FYI: This is what a mangey fox looks like

[Anonymous]

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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.

Thank you for posting this! Now I know what to do about mangy foxes on my property which is over an acre. It’s private property so I won’t be needing any help from wildlife rehabs.

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Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

I am the PP who saved my fox and I have a very different perspective. Some laws are stupid and should be broken when it harms no one and can save an animal’s life. Just keep your mouth shut about what you are doing and no one will ever know.

Or you can stand by, feel sorry for it, and just let it die so you don’t “break the law.”

Did you read the second half of the post? Of course you shouldn’t do nothing and should call an expert for advice so they can treat the fox. Treatments are available for mange. By treating the fox yourself without being advised to do so by an expert, you could seriously harm another animal who took the medication.

Laws in Virginia exist for good reasons. The advice from different experts online is to not treat it yourself.

Respectfully, I hope that you usually read more carefully.

No, you should read the whole post. When I called around I was advised to “just let the fox die” or “if you can bring it in we will treat it.” OP will get the same options. So I used a different wildlife rehab’s protocol (which does tell you exactly what to do), which worked and which I posted above. It is extensive and specific. I also explained the relatively low risks of this medicine in the dosage given, and how to ensure other animals don’t eat it/train the fox to eat it quickly. if she has any questions, she can contact them.

So many idiots think that all you have to do to fix a problem is “call someone” and it will magically happen. I can tell you are not involved in any wildlife or animal rehab! You need a much more proactive approach.

I read what you wrote. There is nothing wrong with allowing experts to treat the fox. Are you a wildlife expert?

And I certainly did not say the bolded. It may help to work on your reading comprehension.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

Not every law needs to be followed like a sheep.

Except the laws in Virginia are there for excellent reasons, and not following this one can lead to harm to other animals.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

Not every law needs to be followed like a sheep.

Except the laws in Virginia are there for excellent reasons, and not following this one can lead to harm to other animals.

There’s a law in a Kennesaw, Georgia that *requires* all adults without a criminal record *to own a gun*.

So I’m sure you’d dutifully comply with that law, too, right? Because it’s THE LAW.

[Anonymous]

This topic is headed off the rails.

In any event:

- trying your hand at amateur veterinary medicine for wild animals could well kill other animals and/or the fox;

- experts who deal with this daily are better equipped and more knowledgeable than you in this esoteric topic;

- foxes are not at all endangered in our area.

- not euthanizing the (while you conduct your medical experiments on it) means it is likely to spread mange to other foxes (and possibly your dogs).

I would call animal control, personally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

I am the PP who saved my fox and I have a very different perspective. Some laws are stupid and should be broken when it harms no one and can save an animal’s life. Just keep your mouth shut about what you are doing and no one will ever know.

Or you can stand by, feel sorry for it, and just let it die so you don’t “break the law.”

Did you read the second half of the post? Of course you shouldn’t do nothing and should call an expert for advice so they can treat the fox. Treatments are available for mange. By treating the fox yourself without being advised to do so by an expert, you could seriously harm another animal who took the medication.

Laws in Virginia exist for good reasons. The advice from different experts online is to not treat it yourself.

Respectfully, I hope that you usually read more carefully.

No, you should read the whole post. When I called around I was advised to “just let the fox die” or “if you can bring it in we will treat it.” OP will get the same options. So I used a different wildlife rehab’s protocol (which does tell you exactly what to do), which worked and which I posted above. It is extensive and specific. I also explained the relatively low risks of this medicine in the dosage given, and how to ensure other animals don’t eat it/train the fox to eat it quickly. if she has any questions, she can contact them.

So many idiots think that all you have to do to fix a problem is “call someone” and it will magically happen. I can tell you are not involved in any wildlife or animal rehab! You need a much more proactive approach.

I read what you wrote. There is nothing wrong with allowing experts to treat the fox. Are you a wildlife expert?

And I certainly did not say the bolded. It may help to work on your reading comprehension.

“Allowing experts.” What a joke. They won’t do anything. How many foxes have you trapped?

[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

I would do this.

I don't know why you bothered posting this, OP, if you all you plan to do is let it die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

Not every law needs to be followed like a sheep.

Except the laws in Virginia are there for excellent reasons, and not following this one can lead to harm to other animals.

There’s a law in a Kennesaw, Georgia that *requires* all adults without a criminal record *to own a gun*.

So I’m sure you’d dutifully comply with that law, too, right? Because it’s THE LAW.

Yes, I would, despite currently not owning a gun. People can let legislators know if they disagree with the law.

I'm sure that the laws in Georgia exist for excellent reasons, too. But did you read the whole sentence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This topic is headed off the rails.

In any event:

- trying your hand at amateur veterinary medicine for wild animals could well kill other animals and/or the fox;

- experts who deal with this daily are better equipped and more knowledgeable than you in this esoteric topic;

- foxes are not at all endangered in our area.

- not euthanizing the (while you conduct your medical experiments on it) means it is likely to spread mange to other foxes (and possibly your dogs).

I would call animal control, personally.

