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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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

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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.[/quote]

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.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHe5ycjt-UI[/youtube][/quote]

How many days of treatment is needed? 3months is a long recovery time.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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