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Please could you tell me when fox cubs are born, I believe it’s in January—February but I am not sure.
The peak mating season is usually in January and cubs are born in March. If the fox’s earth is in your garden you will usually be lucky enough to see the fox cubs moving around mid April.
I am looking for a fox as a pet. I love pets and take many in. do you know where I could go to find one? your immediate response is desired.
Sorry Wendy you have certainly come to the wrong place here. Foxes are wild animals and this is where they belong. Foxes do not make good pets, please believe me.
I have a family of about 5 foxes living at the bottom of my next door neighbour's
garden. They all have the mange and I am heartily sick of finding their mess all
over my grass. Certain plants often smell of them -
I am worried that the foxes are making the garden unhealthy for children and would be interested in ways of at least treating their mange.
If you would be willing to put a little food out each night for the foxes we would be only too pleased to send you the treatment required. By putting out a little food you may actually stop the fouling in your garden. If you are interested in treating the foxes please email me with your full address and details
I live in Michigan, USA. I recently found a 6 month old brown lab puppy in terrible condition. We've done biopsies, tested for fungus, and are now considering a diagnosis of mange, though my vets are in disagreement. No mites were found in numerous skin scrapings. His itching and hair loss have been going on for 2 months. He is currently being treated with Prednisone and Ivermectin, and showing marked relief though probably temporary. Desperate for more information, we searched the web and came across your NFWS website regarding a homeopathic remedy for mange. We'd like to
know how we might be able to purchase this. We'd be glad to make a donation.
Please send your full address and I will be only too pleased to put you something in the post. Re the mange scrapings very rarely will the mite show up in a scraping. The Ivomectin should kill the mites but maybe now you should start to treat the skin. Here are a few suggestions: Aloe Vera shampoo, normally obtained from a health shop will work wonders. Shampoo the dog twice a week until itching stops. This product is really brilliant.
Incidentally do you feed dry dog food to your puppy? Just for the record, if you do, we questioned over 170 people whose dogs have either got mange or have had it, and interestingly, 168 owners fed a dry dog food. I can only liken feeding dry dog food to us eating muesli at every meal, you are what you eat and the skin is the first thing to suffer. Finally add some vitamin A and D in the diet. If you can obtain a vitamin supplement (SA37 is good one) from a pet shop this will help. Also use one teaspoonful of a good vegetable oil, Sunflower the best, and add this to the dogs food each day.
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Got a fox visiting your garden suffering from Sarcoptic Mange, then please visit our mange pages for help and free treatment.
I would like to know how to capture a fox for transferring him to another part of the woods. he might eat my chickens. I have seen him and would like to catch him, but not hurt him. please tell me how to do this. thank you.
Foxes being very intelligent creatures will usually just find their way back if transferred to a different location. In the UK this is illegal since it is cruel and it must be said ineffective. Removing a territorial animal away from its territory will only attract another fox in. The safest way of guarding your chickens would be electric fencing.