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What would cause the squirrells in my neighborhood to have lost all the hair on their tails

What would cause the squirrells in my neighborhood to have lost all the hair on their tails2007-11-24 22:18:35

Now, they just have long thin tails like rats-eeewww.Is there a cause for them not having big fluffy tails?

Answers:

Squirrels undergo a complete head-to-tail molt in the spring.Their tail hair is lost in the spring and then comes back only in the spring. Also mother squirrels will use their tail fur to line their nest with.


Do you happen to live near a nuclear power plant?

if not, I would guess they are breeding with rats.


is this mr. burns? do you live near a nuclear power plant?
If you have a dog or cat don't let them near them.

sounds like mange. I don't know if that is spelled right


sure they are not rats?
Are you sure they are squirrels and not possums?
They got Mange??
One squirrel got the dsickness

It passed it on to it kids

its kids passed it on to all the other squirrels in the neighbourhood!


i like cherokee's answer...and maybe something is attacking them?
I would stay away from the squirels and I would call animal control to leave squirl traps and have them checked out by a profeshonal.
the mange.
radiation, or they're really stressed because the prices of nuts went up.

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