Comments on SusanQuilty.com: Poor Mangy Red Fox

I've been seeing a funny looking animal around...

2011-07-14T21:43:06.705-04:00

I've been seeing a funny looking animal around here.
Nobody believed me from my description.
(Kinda weasel like and lanky with little fur, pointed ears and long tail)
Then my wife saw it.
Next, two of my wif's grandchildren saw it.
I asked a neighbor if he saw a funny looking animal.
He said no but his wife saw a funny looking animal matching my description.<

Does having a fox in the neighborhood with mange p...

2011-04-19T20:52:28.970-04:00

Does having a fox in the neighborhood with mange put the neighborhood dogs at risk for getting mange?

FYI: The National Fox Welfare Society has an anima...

2011-03-16T00:34:26.539-04:00

FYI: The National Fox Welfare Society has an animated slide show that initially helped us to confirm Silas's condition as mange. It really helped us to gauge his recovery as well. Their slide show cover an "eight week period", and it has been exactly 2 months to the day since we began to feed Silas cat food laced with 1% ivermectin ("Normectin").

The slideshow

As a follow-up to my January 14, 2011 post, the &q...

2011-03-16T00:26:21.670-04:00

As a follow-up to my January 14, 2011 post, the "weird-looking fox" is no longer weird-looking. My husband and I have named him Silas. Although mssing most of his tail, Silas somehow survived the 2011 winter with several days of 10-15 degrees below zero Arctic cold. He now enjoys a MANGE-FREE new lease on life!!!

Silas's left hind leg was lame when he first appeared, and

Many thanks to the two people, above, who posted t...

2011-01-14T16:53:11.046-05:00

Many thanks to the two people, above, who posted the link to Fox Wood Wildlife Rescue's article, _Treating Sarcoptic Mange in Red foxes_.

A weird-looking fox (at first, I thought it was a coyote/fox hybrid) has been coming to our house daily. It turns out he/she has the *classic* symptoms of mange: eyes almost shut, bedraggled tail, sleeps under eaves, heavy "fur boots"

Folks, Here's a link to a wildlife rehabilita...

2011-01-13T12:16:50.612-05:00

Folks,

Here's a link to a wildlife rehabilitation group in NY with some very helpful info on easily obtaining and administering Ivermectin to foxes with mange:

http://foxwoodrehab.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/treating-sarcop.html

Ivermectin is inexpensive and easy to obtain. Make...

2011-01-13T12:13:42.580-05:00

Ivermectin is inexpensive and easy to obtain. Make sure it's the INJECTION for cattle and pigs. It's a very effective cure for Sarcoptic mange in foxes. This injectable solution works orally and can easily be slipped in food. It also treats many intestinal worms and ear mites. The catch: it kills the mites living on the skin but doesn’t kill the eggs. These eggs will hatch and reinfect

Folks, here is detailed info from a Wildlife Rescu...

2011-01-13T12:09:00.018-05:00

Folks, here is detailed info from a Wildlife Rescue in NY on Ivermectin that should prove helpful:
Sarcoptic mange is an infection microscopic Sarcoptes scabei mites. Female mites burrow under skin and leave an egg trail behind. This burrowing and egg hatching creates an extremely itchy inflammatory response in the skin similar to an allergic reaction.
This creates further allergic

Jennifer, I am treating a family of foxes with 1% ...

2010-09-06T21:10:29.626-04:00

Jennifer, I am treating a family of foxes with 1% ivermectin sandwiches that I got at Tractor Supply per instructions I found on the internet, which by the way warn against horse ivermectin!

Yvonne in Maryland

I am dealing with this exact situation right now.....

2010-09-03T18:52:22.209-04:00

I am dealing with this exact situation right now...Last night (dusk) I was walking my dogs at a public use area (abandoned county bldg. complex) and saw one. I couldn't figure out what it was at first. Itching and sort of threadbare in the fur department. A relative commented on a FB post I made about the ratty-looking fox. She told me about the mange that will eventually kill him. I found a

That is just so sad. I can't believe they wou...

