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The Big Dead-Fish Clean-Up
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August 24, 2019
Advice Needed! Squirrel w/ Rude Wound
Sorry for the rude photo, but I wonder if anyone has any advice regarding this backyard squirrel, which appears to have a nasty wound on its back.
I thought it might be mange but it looks more like an open sore.
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Thanks for all the input! Trying to get more infor from a squirrel rescue group…
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Possibly a Squirrel Botfly. The squirrels in my yard occasionally get infected. Some survive and live a full life. Some do not. 🙁
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My guess is that it’s the result of an injury that formed an abscess. I believe abscesses form circles. This one burst. Looks pretty mean.
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Looks like a spinal tube defect like spina bifida. So sad.
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I don’t think so. None of the photos I’ve seen of squirrel pox looks like this single crater.
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Squirrel pox…viral…no cure.
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Jim Wright
Thanks for all the input! Trying to get more infor from a squirrel rescue group…
Barb S.
Possibly a Squirrel Botfly. The squirrels in my yard occasionally get infected. Some survive and live a full life. Some do not. 🙁
Pat Price
My guess is that it’s the result of an injury that formed an abscess. I believe abscesses form circles. This one burst. Looks pretty mean.
Batbara
Looks like a spinal tube defect like spina bifida. So sad.
Jim Wright
I don’t think so. None of the photos I’ve seen of squirrel pox looks like this single crater.
Thanks.
Marianne Herrmann
Squirrel pox…viral…no cure.