FYI: This is what a mangey fox looks like

[Anonymous]

It's not survival of the fittest...they pick it up from dogs. The dogs get treated, but they end up dying.

This is a huge issue with wolves at Yellowstone NP. The problem is the winter-they can't keep warm and freeze to death or get frostbite and slowly die

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I successfully saved a Fox with mange. Here is the protocol I followed. I trained the Fox to eat plain hot dogs for a few days before I started putting the Ivermectin in. Easily bought at Tractor Supply. You will want to buy some needles/syringes too, to inject the fluid into the hot dog.

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

You are a freaking animal Clara Barton. Good for you! What a good idea training the animal to eat hot dogs from a specific place first.

[Anonymous]

But be careful about other animals eating the ivermectin hot dogs. That stuff is pretty toxic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I did speak with a Virginia state dept. of wildlife conservation expert who was very clear that I should NOT put medicines in any food (for a variety of reasons: illegal to medicate an animal without examining it, don't know which animal will actually eat the food, and something else I can't remember). She also said that the treatment has been tried on bears and hasn't been shown to work. Plus, if the fox is around other fox (or animals) with mange, it'll just come back (the mange, that is).

The fox definitely has mange. I don't know how to post a video, but the fox spends quite a bit of time using its hind leg to scratch and scratch and scratch.

Basically, she said if we weren't in Fairfax, we could euthanize it (with a gun), or we could try to get the county conservation folks to catch it (not sure if that was for treatment or euthanizing). But, she made it very clear that we should not feed it or try to treat it. And basically, this fox is likely to die from the mange.

Sad. Our neighborhood fox always looked so good! And didn't bother anyone (except when there were the vixen calls at night).

She is right. She is also a paid expert. And she is correct on state law: you cannot treat wild animals.

The foxes with mange die a slow, painful death from exposure and eventually freezing.

They should be euthanized before spreading the mange to other foxes. If animal control won’t do the humane thing (they use a gun) and you can’t use a gun in your area, consider an airgun or sufficient power (which is not legally a gun). Or get someone to do it who knows what they are doing.

It is animal cruelty to let them suffer a slow painful death.

[Anonymous]

Horrible. Poor baby!

[Anonymous]

Why not try ivermectin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I successfully saved a Fox with mange. Here is the protocol I followed. I trained the Fox to eat plain hot dogs for a few days before I started putting the Ivermectin in. Easily bought at Tractor Supply. You will want to buy some needles/syringes too, to inject the fluid into the hot dog.

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

You are a freaking animal Clara Barton. Good for you! What a good idea training the animal to eat hot dogs from a specific place first.

You have to make sure that nothing else eats the treated food as it can be toxic to other wildlife. Put it on foot high wood stump or rock so that turtles don't get it.

[Anonymous]

The same thing happened to my beautiful backyard fox. I cringe when I think of the slow, painful death it must have suffered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I successfully saved a Fox with mange. Here is the protocol I followed. I trained the Fox to eat plain hot dogs for a few days before I started putting the Ivermectin in. Easily bought at Tractor Supply. You will want to buy some needles/syringes too, to inject the fluid into the hot dog.

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

You are a freaking animal Clara Barton. Good for you! What a good idea training the animal to eat hot dogs from a specific place first.

You have to make sure that nothing else eats the treated food as it can be toxic to other wildlife. Put it on foot high wood stump or rock so that turtles don't get it.

How many days of treatment is needed? 3months is a long recovery time.

[Anonymous]

This is so sad. Poor fox.

Have you called them? If not, that is a good step to take. I'm not sure if they are "the county conservation folks" to talk to as suggested. https://www.wildlifecenter.org/wildlife-help-and-advice

You could call someone on this list instead: https://www.wildlifecenter.org/wildlife-rehabilitators-virginia

Please do not attempt any treatment yourself for the reasons that she explained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I successfully saved a Fox with mange. Here is the protocol I followed. I trained the Fox to eat plain hot dogs for a few days before I started putting the Ivermectin in. Easily bought at Tractor Supply. You will want to buy some needles/syringes too, to inject the fluid into the hot dog.

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

You are a freaking animal Clara Barton. Good for you! What a good idea training the animal to eat hot dogs from a specific place first.

You have to make sure that nothing else eats the treated food as it can be toxic to other wildlife. Put it on foot high wood stump or rock so that turtles don't get it.

How many days of treatment is needed? 3months is a long recovery time.

The protocol is set out in detail in the article. It takes a long time because of possible eggs and rehatching. And ivermectin is not that dangerous especially in the very small amount used in this treatment. It is very dangerous to collie breeds, though. Honestly it was a minimal time investment to treat my fox. Most days a simple matter of pulling a hot dog out and taking it to the spot, walking back. On treatment days add another 2 minutes to draw up the med and stick it in the hot dog.

Most wildlife rehabs won’t help you. They told me they would only help if I trapped the fox and took it in. Foxes are wily little things, though, and they aren’t that easy to trap! And they won’t give you the green light to help in case you kill someone’s dog by accident. Sometimes it is best to just take matters into your own hands and get something done, IMO.

[Anonymous]

I would do what someone suggested upthread - call around and see if someone is willing to give you guidelines on treating the mange. You have to be careful with the ivermectin dosage - but it will kill the mange. You need to treat it several times because the mange is also in their den. Keep track of the times when the fox comes through your yard, and place the hot dog/raw chicken shortly before it's due to walk through your yard.

Thank you for caring. Best of luck.

[Anonymous]

^^In retrospect, utube PP's suggestion is well said and better than my ^^ suggestion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you get ivermectine from

It’s a dewormer for horses and livestock (works just fine on people, too, as millions in Africa and Central/South America can attest to). You can get equine oral ivermectin on Amazon for like $7 for three equine doses (or 21 human doses).

Ivermectin is a UN approved essential medication for parasite treatment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you get ivermectine from

Tractor Supply or any other farm and feed store.