DEAR JOAN: Help! We have at least two sweet squirrels with horrible mange, I think. We just noticed it this week. They are plump, energetic and hungry for peanuts, but Michael and I are worried.

The squirrels might have mange or they might suffer from dermatophytosis, a fungal disease that is common in the later winter and early spring. Mange, sometimes called scabies, ...

Squirrels are a central part of the identity for U-M students. However, they have been facing issues, most prominent being the loss of hair. Close ... “Mange is caused by skin mites that burrow and ...

Question: I have seen squirrels that seem to be losing their fur. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? Answer: Purdue University Animal Damage and Wildlife specialists report that citizens can ...

Besides "man" and his contrivances, nature abounds with "fleas, lice, mites, cestodes, nematodes and trematodes, mange, scabies, rabies, tetanus and multiple skin fibromas plague gray squirrels," as ...

Some siblings are close, but then there are the five baby gray squirrels who bonded so well they were inseparable. Literally. When a pet carrier filled with squirrels was brought last Thursday to ...