I have a friend on the edge of Rochester who has 2 fox and 4 kits near the back fence. She takes a hot dog or two out now and then and they chow down. I mentioned IDO and the posts about mange in the foxes. Would they eat some parasite control if it was put out?
Yeah. There are a few non-profit orgs as well as individuals(I’ve seen on Reddit, not sure on exacts) that will send you medication for free if you reach out. Then you just stuff it in a hard-boiled egg or hot dog or whatever and leave it for them. May want to know their exact location and habits like when they pass thru your yard each night to avoid a dog or another animal getting to it first.
Id do some googling to find one of these places nearest you
I’ve seen this happen more then once everyone wants to help nature but it usually goes bad. Last Fox I’ve seen with what all the neighbors thought was mange everyone was feeding it and medicating it with what they thought was correct. Well it actually killed the fox. Call the DNR and take there advice.
Leave them alone! Let nature do its thing. They don’t need medicine and surely don’t need hot dogs. You’ll do more harm than good by interfering.
Leave them alone! Let nature do its thing. They don’t need medicine and surely don’t need hot dogs. You’ll do more harm than good by interfering.
My thoughts exactly
Late stage/severe mange can be pretty uncomfortable and even painful, so if I were in the sticks or outer burbs I’d probably shoot a coyote or fox with mange before letting nature “do it’s thing,” especially in severe cases. Don’t like seeing anything suffer like that so I’ll do what I can when I can.
Also, mange can spread from wild animals to dogs. It’s possible for humans to get it too.
Leave them alone! Let nature do its thing. They don’t need medicine and surely don’t need hot dogs. You’ll do more harm than good by interfering.
X3!
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>grubson wrote:</div>
Leave them alone! Let nature do its thing. They don’t need medicine and surely don’t need hot dogs. You’ll do more harm than good by interfering.X3!
X4 they are wild animals stop feeding them
There are two kinds of mange: Atopical and viral. The atopical will take care of itself. The viral will kill the animal and would require vet intervention. If the animals are not showing any signs of mange, why in the heck give them meds. As mentioned, hot dogs are full of all sorts of things they don’t get in a wild diet and will do more harm than good. Certainly no meds.
Out here in the country we don’t feed anything (not even birds or deer) as it just throws off the balance. Bird feeders = more rodents around cleaning up the mess. Feeding deer in a CWD unit seems like a bad idea. We have plenty of fox that meander through too but they get nothing more than a look in the scope if they go near the girls’ chickens.
They like them chickens.
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