2010-08-24T20:07:38.571-04:00

That is just so sad. I can't believe they would rather watch them suffer than supply some meds to help them. Just doesn't seem right. I saw a mangy fox this evening at the park. I didn't know what it was at first until I came home and started searching the internet and found a picture that looked just like this little guy looks at the park. This little one is showing the same

I have a little red fox with mange that has return...

2010-07-29T20:20:39.506-04:00

I have a little red fox with mange that has returned to the birth den under my shed. I want to help this little guy, but I cannot obtain Ivermectin. I spoke with a wildlife Rehab center and they will not supply any, I asked for names of any farm animal suppliers at my local vet and really did not get anywhere with that. I don't want the little guy to suffer and die under the shed. The

You can obtain Ivermectin at most farm supply stor...

2010-07-23T19:44:12.436-04:00

You can obtain Ivermectin at most farm supply stores and also online.
I am currently spiking food morsels for mangy foxes in my neighborhood, hoping it saves at least one of them.

Most wildlife rehabs will stock Ivermectin. It is ...

2010-06-14T22:48:45.541-04:00

Most wildlife rehabs will stock Ivermectin. It is very cheap. You just have to make sure the dose is correct because it is mainly sold as a dewormer for farm animals (horses, pigs, etc.) that weigh much more than a fox. I do not feed my backyard fox enough for him to survive on, just a little to make sure he stops regularly in case I need to dose him with meds.
We interfere with mother

I have a female fox and her two pups living in the...

2010-05-23T09:08:46.823-04:00

I have a female fox and her two pups living in their den under my shed in the backyard. The female definitely fits the descriptions given above and I see the 2 pups scratching feverishly.
The mothers coat is almost non-existent and I feel terrible watching the 2 pups suffer with their scratching.

I am not an adovacte for interferring with mother nature, nor do I want to "

I'm quite sure my granddaughter and I just saw...

2010-04-24T18:00:49.493-04:00

I'm quite sure my granddaughter and I just saw a fox - with mange. He was a straggley appearing fox. Thin tail. Out in the light of day, of course, it is very early evening.

I suppose he, too, is in the late stage of mange.

To find this article, I typed into Internet: Mangy fox.

Thanks for the information-- I finally spotted the...

2010-02-08T14:09:16.305-05:00

Thanks for the information-- I finally spotted the fox that has been leaving tracks all over our yard- and he has a scraggly coat and quite a bit of fur missing from his tail.

My friend runs a cat rescue and I'm going to see if she can get her hands on some Ivermectin. We had a healthy fox here 2 years ago- don't know if this is the same fox...poor little guy.

I have a fox living in the woods behind our house ...

2010-02-02T22:35:38.938-05:00

I have a fox living in the woods behind our house that comes down with mange about once a year. A local wildlife rehab gives me syringes pre-filled with Ivermectin. I inject it into some cooked chicken and give it to him every other week for a month (3 doses). I regularly put a small amount of food out for him on our front walk. Foxes must be creatures of habit because he stops by every night

I spoke to a wildlife rehabilitationist yesterday ...

2009-12-22T01:06:37.559-05:00

I spoke to a wildlife rehabilitationist yesterday about a mangy fox that is staying in my barn. She said that fox mange is very treatable with a common dewormer called ivermectin. I did as she advised, putting the ivermectin into a ball of raw hamburger. The fox did eat the hamburger. I have to repeat the dose two more times, 10 days apart. She said that this should cure his mange. In the

hi i know what you mean... we live close to a par...

2009-12-12T04:21:55.117-05:00

hi
i know what you mean... we live close to a park and have seen similar... here's a site i found that seems informative if you want to try and help ... one can't assume it's in the late stages of the disease ...

http://foxwoodrehab.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/treating-sarcop.html