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    Default Found the tip of her tail dry with blood this morning....

    Hello everyone ! i just got this mother squirrel for the last week and a half here at home haven't had a problem with her yet but she gave birth to 6 babies 3 died (she ate them afterwards) now 3 are remaining. they are very active and looks healthy but this morning i found in the bottom of her cage the tip of her tail so i tried to research and people seem to say it might be self mutilation out of boredom or calcium deficiency ? i did cook some rodent blocks after the second day with all the ingredients you guys use + some calcium powder in it. she seem to have proper nutrition but her cage may be too small, aware of that i was building a huge cage for her all week long spend over 200$ on materials it was not ready but i sped things up to transfer her today... what do you guys think about the tail ? thanks in advance i have been member since a week already posted once and got a lot of help aspecialy from HRT4SQRLS's,critter mom and diggie's friend ! thanks in advance sorry my english i'm from quebec hehe




    pictures are following: you can see the small cage she was in for a week that i put in the big cage today hope that helps
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    Default Re: Found the tip of her tail dry with blood this morning....

    Actually it’s a pretty common issue. It’s called degloving. The skin and hair slips off easily if it gets caught. It helps them escape from predators. Usually the bone will still be intact on the tip of the tail. It will dry up and either fall off or she will chew it off. She probably caught it on something in the cage. I should heal fine. Just watch it. It won’t affect release at all.

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    Default Re: Found the tip of her tail dry with blood this morning....

    thank you so much as always... i feel beter ! do you have a facebook page maybe me and my gf could ask u a few questions when things could go wrong fast the board is good but might not bet he best for emergency you seem to know a lot !

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    Default Re: Found the tip of her tail dry with blood this morning....

    Quote Originally Posted by valik View Post
    thank you so much as always... i feel beter ! do you have a facebook page maybe me and my gf could ask u a few questions when things could go wrong fast the board is good but might not bet he best for emergency you seem to know a lot !
    I do have FaceBook but rarely post there. Let me send you a PM.

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