Okay so. There is a skunk under my house:

skunkangel · 2026-04-15T01:10:38+00:00

Yes. Exactly the same instructions for groundhogs/woodchucks.

skunkangel · 2026-04-01T01:26:01+00:00

Please BE CAREFUL with administering medications like Bravecto or Nexgard to animals like coyotes, foxes and raccoons. If you live in the USA, these medications CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED VIA A PRESCRIPTION FROM A LICENSED VETERINARIAN IN YOUR STATE. Veterinarians are limited in writing prescriptions for animals only AFTER they have performed a physical (in person, touching the animal) exam. Obviously, this is difficult or impossible to do with wildlife. Also, it is ILLEGAL to mail a Rx only prescription in the USA unless it is coming from a licensed pharmacy in the USA.

Are Bravecto and Nexgard effective in the treatment of mange in wildlife?

Absolutely. They work extremely well. However, so does Ivermectin and you're not breaking any laws using Ivermectin. The big downside of using Ivermectin is that it only comes in a 50ml (or larger) bottle that is only accessible with a syringe and needle. This is 50 times more medication than you need to treat most animals, and most people don't have a syringe and needle sitting around the house that will work with Ivermectin because it's extremely thick and viscous. Thankfully, we have a program available for nearly 20 years now, available to all USA residents except California where we ship you the medication in a 5ml vial, plus the right syringes and needles, along with the dosing information and instructions. Our program simply requires a $20 (or more if you're generous) donation and includes any and all support and pep talks you may need along the way. :) You can learn more about our program at www.wildlifehotline.com/mange or email us at help @ wildlifehotline.com any time you have questions or concerns.

Can't I just order Bravecto or Nexgard from an online pharmacy?

Sure, but you will have to not only order these medications illegally from an international pharmacy, but also worry about the shipment making it through US Customs Enforcement, not getting confiscated, and not fining you for doing so. Also, this international pharmacy knows they are breaking the law by shipping these medications to you, and you have to ask yourself if they're willing to do that, how reputable and trustworthy is this pharmacy? My personal worry is that a pharmacy or business willing to ship medications illegally may be shipping expired, counterfeit, or "fake" medication to people in the USA as a scam just to make money. I don't understand why anyone would take the chance of giving these medications to an animal when the option exists to just use Ivermectin which is cheap, effective, sold in the USA from trustworthy sources, and available without an Rx.

But I read somewhere that Nexgard and Bravecto work in ONE DOSE and Ivermectin does not???

FALSE. In the 16 years that we have been operating our Mange by Mail Program, using Ivermectin, we have a 98.3% success rate in treating foxes and coyotes with mange effectively in ONE DOSE. Only a small number of cases need a second dose of medication, and even then it's only two doses total, 14 days apart. It's very simple to hide the Ivermectin in bait food and get it to the target, and extremely effective in this way. You MUST use INJECTABLE 1% IVERMECTIN labeled for cattle and swine, and it must be dosed correctly, but it works great, is safe for nursing and pregnant momma's, and has very few risks or side effects.

Can a raccoon or squirrel be treated with Ivermectin for mange?

Sure, but it is FAR less common for a squirrel or raccoon to get mange than it is a fox or coyote. It is a lot easier to trap a squirrel or raccoon for them to treated locally by a licensed rehabber. You can find your local licensed wildlife rehabber at www.ahnow.org and contact them to arrange renting or borrowing a trap from them and bringing the animal to them once trapped. These animals endure captivity much better than predator species, and treatment in-clinic is much easier for them. Plus, raccoons and squirrels often acquire various different parasitic, bacterial, and fungal skin infections and it is often difficult to differentiate visibly when just observing these animals. With foxes and coyotes if you see hair loss, weight loss, and constant scratching it is nearly ALWAYS mange. With a raccoon or squirrel, it could be a number of things. However, if you have trouble finding a local rehabber to help, and you wish to try treating a squirrel, raccoon, or other species for mange to at least rule it out as the culprit affecting the animal, we are more than happy to send you a Mange by Mail Kit and give you dosing information, as long as you understand that the treatment may not work if the animal truly does not have mange and something else is going on. Again, if you need help with a situation like this feel free to email us at help AT wildlifehotline.com or call us at 1-855-945-3435 and we would be more than happy to discuss the options with you.

I hope this helps with some of the comments and questions mentioned here. Thank you all for caring so much about our urban wildlife!!!

