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mange in foxes

  • 21-03-2012 8:13pm
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    slievenamon fella
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    heya id do quiet a bit of shooting between the clonmel and cahir areas and have noticed that more and more of the foxes in the area are suffering from mange...any1 else see the same pattern in the local are?


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  • #2
    Birdnuts
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    slievenamon fella wrote: »
    heya id do quiet a bit of shooting between the clonmel and cahir areas and have noticed that more and more of the foxes in the area are suffering from mange...any1 else see the same pattern in the local are?


    R U sure its mange?? - some foxes are starting to lose their winter coat and can look a bit scruffy at this time of year.


  • #3
    slievenamon fella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭slievenamon fella


    yes i am sure its manage...i used to see nly the odd time up to this yr bu its become quiet more promienitent


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    poulo6.5
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    Well lad. I shoot the same area as you and I haven't seen much mange at all except one Place that I have seen it there repeatedly. And it is up in slievenamon. One of the farms I shoot has quiet a lot of sheep and any time they have a dead sheep they leave it in the same place and there is a concentration of foxes in that area. I think this is why they are passing the mange to each other.
    As for every where else I can't recall ever seeing a fox with mange.


  • #5
    Birdnuts
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    slievenamon fella wrote: »
    yes i am sure its manage...i used to see nly the odd time up to this yr bu its become quiet more promienitent

    Fair enough - could be that the mild winter has allowed more mange mites then usual to survive and spread faster among the local fox population.


    PS: If your lamping with dogs make sure they don't have too much contact with a mangy fox carcass - the last thing you want is these feckers infesting your best mates and all the grief that comes with it:(


  • #6
    fallowbuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭fallowbuck


    Have dug some foxes this year in south tipp and i cant say i have seen any more than usuall with the mange. Hopefully its just confined to the mountains :rolleyes:.


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  • #7
    palo
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    Mange used to be around a lot more 20 yrs ago when we used to get a lot colder winters and foxs used to spend a lot more time in the dens but not so much now days with the milder winters most foxs hardly use the dens at all now except for cubbing. If it is colder where you are that might have something to do with it.


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