snowyowlcat
08-03-2005, 01:21 PM
PLEASE, HELP! THIS IS A DESPERATE SITUATION!!!
I have a family of Eastern Gray Squirrels (they go black in the summer) living around my backyard. They are not the flying squirrels.
The family consists of Sarah, the mother. She had 3 babies this past spring, which we named Ears, Bonkers, and one female, Angel. As soon as they were old enough, she brought them to our yard, and left them there while she went on quick hunts without them. Sarah's family has since adopted our yard as their "territory", and they chase two local Western Gray Squirrels out of our yard as often as they can catch them! We love them and feed them both equally.
Sarah has since given birth to her second litter of babies which we estimate are only about 2-3 weeks old. She moved quite far away to have this litter, as I am sure the spring group of babies might be aggressive towards them. We can only wait and see.
The problem. Bonkers appears to have a total flea infestation. He comes up onto our deck to feed (we were feeding them nuts and cherries, that morning). His ears and eyes are swollen and grey, kind of 'powdery', as if he has been in a really bad fight, or he has had a bad allergy reaction. While he is stationary he will constantly scratch, bite, flick his tail, and repeat the whole process over and over. He is eating what we give him, but we are very worried at the level of discomfort he must be experiencing. He looks awful! He is scratching so much.
I need your help. Does anybody have any ideas on what I could feed him, etc., that might help? Can I get a 'rat' size dose of the edible flea cure powder and mix it into peanut butter to feed to him?? We cannot pick him up, or pet him. Although he will sit beside us and watch us, he does spook when we move. I thought of spraying him, but what if it goes into his eyes?? This could even make him worse. I wish I could trap him, and take him to a vet to have him put to sleep, so they could bathe him and clean him up, but I feel this would not work well for him. He is, very feral.
Any suggestions, past experiences, etc.? Thank you very much!
HELP!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :eek: :eek:
SNOWYOWLCAT
I have a family of Eastern Gray Squirrels (they go black in the summer) living around my backyard. They are not the flying squirrels.
The family consists of Sarah, the mother. She had 3 babies this past spring, which we named Ears, Bonkers, and one female, Angel. As soon as they were old enough, she brought them to our yard, and left them there while she went on quick hunts without them. Sarah's family has since adopted our yard as their "territory", and they chase two local Western Gray Squirrels out of our yard as often as they can catch them! We love them and feed them both equally.
Sarah has since given birth to her second litter of babies which we estimate are only about 2-3 weeks old. She moved quite far away to have this litter, as I am sure the spring group of babies might be aggressive towards them. We can only wait and see.
The problem. Bonkers appears to have a total flea infestation. He comes up onto our deck to feed (we were feeding them nuts and cherries, that morning). His ears and eyes are swollen and grey, kind of 'powdery', as if he has been in a really bad fight, or he has had a bad allergy reaction. While he is stationary he will constantly scratch, bite, flick his tail, and repeat the whole process over and over. He is eating what we give him, but we are very worried at the level of discomfort he must be experiencing. He looks awful! He is scratching so much.
I need your help. Does anybody have any ideas on what I could feed him, etc., that might help? Can I get a 'rat' size dose of the edible flea cure powder and mix it into peanut butter to feed to him?? We cannot pick him up, or pet him. Although he will sit beside us and watch us, he does spook when we move. I thought of spraying him, but what if it goes into his eyes?? This could even make him worse. I wish I could trap him, and take him to a vet to have him put to sleep, so they could bathe him and clean him up, but I feel this would not work well for him. He is, very feral.
Any suggestions, past experiences, etc.? Thank you very much!
HELP!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :eek: :eek:
SNOWYOWLCAT