People can be taken aback by the sight of squirrels missing hair. Sightings of partially furred squirrels is not unusual with warmer temperatures experienced through the winter. Like many wildlife ...

People can be taken aback by the sight of squirrels missing hair. Sightings of partially furred squirrels is not unusual with warmer temperatures experienced through the winter. Like many wildlife ...

Among the several squirrels that clean up under our bird feeders, there recently have been two with no hair on their tails, a reader wrote recently. “They look like rat tails. Can you shed any ...

The fur loss is caused by a fungus or mange mites that spread easily from squirrel to squirrel in their winter dens. On frigid days, unrelated squirrels seek out the coziest dens and squish together.

If the squirrel shows no signs of sores, I suspect it’s dermatophytosis. The hair should grow back before winter. You can help by feeding the squirrel chunks of raw coconut.

Squirrel nests a source of wonder. News. By Pam Cottrel. Feb 2, 2014 ...

Squirrels were so popular at the time that she found written references to the woes of a 13th-century archbishop who, despite years of pleading, couldn’t get the nuns in his district to stop ...

A white squirrel with a rare genetic condition was spotted in a Centennial backyard. ... Their skin and hair are typically white, and unlike albinos, their eyes will be normal.

An unrecognizable ball of fur, claws and limbs that was recently unearthed in Canada is actually a mummified squirrel that likely died while it hibernated around 30,000 years ago, scientists reveal.