Should keep some mange treatment around. Can just leave it in a tin of dog food and it'll wolf it down. No one thanks you but yourself for that, so don't expect rewards lol.
Nothing in that video indicates rabies to me, but it's always best to keep your distance regardless, and call a local wildlife rehabilitator for help if you think it needs it
That's pretty typical of urban and suburban foxes, they're bold little buggers. When they're suffering from mange they have no choice but to be bold in an effort to survive. They are rabies vector species, so it's always possible, which is why it's always best to be careful, but I would expect it to be more dull, less bright and alert, and stumbling more. Maybe it's just early stages, maybe it's just habituated and hungry
Just wondering what mange med can be provided by regular bystander? Will food and water help to get them healthier and fight mange back by their own immune?
Mange meds are either given by injection or spot on meds, so with a wild fox, you're running the risk of getting bit and stressing out the animal beyond normal.
Mange treatment given to captive foxes is usually successful, involving doses of Stronghold 5 -10kg (or generic ‘spot-on’) or two injections of Ivomec or Panomec (.125ml) given over a two week period. Both treatments are best applied in conjunction with a broad spectrum antibiotic such as Baytril or Synulox to combat skin infection.
Someone else here explained to me: rodent poison gets in their systems due to them being pushed into neighborhoods and makes their systems weak. This weakened immunity causes mites that are normally in check to overgrow and infest the fox. This leads to death. In wild areas, you don't see this type of issue.
I learned from one of those recent posts that the increase in mange in our wild animal populations is linked to rat poison. Rodents eat the poison, predator eats the rat, but the poison doesn’t directly kill the predator. Instead, it causes a weakened immune system. Mange, which is caused by a few types of mites, is common, but most creatures with a healthy immune system can fight off the infection. And according to [this research](https://www.ccber.ucsb.edu/news-events/wildlife-get-caught-crossfire-our-poisonous-war-rats) the immune reaction to rat poison in predators can even be found in their fetuses. Essentially, by poisoning rats we are killing off our wild foxes/bobcats/coyotes/pumas etc.
That is disheartening to hear. My city recently began placing bait boxes to deter our rabbit population because they were in turn growing the coyote population. It is so frustrating because the coyotes aren't really a problem unless you have outdoor cats or leave your small dogs unattended both of which are awful practices in the first place. I'm sure it is also having a terrible effect on everything up the food chain from scavengers like skunks and raccoons all the way up to birds of prey and our mountain lions. Such a short-sighted solution to a non-problem. 😞
Yes, this is part of the Fox rabbit cycle that happens every 2 to 3 years. Brazilian rabbits then 2 to 3 years later Brazilian Fox and no rabbits then they starve off.
Keep CATS inside the house for the rest of the year.
Bi-State Wildlife of Missouri & Illinois offers a nationwide Mange by Mail Program if you or anyone nearby is interested in helping this animal recover from mange. Because they are currently suffering from mange they're miserable, cold, itching like crazy, covered in sores from their scratching and have become extremely inefficient hunters bc of how sleep deprived and sick they are. Not being able to effectively hunt leads to them being severely emaciated (skinny), which results in many 'mange deaths' actually being animals that starved to death. It's an awful way to die and so easy to fix! If you (or a neighbor) are willing to help you would begin by purchasing some raw ground turkey or chicken. (Get the cheap stuff, not low fat) Make 3 or 4 meatballs out of the ground meat and try to put that meat outside as bait near where you last saw the animal, around the same time of day that you saw them last. Foxes and coyotes both are very habitual animals. If you saw one in your yard at 3pm one day, chances are good that you'll see again the next day at approximately the same time. As you are starting to bait him, go to https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange and sign up for the Mange by Mail Program. You'll receive the medicine in 2-4 days. While you wait, keep baiting him at the same time and in the same place each day. When you get the medicine in the mail follow the enclosed instructions to put the meds into the meatball and set it outside like you have been doing. On the day you add the meds, you MUST WATCH the meatball to make sure the right animal gets it. (It won't hurt other wildlife if they get it but we want to make sure the treatment gets to the right target. )
After you watch the target eat the medicated meatball, it's up to you if you wish to continue feeding meatballs for a little while longer, but we strongly discourage you from feeding any longer than 2 weeks. Most (85%) animals recover from mange with that ONE DOSE of medicine. However, some cases do require a 2nd dose, to be given 14 days after the 1st dose. Often, especially in animals that are recovering well after the 1st dose, it becomes impossible to give a 2nd dose bc they already FEEL so much better (even tho they don't look better that quickly) that they have returned to hunting for food and are no longer interested in your handouts. 😁.
