Need help identifying squirrel with possible mange

[shmccarthy]

Not chicken related, but I was watching the squirrels, and noticed this one was covered in bald spots and sores. I have dogs and a cat and don't want to take any chances with something infectious spreading, so I shot it, it died on the spot, no suffering.
This squirrel smells rancid, it's losing hair everywhere and is covered with sores and pus.
Is this mange? I know squirrels can get it, but I need to know if I need to bury this one and if I should worry about it possibly spreading to my dogs.

 

[shmccarthy]

Congratulations. You just killed a squirrel for no reason.

Congratulations! This was from months ago, good job trying to stir the pot, bravo. The squirrel did in fact have mange, which is an extremely unpleasant disease that is extremely contagious to the other squirrels. I buried it to prevent the spread of the disease.

 

[bobbi-j]

Congratulations. You just killed a squirrel for no reason.

If it had mange, the OP did that squirrel a favor. Even if it didn't have mange, it looked to have been suffering.

You have to have a reason for killing a squirrel? Who knew??

 

[Free Feather]

Congratulations. You just killed a squirrel for no reason.

 

[dawg53]

Meat on the table!

 

[The Lazy L]

I'd burn it or wrap it in plastic and put it out for garbage pickup.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I would call the game warden or animal control. They will check it out.

 

[shmccarthy]

Thanks, the ground is too frozen to bury it, so I got him wrapped up and I will put him out tomorrow early morning when the garbage gets picked up. Poor little guy. I'm keeping an eye on the others, so hopefully it doesn't/hasn't spread. After reading a bit, I'm fairly positive it does have mange. Last critter I saw around here with it was a raccoon, a long time ago.
I will call the DNR or someone along those lines, it's especially hard to get anyone to even come out here when we call. We called the DNR 2 years ago to investigate 22 whitetail deer bodies, at various stages of decomposition, in a ditch. None had broken bones so we think it was a farmer or poacher. No one ever followed up, so I hope I can get someone out here. I don't want my dogs or anyone else's animals to contract it..

 

[VulpesVulpes]

doesn't look like mange. mange would be large areas of missing hair where the skin is irritated and bumpy and sometimes coated with puss.

 

[jeepguy982001]

not an expert but i'd say not mange. looks more like it had warbles when the weather was warmer. and was healing up.