Squirrels spend a lot of time scratching and tending to their coats, they are known to be carriers of lice, ticks, fleas, mange and other mites and even fungal infections.
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Celebrating and Caring for the Land
2022-04-14
Squirrels spend a lot of time scratching and tending to their coats, they are known to be carriers of lice, ticks, fleas, mange and other mites and even fungal infections.
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