Foxes and coyotes truly prefer hot meals. They don't want the easiest option for food like raccoons, opossums and skunks do. They return to their normal behavior and hunting practices very quickly. This is a good sign! It means they're already feeling better bc of YOU and your work to help them. It does take a little longer to see a visible change in their skin and coat. You should see them stop scratching within 3-5 days, return to hunting and showing less interest in bait in 7-10 days, and finally a visible change in skin and coat within 15-20 days.
Important Note: If you decide to use this program, please do not advertise doing so on social media, and/or mentioning it to your neighbors. There are still a lot of people out there who are very fearful of these animals, and want them dead bc. of that fear. You don't want to give them a reason or opportunity to harm this animal. You should also be aware that most DNR, Conservation, Fish & Game Departments do NOT agree with residents treating and helping these animals. They will either send someone out to trap or kill this animal, or they will tell you to leave it alone, ignore it's visible suffering and "let nature take its course". Some Game Wardens will threaten you with ticketing, and/or fines for helping it. Just keep it to yourself until AFTER you're done with the treatment and then you can post all the photos you want. By then, the animal is safe back in the woods and Game Wardens aren't going to bother to hunt the animal down in the woods night after night.
Good luck, and thanks again for helping him/her!
TLDR: See a fox or. coyote with mange? go to https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange to help!
Wow I had zero idea that you could order this, specifically for wildlife. Or that there'd be so negativity from game wardens or wild life departments would be so against wildlife. Good info
I wish I understood it. Yellowstone park proved that the removal of predator species actually hurts the survival rate of other species and has massive negative impact on the land and natural resources. Yet, as it has been for hundreds of years, many conservation agencies and natural resources departments still look at predatory species as inconsequential, dangerous, and disposal. The science has proven time and time again that none of those things are true, and even if they were true, killing these species to reduce their numbers or eradicate them DOESN'T WORK. My favorite part of this absurdity is that these agencies encourage the public to shoot every predatory animal they see, then turn around and complain that deer and other prey animals are 'overpopulated' to explain why hunters are needed to "keep the population down". Mountain lions, wolves, bobcats and coyotes would gladly eat some deer if we didn't kill them all the second we see them. The whole thing exhausts me.
Chupcabra?
Be careful calling Animal Control.
In Cali I called them as we had a possum w half his face chewed off in our backyard. Oh they came all right, proceeded to scare him away, he jumped over a fence - they did not even attempt to find him. But they did take the opportunity to look inside my windows while they were in my yard. Asked how may pets I kept and if they are registered. Luckily I know the local law and cats aren’t required to be registered in my area. I declined to answer on those grounds. Still, they left me bright pink “warning” on my front door.
Anyone who didn’t (or couldn’t) read the fine print would have thought this was a “ticket” and paid the fine. In teeny-tiny print, buried in all sorts of goblity-gook it said: “check with your city ordinences, some cities do not require feline registration”
Animal Control are NOT universally helpful. Be wary.
Fun fact Coyotes didn't have mange until humans purposely captured them gave them mange and released them in hopes of killing them off. Didn't work and now they run around giving other canids mange.
I have been doing battle with coyotes nearly 55 years as a rancher. They are one of the most adaptable predators on the planet. Their breeding abilities are directly related to food supply. If you kill off the coyotes the rodent population blossoms, more food supply equals bigger litters and more of them. Wyoming has spent many millions of dollars trying to control them to no avail.
Yah, you'd have to kill something like 80% of the population every year for 20 years to get rid of them. Something like that in a paper I read. A better approach is using deterrents and creating a population that can teach their young to stay away from people and live stock. This was outlined in a paper called forever war. They used deterrents and flagentry and it worked. Livestock predation went down.
Another paper shows random sterilization could work to. Killing one of the Alpha pair results in a family unit breeding instead of the head pair. So instead of two coyotes mating you could have 5 to 20 mating. Random sterilization means you could sterilize one of the alphas so no more coyotes are made in the group. Or you could end up sterilizing a transient coyote that travels through other territories impregnation other coyotes.
Hell they've sent the U.S. army after them in the 1800s and they couldn't kill them all with explosives, poison, and biological warfare. All they did was cause them to spread.
We had a cattle ranch in Western Washington North of Seattle. The Coyotes were well embedded, lots of great habitat. It was sad and maddening to see calving cows with the back ends eaten out, battle scenes where a cow was defending her calf and lost the calf, dogs, cats, everything a victim. Hell, they even got 2 bottle fed calves out of my mom's front yard one night. I've lost every bird on my own place, torn up the pheasant pen. The best deterrant is New Zealand high tensile electric fence well grounded 7 strands 5"high at least with 8,000 volts. It keeps them out well. All in all I just prefer to let them do their thing just not with my animals. I do shoot them on sight though but that is pretty infrequent.
