| Re: Mange in foxes
Meg, that's a good point, especially earlier in the year when foxes can be in heavy moult and look pretty battered. Fleas can also be a problem and cause all sorts of skin conditions. The conditioners can help (too many reported successes of foxes improving).
I think I read somewhere that the homeopathic treatment from the NFWS may work by improving skin oils in the fox, effectively starving the mite of oxygen (something along those lines anyway). I've not tried it with our foxes but it seems probable that dietary supplements would work in broadly the same way. The research on effective treatment is fairly thin, though ivermectin undoubtedly works (but needs fairly well controlled conditions).
The Fox Website you mention is excellent isn't it. |