Mange By Mail Program

Helping Foxes and Coyotes Recover From Sarcoptic Mange Through Education, Treatment Guidance, and Community Support.

We provide cost-effective medical dosages of Ivermectin safely packaged for wild
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Etiology & Wildlife Distress

What is Sarcoptic Mange?

Contrary to popular belief, mange is not a terminal virus or genetic condition. It is a highly contagious inflammatory skin disease caused by the microscopic burrowing mite Sarcoptes scabiei var canis. These mites nest inside the outer dermal layers of foxes, coyotes, and wolves.

In healthy animals, standard grooming keeps parasite colonies to an absolute minimum. However, when an animal suffers a temporary immune drop (due to rough winters, severe weather, breeding stress, or environmental rodenticides), the mites quickly multiply out of control.

Sarcoptic mange can devastate local ecosystems, but it is deeply responsive to affordable, veterinary-guided therapy. We aim to help you get this life-saving chemical relief out to them safely.

Identification Checklist

Signs of Sarcoptic Mange

Identify mange correctly versus nother natural skin issues. Sarcoptic mange is primarily
identified by progressive hair loss and extreme physical itch discomfort.

Severe Hair Loss

Losing large patches of fur, starting at the tail, hind legs, or shoulders. Can progress to 100% total baldness across their entire body.

Thickened, Crusted Skin

As the mites burrow and lay eggs, the skin reacts by thickening, forming deep, painful folds and yellow or dark crusty layers.

Constant Scratching

Compulsive, frantic scratching, licking, or biting at their skin. They will often ignore normal foraging or play because of itching.

Severe Weight Loss

Suffering wild canids quickly become emaciated and ribby. They represent skeletons with hair loss due to the massive metabolic stress.

Weak Appearance

Lethargic, moving slowly, seeking sunspots to stay warm, and losing their natural fear of humans in a desperate bid to find easy food sources.

Skin Infections

Open bloody sores, damp skin areas, and secondary infection odors caused by pathogenic dirt and heavy scratching behavior.

A Quiet Death in the Wild

Why Our Non-Interventionist Assistance Matters

Mange is rarely terminal on day one, yet the physical symptoms lead directly to a prolonged, agonizing death. These conditions are preventable with the help of observant citizens.

Hypothermia & Freezing

As mites burrow, scratching destroys hair shafts. Entire patches of back/tail guard furs vanish, leaving foxes and coyotes exposed to cold rains and winter snows. Without custom fat resources, they literally freeze to death.

Starvation & Exhaustion

Pruritic itching is so extreme that animals spend more than 12 hours a day chewing at their legs. They cannot hunt natural prey, turning to human garbage yards or starving slowly over 4 to 6 terrible months.

Secondary Skin Infections

Incessant biting opens weeping skin wounds. Dirt/microbes enter, sparking major internal blood poisoning. Decades of free rehabilitation show that simply removing the mites breaks this cycle, letting natural healing resume.

An Emotional Call to Help

Why the Mange By Mail Program Exists.

Sarcoptic mange is one of the most agonizing ways for a wild animal to die. Because they itch constantly, they spend more than half of their day scratching instead of hunting, leading to rapid starvation.

Wild canids are key players in maintaining our natural ecosystems by balancing rodent and rabbit populations. When rodenticides (mouse and rat poison) enter the food chain, foxes eat the poisoned prey. The toxin severely sickens them, breaking down their immune resilience and allowing mites to multiply unchecked.

Hypothermia

Losing their double coat
exposes them to freezing weather, freezing them to death.

Starvation

Too exhausted and sore to hunt, they slowly starve from energy deficit.

Secondary Infection

Incessant scratching creates deep open skin wounds that easily become infected.

Extreme Discomfort

Constant itching prevents sleep, leading to critical chronic physical depletion.

Our 4-Step Process

How the Program Works

We’ve made the process incredibly simple and structured so that anyone can successfully administer treatment safely and legally under our veterinary permits.

Step 1

Identify & Observe

Spot a wild fox or coyote in your area showing clear signs of mange (baldness, sores, intense scratching). Note their typical arrival hours.

Step 2

Access Resources

Click our Instructions page to read the full dosing safety protocols, watch training guides, and request a treatment kit sent directly to your mailbox.

Step 3

Bait the Animal

Inject the calculated oral Ivermectin dose inside a raw turkey meatball. Place the bait and watch closely to ensure only the target animal eats it.

Step 4

Monitor Recovery

Within 48 hours itching ceases. Within weeks you will see fine 'peach fuzz' fur returning. The fox returns happily to hunting and stays wild.

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Wildlife Identification Gallery

See actual examples of foxes and coyotes under recovery to correctly evaluate mange severities.

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Support the Mange By Mail Program

We send medication vials and precise syringes to caretakers in dozens of states. Your standard tax-deductible
donation ensures we purchase and ship larger quantities of treatment materials.100% of proceeds
go back into helping wild coyotes and foxes stay wild and free of pain.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Access precise program guidance engineered from our 11-page Program Guide PDF and veterinarian-vetted scientific reviews.