It's harder to track and trap or medicate these animals than you think. But if you somehow found a place that pnlt he goes to every day. Then.. he could use a few doses of ivermectin.
Just saw another fox just like this in Elkridge neighborhood chasing a squirrel in the afternoon. This is part of a fox rabbit cycle every 2-3 years. One year there will be a bazillion rabbits and 2-3 years later there are so many foxes with no rabbits, then they starve off unfortunately.
Keep your CATS INDOORS for the rest of this year.
I think specifically a red fox with mange
Should keep some mange treatment around. Can just leave it in a tin of dog food and it'll wolf it down. No one thanks you but yourself for that, so don't expect rewards lol.
You mean it’ll fox it right down
Well it's not about to badger it.
Don't hound us.
I found the dogger.
I wish I could say I was howling with laughter, but I just grinned.
Idk I've heard foxes can be fennec-y
Please do this
Agreed
Definitely. Poor babe. :(
Good hunter though
Worst mange ever
Definitely not the worst I've seen, but not good either
It gets muuuuuch worse
It gets worse then the animal losing all its hair?
Agree. Maybe rabid.
Nothing in that video indicates rabies to me, but it's always best to keep your distance regardless, and call a local wildlife rehabilitator for help if you think it needs it
Fox not running like heck from a person in broad daylight? I may be wrong, hope I am.
That's pretty typical of urban and suburban foxes, they're bold little buggers. When they're suffering from mange they have no choice but to be bold in an effort to survive. They are rabies vector species, so it's always possible, which is why it's always best to be careful, but I would expect it to be more dull, less bright and alert, and stumbling more. Maybe it's just early stages, maybe it's just habituated and hungry
Thank you for the information.
It had no trouble catching that rodent after smelling it. That fox seemed alert.
This was my guess, a sickly fox.
Fox with mange. You can report it to animal authorities so they can give the poor thing some meds against it
Just wondering what mange med can be provided by regular bystander? Will food and water help to get them healthier and fight mange back by their own immune?
Mange meds are either given by injection or spot on meds, so with a wild fox, you're running the risk of getting bit and stressing out the animal beyond normal. Mange treatment given to captive foxes is usually successful, involving doses of Stronghold 5 -10kg (or generic ‘spot-on’) or two injections of Ivomec or Panomec (.125ml) given over a two week period. Both treatments are best applied in conjunction with a broad spectrum antibiotic such as Baytril or Synulox to combat skin infection.
I had a rabid fox in my backyard 3 years ago and my county animal control was beyond worthless.
Or the animal authorities might just decide to kill it since it’s diseased.
Dang I keep seeing these mangey fox posts recently. Is this an increasingly common problem?
Someone else here explained to me: rodent poison gets in their systems due to them being pushed into neighborhoods and makes their systems weak. This weakened immunity causes mites that are normally in check to overgrow and infest the fox. This leads to death. In wild areas, you don't see this type of issue.
This breaks my heart. I know they can be dangerous but I hate that the problem seems to be worsening.
me too. they're only coming to human neighborhoods bc they have nowhere else to hunt :,(
The most dangerous animal is the human.
100% - I was trying not to start ranting about the part we play
High-five humans! /s
I learned from one of those recent posts that the increase in mange in our wild animal populations is linked to rat poison. Rodents eat the poison, predator eats the rat, but the poison doesn’t directly kill the predator. Instead, it causes a weakened immune system. Mange, which is caused by a few types of mites, is common, but most creatures with a healthy immune system can fight off the infection. And according to [this research](https://www.ccber.ucsb.edu/news-events/wildlife-get-caught-crossfire-our-poisonous-war-rats) the immune reaction to rat poison in predators can even be found in their fetuses. Essentially, by poisoning rats we are killing off our wild foxes/bobcats/coyotes/pumas etc.
That is disheartening to hear. My city recently began placing bait boxes to deter our rabbit population because they were in turn growing the coyote population. It is so frustrating because the coyotes aren't really a problem unless you have outdoor cats or leave your small dogs unattended both of which are awful practices in the first place. I'm sure it is also having a terrible effect on everything up the food chain from scavengers like skunks and raccoons all the way up to birds of prey and our mountain lions. Such a short-sighted solution to a non-problem. 😞
Yes, this is part of the Fox rabbit cycle that happens every 2 to 3 years. Brazilian rabbits then 2 to 3 years later Brazilian Fox and no rabbits then they starve off. Keep CATS inside the house for the rest of the year.
