Thanks to all who replied. If it is mange is there anything I can buy to put in it's food that will help? I am a bit worried as I have a little dog don't want her to catch it. She is never in the garden at the same time as the fox but sniffs around in the morning. Trying to attach a pic in day light of fox. White patches don't show up as well as at night
isn't wild wonderful
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Pete
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Hi Min, I remember when we had a fox in our last garden with severe mange in the garden I contacted the National Fox Welfare Society and they sent me a bottle of homeopathic mange treatment which I could add (a few drops) to some dog food I put out for it. Sadly this fox was in such a bad state and so beyond help it never returned to the garden so assume it died soon after. I also had a fox rescuer on standby (had the fox returned) who was willing to come out 40 miles and safely capture the fox for treatment (or euthanasia). Your fox looks not too bad compared to the one we saw. We still had other foxes coming to the garden during the evening/night and I used a few drops in the dog food and on chicken scraps in case it did make significant difference and helped prevent further mange. I also made sure it was safe to put in the food as corvids would also eat the food ! It is safe for all wildlife.
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Regards, Hazel
Wendy S said:I was once told that city Foxes got mange through eating our discarded food as against natural food, if this is true there will be very little you could do about that.
I've heard the same about foxes and mange, and though I've little evidence to uphold that, I will say that the only foxes I've seen with mange, are urban foxes.
Those I've seen out in the countryside seem to be ok. But that doesn't mean to say there aren't any with mange in the countryside.
Mike
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