Saturday 12 November 2011

Fox in need of help



Anyone who feels no pity for this poor creature is not human in my opinion. The fox in the video is suffering from Sarcoptic Mange. It is a curable condition caused by parasitic mites, it also sometimes referred to as canine scabies.

This fox is clearly in a bad way. If you watch the video you will see steam rising from the raw infected area which is being devoured by the parasitic mites. Domestic dogs also suffer with this condition and owners can quite easily cure it with simple treatment. However due to the persecution of foxes by unenlightened man in years gone by, foxes have an innate fear of humans and providing treatment is difficult.

I have managed to treat a fox with mange in the recent past, it may even be this one which has become re-infected again, but looking at the condition of this poor creature and considering the time of year, I doubt if any treatment I can provide will be successful before the cold weather arrives. Because the parasitic mites cause the animals fur to fall out, animals in this condition cannot keep warm in cold weather and if a sudden cold snap arrives before the fur grows back it will literally freeze to death.

25 comments:

Kraven the Hunter said...

It does look as if it needs putting out of its misery.

Tameside Citizen said...

It can be saved, it needs treatment not death.

Kraven the Hunter said...

As YOU said it looks as if it won't survive the winter. Sometimes the treatment is a humane death.
The fox's welfare comes first not human oversensitivity.

Tameside Citizen said...

Looks as if it won't survive, should a sudden cold snap materialise. However, the condition is also treatable, and the remedy to the problem is already en-route to me. So I am choosing life, whereas you believe the answer is death.

Kraven the Hunter said...

Good, however if it does start to suffer excessively I hope you'll lay some quick-acting poison for it with as much alacrity.
I believe the answer is what's correct not what's pleasant or unpleasant.

Tameside Citizen said...

If the worst come to the worst and euthanizing the stricken creature was the only humane option, poison would definitely not be the answer. A wide variety of mammals and birds eat at this particular spot and to lay down poison would lead to certain catastrophe involving a mass poisoning of healthy animals.

Kraven the Hunter said...

I believe cage traps and then shooting are sometimes used in cases like this, if the animal can't be treated. However that would need a professional.
The fox will either improve or hopefully get a quick death. People who have problems with foxes (of whom there are now far too many) will be hoping for the latter.

Alf Garnett said...

cant you just knit a woolly jumper TC ?

Anonymous said...

Claire Reynolds has been selected for Dukinfield/Stalybridge wife of Jonny Reynolds MP. Labour got rid of Jean Brazil Aundenshaw to get Teresa Smith selected wife of Mike Smith (Denton Cllr) big friends of Kieran & Sue Quinn another married couple living solely of Public money more than they could possible earn in the private sector.

Nepotism is rife in the local Labour mafia said...

I saw Claire Reynolds today wearing an oversized, truly enormous poppy, or was it a Laboure rosette in disguise?

Sandra said...

Nationalist that is a good idea. If you knitted it a warm coat and covered its body in talcum powder before putting the coat on it would keep warm and help the fur grow back naturally.

Ron Barron said...

If it was a rat with mange would anyone be talking all this bollocks. We benefit from having a certain number of foxes but now there are too many. They need culling, the same as rats, badgers and a lot of other animals. Only scarce animals need protection.
Don't forget to tuck Reynard in next time you see him Mr Blogmaster.

Foxy Knoxy said...

The person who edits this blog comes across as one of those weird "animal rights" extremists. Foxes are officially classified as vermin in most, if not all, civilized countries throughout the world. They can spread more diseases than rats, so let's have some perspective here and stop pretending that the fox is a harmless, cuddly, domesticated pet. It isn't. It's a ruthless predator. I'd kill them all if I could.

glypet said...

Starts the post with:
one of those weird "animal rights" extremists
Then ends with:
I'd kill them all if I could.
Yes, of course you would big man, no doubt at all...

Cllr Taylor supporting vigilantism said...

Inspector Bill Callaghan is Councillor John Taylor's political enforcer.
Inspector Bill Callaghan comes to my house at the drop of the hat.
When Cllr Taylor wants to issue denials about his Searchlight connections.
What does Inspector Bill Callaghan think, about sharing a platform with someone that supports vigilantism, punishment beatings?

Anonymous said...

What chance of getting JUSTICE at anytime, when the deputy leader of Tameside Council supports punishment beatings against young people?

Tameside Citizen said...

Foxy Knoxy states that I come across as a “weird” animal rights" extremist” and then goes on to repeat the tired old mantras about foxes being vermin, spreading disease, ruthless predators etc. That part of FK’s rant does not particularly surprise me because many people fall for the pro-fox hunting propaganda which is often subliminal in nature and which resonates particularly strongly in the minds of those with a tunnel vision outlook on life. However the part of the rant which is of interest to me is where they use this bizarre term ‘officially classified as vermin’. Now we all have heard the saying that one mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist, using that principle to chart a course, who ‘officially’ classes foxes as vermin, is it people in the pay, direct or indirect, of the pro-hunt lobby? Somewhere along the line you will probably find vested interests at work when you hear the word ‘officially’ used when it comes to debates regarding emotive issues.

Let’s think, immigration is ‘officially’ good for Britain. The EU of ‘officially’ good for Britain and last but not least Ariel Sharon was ‘officially’ a Man of Peace. So don’t come to me talking bull shine about ‘officially’ when the facts speak for themselves.

The issue here is a poor creature in need of treatment. I intend to help this creature to the best of my ability as I believe it is morally right to do so and no amount of negativity from those who lack humanity will change my opinion or outlook on this case or anything similar which I may stumble upon in the future. So put that into you your pipe and smoke it. :-)

Alf Garnett said...

Good on you TC

Foxy Knoxy said...

Here is one simple prediction that I will make. The person who runs this blog has NEVER worked on a farm, has NEVER run a farm, and has NO strong links to the farming community. If he/she had any such ties to farming, this blog's editor would agree with me that foxes are indeed vermin, and, deservedly, are officially classified as such. Bringing up Ariel Sharon, lol, indicates that you are slightly disturbed.

Dragnet said...

It isn't 'morally' right or wrong to either treat, or to kill foxes. Sometimes they need treating, and sometimes (particularly when population numbers get out of control) they need killing.
No-one bothers about the 'morality' of exterminating rats or cockroaches if there's a good reason to do so, and most people dislike these creature so much they'd want them killed whatever. But when it comes to more attractive animals rationality goes out of the window with some people.
The bloghost seems to have 'tunnel vision' when it comes to his version of 'humanity' and 'negativity' which are subjective and meaningless terms.

Kubla Khan said...

Is it just me or does anyone else get the impression that Foxy Knoxy and Dragnet is the same person?

Dragnet said...

Kubla Khan, it's just you and you're wrong.

James Dark said...

Emotions are necessary but should be secondary to reason. The reverse is increasingly the case in the soft and oversensitive western world.

Sockpuppets by the score said...

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree

Foxy Knoxy said...

"no amount of negativity from those who lack humanity will change my opinion or outlook on this case."
Maybe Mr Bloghost, but LIVING ON A FARM WOULD CHANGE YOUR MIND!