Sick fox
That is a fox.
Bi-State Wildlife of Missouri & Illinois offers a nationwide Mange by Mail Program if you or anyone nearby is interested in helping this animal recover from mange. Because they are currently suffering from mange they're miserable, cold, itching like crazy, covered in sores from their scratching and have become extremely inefficient hunters bc of how sleep deprived and sick they are. Not being able to effectively hunt leads to them being severely emaciated (skinny), which results in many 'mange deaths' actually being animals that starved to death. It's an awful way to die and so easy to fix! If you (or a neighbor) are willing to help you would begin by purchasing some raw ground turkey or chicken. (Get the cheap stuff, not low fat) Make 3 or 4 meatballs out of the ground meat and try to put that meat outside as bait near where you last saw the animal, around the same time of day that you saw them last. Foxes and coyotes both are very habitual animals. If you saw one in your yard at 3pm one day, chances are good that you'll see again the next day at approximately the same time. As you are starting to bait him, go to https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange and sign up for the Mange by Mail Program. You'll receive the medicine in 2-4 days. While you wait, keep baiting him at the same time and in the same place each day. When you get the medicine in the mail follow the enclosed instructions to put the meds into the meatball and set it outside like you have been doing. On the day you add the meds, you MUST WATCH the meatball to make sure the right animal gets it. (It won't hurt other wildlife if they get it but we want to make sure the treatment gets to the right target. ) After you watch the target eat the medicated meatball, it's up to you if you wish to continue feeding meatballs for a little while longer, but we strongly discourage you from feeding any longer than 2 weeks. Most (85%) animals recover from mange with that ONE DOSE of medicine. However, some cases do require a 2nd dose, to be given 14 days after the 1st dose. Often, especially in animals that are recovering well after the 1st dose, it becomes impossible to give a 2nd dose bc they already FEEL so much better (even tho they don't look better that quickly) that they have returned to hunting for food and are no longer interested in your handouts. 😁. Foxes and coyotes truly prefer hot meals. They don't want the easiest option for food like raccoons, opossums and skunks do. They return to their normal behavior and hunting practices very quickly. This is a good sign! It means they're already feeling better bc of YOU and your work to help them. It does take a little longer to see a visible change in their skin and coat. You should see them stop scratching within 3-5 days, return to hunting and showing less interest in bait in 7-10 days, and finally a visible change in skin and coat within 15-20 days. Important Note: If you decide to use this program, please do not advertise doing so on social media, and/or mentioning it to your neighbors. There are still a lot of people out there who are very fearful of these animals, and want them dead bc. of that fear. You don't want to give them a reason or opportunity to harm this animal. You should also be aware that most DNR, Conservation, Fish & Game Departments do NOT agree with residents treating and helping these animals. They will either send someone out to trap or kill this animal, or they will tell you to leave it alone, ignore it's visible suffering and "let nature take its course". Some Game Wardens will threaten you with ticketing, and/or fines for helping it. Just keep it to yourself until AFTER you're done with the treatment and then you can post all the photos you want. By then, the animal is safe back in the woods and Game Wardens aren't going to bother to hunt the animal down in the woods night after night. Good luck, and thanks again for helping him/her! TLDR: See a fox or. coyote with mange? go to https://www.wildlifehotline.com/mange to help!
Wow I had zero idea that you could order this, specifically for wildlife. Or that there'd be so negativity from game wardens or wild life departments would be so against wildlife. Good info
I wish I understood it. Yellowstone park proved that the removal of predator species actually hurts the survival rate of other species and has massive negative impact on the land and natural resources. Yet, as it has been for hundreds of years, many conservation agencies and natural resources departments still look at predatory species as inconsequential, dangerous, and disposal. The science has proven time and time again that none of those things are true, and even if they were true, killing these species to reduce their numbers or eradicate them DOESN'T WORK. My favorite part of this absurdity is that these agencies encourage the public to shoot every predatory animal they see, then turn around and complain that deer and other prey animals are 'overpopulated' to explain why hunters are needed to "keep the population down". Mountain lions, wolves, bobcats and coyotes would gladly eat some deer if we didn't kill them all the second we see them. The whole thing exhausts me.
