Re: What's wrong with this fox ?
[Re: kyron4]
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07/15/22 10:06 AM
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Although I have never seen mange look exactly like that I think that is what it is .I grew up on a farm .We butchered our own beef, hogs and chickens .I do not remember a time that I was not around animal intestines blood etc It never bothered me to deal with it as far as my stomach .But an animal with the mange makes me want to throw up Trappers are blamed for cruelty all the time .In my opinion nothing is a cruel as Mother Nature inflicting mange on foxes etc
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Re: What's wrong with this fox ?
[Re: Lugnut]
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07/15/22 11:29 AM
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X2 The funny looking 'bumps' on it's face and ears are scabs from excessive scratching. Mange has got to be very uncomfortable to the point were the animal scratches till the skin is raw and bleeding. Does not sound like fun.
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Re: What's wrong with this fox ?
[Re: hippie]
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07/15/22 11:48 AM
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Dang that's bad looking. I've never seen it exactly like that, but have seen some sorry looking fox from it. It gets worse .......
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Re: What's wrong with this fox ?
[Re: kyron4]
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07/15/22 11:57 AM
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Here is a good explanation of the "crusty" appearance from the UK Wildlife Online SiteSummary: There are several different forms of mange, each caused by a different species of mite, but sarcoptic mange most commonly affects foxes. Sarcoptic mange is a skin disease caused by the small (2 to 4 mm, or less than one-quarter of an inch) parasitic mite Sarcoptes scabiei, several thousand of which may burrow into a single square-centimetre of skin. Female mites burrow into the skin where they may live for up to a month. As the mite burrows, tissue fluids and debris are deposited on the surface of the fox’s skin forming an intensely itchy crust that causes the fox to scratch frequently. Scratching causes hair-loss and small cuts, which can then become infected. Conjunctivitis is also apparent in severe cases, giving the fox a 'crusty-faced' appearance, as are changes in behaviour; the infected fox becomes less and less active. Weight loss and organ damage are often evident and, if left untreated, death typically follows in four to six months. Mange can have a profound influence as it sweeps through a fox population and an outbreak in 1994 succeeded in wiping out 95% of Bristol's fox population in only two years.
Work in Switzerland suggests mange exists in three types or stages: A) early stage infection with a few lesions, thin crusts, mild hairloss; B) widespread skin lesions, thick crusts, widespread hairloss, strong smell and emaciation; C) some minor lesions, no crusts, severe hairloss, darkening of skin (hyperpigmentation). Type/stage B is typically fatal, while stage C appears to indicate low-level infection or recovery.
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Re: What's wrong with this fox ?
[Re: kyron4]
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07/15/22 12:03 PM
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Also, mange mites are specie-specific, humans cannot develop mange from red fox mites. I have skinned many red fox with early mange, it usually starts on the tail and hind legs around here. Mange in humans is called scabies and it caused by a different type of sarcoptic mange mite specific to humans.
Once it advances beyond the tails and lower/back of the hind legs they get tossed by me.
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Re: What's wrong with this fox ?
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07/15/22 02:46 PM
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Why is burying better than burning? Just curious. Thanks I do neither, it's a waste of time. The mites will not survive long on a dead host, especially in the winter which is when I'm trapping them. I guess if I was catching them during warm weather I might go to the trouble of burying them but even then I think the risk of another fox catching mange from the one I just killed is very low.
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