Mange Treatment

Update 6-4-10: Bubbles has one more Mitaban dip the week of June 7 and then should finally be ready for adoption!! Bubbles is a super-sweet and affectionate 1 year-old Bulldog mix female who came to Canine Lifeline from a local dog pound so that she could get the medical attention that she needed. She has demodectic mange which makes her skin very pink, raw, and painfully itchy. Her photo was taken the day we took her from the dog pound directly to the vet clinic. Treatment requires dips and oral medication to keep it under control. Bubbles is in the midst of her treatment and will be ready for adoption once her skin issues have been resolved and she has been spayed. Bubbles is housetrained, crate-trained, and a very quiet, well-behaved girl. She likes other dogs and is starting to play with them a little now that she’s feeling a little better. She’s just a real joy to be around! Demodectic Mange is likely be a chronic condition for Bubbles so someone who’s willing and able to deal with the cost, time, and effort involved in managing this disease is what she needs in the long-term. Please email Barb at bwible@roadrunner.com if you’d like more information about Bubbles.

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Fifty-eight is a urban fox that I’ve become friends with. When I first met her she was suffering from Sarcoptic Mange. This video was taken approximately two months after I started treating her with a suitable anti-parasitic drug. If you watch my previous video ‘Fifty-eight having her diner’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FI_b-zt8rM you will see how just how much her condition has improved.

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This video is about information found at www.petsbestrx.com/mange . It also tells about signs of cat mange.

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http://www.repcillin.com Treat eczema naturally on dogs. Scrappy was destined for the chop as his mange was so bad it covered a third of his body. When owner tried this natural remedy the dogs life was saved. Her story.

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This video answers questions commonly asked at www.petsbestrx.com/mange .

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The reason I asked is cause my vet told me to do this to my little jack russel mix (7 month old) and it almost killed him!!!!!! He has spent 2 days with an IV. Now it looks like he will make it but he still has the mange. thanks!!!!

Amitraz is the only truly "approved" treatment for demodex. That said, there is a dose of Ivermectin (cheap) that vets use and also large doses of interceptor (costly, maybe safer). As long as the dog is over 4 months old and is over about 15-20 lb I will use amitraz. Ivermectin has risks of side effects too. I have never personally seen a reaction to amitraz, to answer your question, but the potential is there. Anything you use will be an insecticide.

BTW, you don’t need to treat localized lesions of demodex. Only treat if it goes generalized, and is affecting a large part of the body or the whole body. Localized goes away by itself.

my boxer pup came up with a case of localized mange but then turned into generalized mange on her face. when she had localized mange the vet gave us goodwinol ointment. which didnt help at all. we took her back to the vet he then did some skin scrapping to make sure it was Demodectic Mange were going to take her every two weeks to get dipped and he gave some pills to give her also. so thats a little background. well i have two other dogs a 10 month old boxer mixed with a pit bull i noticed that she was losing hair on her legs just were her muscles or joints are at i have noticed this in other dogs but now am paranoid thinking that she has mange. i checked pictures that i took before i got my new puppy and i noticed that she was balding in the spots that i have seen bald. i have looked all over the internet and it says that it is not as long as the other dog is healthy and my dog is healthy. so can my other dog get it?

technically the demodectic mite is contagious – BUT ALL dogs have it! it only if the dog has a hereditary susceptibility or a weakened immune system (which can be from illness or a stress such as moving) lets the mites get outta control is there problems. soifyou just moved or have some other upheval stresing the dogs thay could both break out but otherwise not likely with demedex (now SARCOPIC mange in another story)

http://www.2ndchance.info/demodecticmange.htm

As in transfered from dogs.

I think it is a theoretical question. Practically i don’t think it could be possible. Superadded bacterial infection if fulminant, may cause death.
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Maybe that transferred from dogs is resistant to treatment, but still, it should be uncommon to be fatal. I wonder if HIV has something to with this.

my cat dose not have fleas yet all around his tail his neck up onto the back of his head along the middle of his back and now its spreading onto his thighs he has scabby bumps that you can tell itch very badly and he’s starting to lose his hair yet I see no fleas I have seen little tiny smaller than fleas blackish brown bugs crawling on him every once in a while please help I can’t afford a vet but If I knew what was wrong I could focus on getting the right meds

Yes, cats can get mange it’s called Feline Scabies (Notoedric Mange) see:

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=1+2236+2239&aid=737

And, you do need to take him to the vet. Most vets are happy to help you with payment arrangements.

good luck!

I’m not sure if it is mange yet.. I am going to schedule an appointment with a veterinarian. Her skin is getting bare and is red on her feet, legs, under her neck and around her mouth. I don’t know if she has an allergy or if it is what I hope it isn’t.. (her brother isn’t showing any problems).. I have a lab mix in the house as well….

yes. mange is very contagious.