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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2010, 12:12:21 AM » |
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Recently one of the squirrels I have in my care that was exposed to pox as a baby has developed lesions that I believe to be a recurrence of pox. If this is what this is it an interesting thing because we would then not know if the squirrels that are exposed actually become carriers for this horrible disease. Here is what the lesions looked like :  |
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2010, 12:13:58 AM » |
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At just about 5 weeks since the lesions appeared they are almost completely gone. The squirrel never experienced any further illness, just the unusual lesions, but they did not go away with treatments for bacterial infection. I continue to think this was a mild case of pox since he was exposed and treated with immunoregulin as a baby.
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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2010, 09:39:01 AM » |
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It may be. It really is bad news for rehabbers too. If you save one then do you let it back out to spread the disease further? So little is truly known about this disease and it is different than many other pox viruses. From what I have read the scientists don't even classify it exactly the same as other parapox viruses. It is scary for those of us that love squirrels.
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2010, 09:01:38 AM » |
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Although they do not know for sure what all the methods may be of transmission, they know mosquitoes and fleas are vectors for it. They now think close contact with an animal that has oozing lesions might also be a way for them to get it. I know when I got the little ones in with it that they had no fleas and there were no mosquitoes. They were all in one container though and it tranmitted to the entire group. I personally felt that they got it from each others stools, urine, etc. I have no proof of that though. As for if Charley could get it from a branch brought in from outside, I doubt it but to be safe you might want to kind of wash down the branch before giving it to him. He could get mites from one and who knows if those are a vector. It does seem to be moving somewhat in the state so you never know when you might see it appear.
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« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2010, 10:18:31 PM » |
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Max (the squirrel that had what appears to be a recurrence of pox) has not had any further issues since the lesions cleared up. Hopefully he will never have any further problems.
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« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2010, 10:44:51 PM » |
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