PP. Calling a rehabilitator is the best step to try to save the fox's life. But I completely agree with your second point. I'm not sure if taking the medicine would be lethal, but it can definitely do harm.

[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

I would do this.

I don't know why you bothered posting this, OP, if you all you plan to do is let it die.

PP. Where did OP say that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

Not every law needs to be followed like a sheep.

Except the laws in Virginia are there for excellent reasons, and not following this one can lead to harm to other animals.

There’s a law in a Kennesaw, Georgia that *requires* all adults without a criminal record *to own a gun*.

So I’m sure you’d dutifully comply with that law, too, right? Because it’s THE LAW.

Yes, I would, despite currently not owning a gun. People can let legislators know if they disagree with the law.

I'm sure that the laws in Georgia exist for excellent reasons, too. But did you read the whole sentence?

Wanted to add that I don't know why that particular law is in place in Kennesaw, and it wouldn't be necessary in any of the places that I've lived. But there must be valid reasons.

[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

I would do this.

I don't know why you bothered posting this, OP, if you all you plan to do is let it die.

I guess you didn't read the TITLE of this thread or the ORIGINAL POST that said OP was posting this so people would know what it looks like if they see something similar. That would be "WHY."

[Anonymous]

Oh my god, the poor thing.

I would try to help it, OP.

I would also try to pay someone to come trap it for me so I could either take it to someone who would help or lock it in my garage or a cage while I treated it.

It's eyes are already swollen . It is gong to be blind soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

I am the PP who saved my fox and I have a very different perspective. Some laws are stupid and should be broken when it harms no one and can save an animal’s life. Just keep your mouth shut about what you are doing and no one will ever know.

Or you can stand by, feel sorry for it, and just let it die so you don’t “break the law.”

Did you read the second half of the post? Of course you shouldn’t do nothing and should call an expert for advice so they can treat the fox. Treatments are available for mange. By treating the fox yourself without being advised to do so by an expert, you could seriously harm another animal who took the medication.

Laws in Virginia exist for good reasons. The advice from different experts online is to not treat it yourself.

Respectfully, I hope that you usually read more carefully.

No, you should read the whole post. When I called around I was advised to “just let the fox die” or “if you can bring it in we will treat it.” OP will get the same options. So I used a different wildlife rehab’s protocol (which does tell you exactly what to do), which worked and which I posted above. It is extensive and specific. I also explained the relatively low risks of this medicine in the dosage given, and how to ensure other animals don’t eat it/train the fox to eat it quickly. if she has any questions, she can contact them.

So many idiots think that all you have to do to fix a problem is “call someone” and it will magically happen. I can tell you are not involved in any wildlife or animal rehab! You need a much more proactive approach.

I read what you wrote. There is nothing wrong with allowing experts to treat the fox. Are you a wildlife expert?

And I certainly did not say the bolded. It may help to work on your reading comprehension.

“Allowing experts.” What a joke. They won’t do anything. How many foxes have you trapped?

If you are the same PP, the bolded parts contradict each other. And what does your question have to do with anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP. Please do not treat the fox yourself, if anyone is considering it. The expert who you spoke to is right, OP. By treating yourself, you could be breaking the law (I am not sure what “examining it” requires) and could harm other animals.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/mange-wildlife

Successful treatments are available for mange, so you misunderstood or misremembered what the expert told you.

Please instead call one of the people who I provided links to. It’s kind of you to be concerned for the fox! I hope it can be cured.

I am the PP who saved my fox and I have a very different perspective. Some laws are stupid and should be broken when it harms no one and can save an animal’s life. Just keep your mouth shut about what you are doing and no one will ever know.

Or you can stand by, feel sorry for it, and just let it die so you don’t “break the law.”

Did you read the second half of the post? Of course you shouldn’t do nothing and should call an expert for advice so they can treat the fox. Treatments are available for mange. By treating the fox yourself without being advised to do so by an expert, you could seriously harm another animal who took the medication.

Laws in Virginia exist for good reasons. The advice from different experts online is to not treat it yourself.

Respectfully, I hope that you usually read more carefully.

No, you should read the whole post. When I called around I was advised to “just let the fox die” or “if you can bring it in we will treat it.” OP will get the same options. So I used a different wildlife rehab’s protocol (which does tell you exactly what to do), which worked and which I posted above. It is extensive and specific. I also explained the relatively low risks of this medicine in the dosage given, and how to ensure other animals don’t eat it/train the fox to eat it quickly. if she has any questions, she can contact them.

So many idiots think that all you have to do to fix a problem is “call someone” and it will magically happen. I can tell you are not involved in any wildlife or animal rehab! You need a much more proactive approach.

I read what you wrote. There is nothing wrong with allowing experts to treat the fox. Are you a wildlife expert?

And I certainly did not say the bolded. It may help to work on your reading comprehension.

“Allowing experts.” What a joke. They won’t do anything. How many foxes have you trapped?

If you are the same PP, the bolded parts contradict each other. And what does your question have to do with anything?

Actually, I'm assuming that you mean that it's hard to trap them. Why? It's suggested by experts.