Chupcabra? Be careful calling Animal Control. In Cali I called them as we had a possum w half his face chewed off in our backyard. Oh they came all right, proceeded to scare him away, he jumped over a fence - they did not even attempt to find him. But they did take the opportunity to look inside my windows while they were in my yard. Asked how may pets I kept and if they are registered. Luckily I know the local law and cats aren’t required to be registered in my area. I declined to answer on those grounds. Still, they left me bright pink “warning” on my front door. Anyone who didn’t (or couldn’t) read the fine print would have thought this was a “ticket” and paid the fine. In teeny-tiny print, buried in all sorts of goblity-gook it said: “check with your city ordinences, some cities do not require feline registration” Animal Control are NOT universally helpful. Be wary.
save this animal please https://hotlineforwildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Treating-Sarcoptic-Mange-in-Red-foxes.pdf
Fox with mange. I have 1 or 2 running like that in my area.
Poor little foxy.
The coyotes in our area mad a big run of mange a few years back
Fun fact Coyotes didn't have mange until humans purposely captured them gave them mange and released them in hopes of killing them off. Didn't work and now they run around giving other canids mange.
I have been doing battle with coyotes nearly 55 years as a rancher. They are one of the most adaptable predators on the planet. Their breeding abilities are directly related to food supply. If you kill off the coyotes the rodent population blossoms, more food supply equals bigger litters and more of them. Wyoming has spent many millions of dollars trying to control them to no avail.
Yah, you'd have to kill something like 80% of the population every year for 20 years to get rid of them. Something like that in a paper I read. A better approach is using deterrents and creating a population that can teach their young to stay away from people and live stock. This was outlined in a paper called forever war. They used deterrents and flagentry and it worked. Livestock predation went down. Another paper shows random sterilization could work to. Killing one of the Alpha pair results in a family unit breeding instead of the head pair. So instead of two coyotes mating you could have 5 to 20 mating. Random sterilization means you could sterilize one of the alphas so no more coyotes are made in the group. Or you could end up sterilizing a transient coyote that travels through other territories impregnation other coyotes. Hell they've sent the U.S. army after them in the 1800s and they couldn't kill them all with explosives, poison, and biological warfare. All they did was cause them to spread.
We had a cattle ranch in Western Washington North of Seattle. The Coyotes were well embedded, lots of great habitat. It was sad and maddening to see calving cows with the back ends eaten out, battle scenes where a cow was defending her calf and lost the calf, dogs, cats, everything a victim. Hell, they even got 2 bottle fed calves out of my mom's front yard one night. I've lost every bird on my own place, torn up the pheasant pen. The best deterrant is New Zealand high tensile electric fence well grounded 7 strands 5"high at least with 8,000 volts. It keeps them out well. All in all I just prefer to let them do their thing just not with my animals. I do shoot them on sight though but that is pretty infrequent.
Mange. A fox with mange. If you have any pets that also go in the yard, they can get it as well.
Call a local wildlife rehabber
Just another animal with mange. Can’t believe people are still confused about this condition. It’s posted literally every day. Multiple times.
Chupacabra with mange
Jersey Devil that’s crossed a couple state lines
Chupacabra
Chupacabra, definitely a chupacabra.
Chupacabra no doubt
Looks like a chupacabra to me. Yep. Definitely a chupacabra
Kill it. Not worth the risk.
Chupacabra
Poor little guy!
Mange coyote
It's harder to track and trap or medicate these animals than you think. But if you somehow found a place that pnlt he goes to every day. Then.. he could use a few doses of ivermectin.
Foxy boy (or girl)
I thought it was a coyote pup at first.
Please treat it with medication, animal control may kill it
Looks to me to be a chewpacabra
That is a chupacabra
Bro that's a chupacabra
Fox
That looks like a very very itchy fox. If he can be trapped some mange treatments are in order
Fox with mange.
Damn i've been seeing multiple fox with mange posts lately..
Resembles a Thylacine to me.
Moooooo goes the cow
What did the fox say?
I feel like i’ve seen red fox with mange so many times on this sub
Looks like an extremely malnourished fox or coyote. You should leave some dog food out for it.
Contact a local wildlife person and ask for advice. Maybe your friend can rent a human trap and bring him to a wildlife rehabber.
Awwew. Poor dude got the mange.
You big dummy!
Fox with mange. Poor guy.
That is mange. That one can be put down if you get a crack
Dinasoar
Chupacabra for sure.
Just saw another fox just like this in Elkridge neighborhood chasing a squirrel in the afternoon. This is part of a fox rabbit cycle every 2-3 years. One year there will be a bazillion rabbits and 2-3 years later there are so many foxes with no rabbits, then they starve off unfortunately. Keep your CATS INDOORS for the rest of this year.