it so! Do you think it would be safe to just try the ivermectin, and hope for the best?
I think that looks like pox.
A pox squirrel can also have mange so it might be both.