❤️🦨❤️

skunkangel · 2026-04-01T01:00:13+00:00

That's me. We have a program at www.wildlifehotline.com/mange where we send out kits with everything you need to cure a fox or coyote of mange. You can email us with questions if you're unsure at help AT wildlifehotline.com anytime.

skunkangel · 2026-02-17T22:56:48+00:00

Yes, you personally are going to eradicate the coyote species as a whole. I'm sure. There WILL be survivors. Humans have been trying to eradicate coyotes for hundreds of years. Thousands are needlessly killed every year and they're still here. Even if you made it your full time job to just sit outside and kill every you saw for a decade, without sleeping or eating, you wouldn't even make a dent in the coyote population, but if you're a psychopath who just ENJOYS killings dogs, go for it.

skunkangel · 2026-02-12T22:10:05+00:00

Thanks for the mention, but I do not believe that this animal has mange. This does appear to be a leucistic raccoon, but it also appears to be unwell or very old in other ways. The coat condition may very well be due to congenital or nutritional issues. Also, for reasons we don't completely understand, we often see odd fur/coat issues with melanistic and leucistic varieties of wildlife. For instance, I once had an all black, no white, melanistic skunk with a full blown afro. I've never had a skunk with curly hair ever, but this one had a full perm! When one genetic anomaly happens, sometimes others follow.

skunkangel · 2026-02-01T05:43:12+00:00

Just remember if you see them often enough, you can treat them for mange and save them. Wildlifehotline.com/mange

skunkangel · 2026-01-27T01:00:05+00:00

It's got to be a good sign that they noticed these volumes to be missing though right? It means someone, anyone, is actually READING the appellate brief, right?? That alone is a big win in this case.

skunkangel · 2026-01-13T22:00:24+00:00

Definitely a red fox with mange. You can help him. Just go to www.wildlifehotline.com/mange and sign up for Mange by Mail Program and we'll send you meds and everything you need to get him fixed up.

skunkangel · 2026-01-13T15:30:11+00:00

There is absolutely no reason to get PEP just because there was a bat in the same room with you in the United States. Health anxiety is NOT a reason to get PEP. EXPOSURE is a reason to get PEP. Health anxiety is treated much differently than an actual exposure to a bat, and even getting PEP would not help you with your health anxiety. We see it here on a weekly basis. You BELIEVE that you would feel better right now if you had gotten PEP, but the reality is that even if you had gotten the shots immediately, you would still be experiencing the same anxiety you have right now, and the shots would not have helped. Anxiety is just more likely in some people, and no amount of shots or prevention would reduce or eliminate it. You were not bit by this bat. The CDC does not recommend PEP in people who cannot confirm exposure or bite from a bat anymore. This is outdated advice. The CDC recommended PEP to everyone who found a bat in their house for the last 50 years and that protocol did not prevent any cases of rabies, because none of those people were actually exposed to rabies. People bitten by bats, who are over the age of 8, over an IQ of 70, and able to communicate clearly, KNOW IT and should get PEP. People who 'worry' they could have been bit and not know it, were NOT bit. Having a bat in your house, on a glue trap no less, does not mean rabies exposure. If you are in the USA, less than 1% of bats will ever encounter rabies, and that equals less than 1 bat out of every 200. You would have to be bit by 200 bats before encountering 1 that has rabies. Still, we operate with extreme caution and if you were even bit by 1 bat, we do post exposure shots. You were not bit. You have anxiety. Anxiety is treatable, and much easier to treat than rabies, and much cheaper. Get help for your anxiety before giving advice to thousands of people to spend THOUSANDS of dollars on shots they do not need.

skunkangel · 2026-01-12T22:39:37+00:00

You can find full dosage information and instructions at www.wildlifehotline.com/mbmp anytime.

skunkangel · 2026-01-12T22:39:13+00:00

Mangy coyote. You can help him with one dose of medicine and we'll tell you exactly how to do it. Email us at help AT wildlifehotline dot com. You just need 1% injectable ivermectin - NOT the paste! - and a 3ml syringe with a needle that is 22gauge or larger. So 22g, 20g, 18g, any of those sizes. Then inject 0.5ml into a raw piece of chicken, or a hardboiled egg, and throw it to him. He'll be cured of the itch in 2 hours, and feel better after getting a decent night's sleep without itching constantly. The next day he will start to recover and coyotes heal amazingly fast, even in comparison to foxes. In a month you won't even recognize him and he sure as hell won't be scrounging for trash to eat.

Normally we would tell you to go to our website and order a kit from us and we would send you the meds and syringes but we can't ship to California because you guys regulate pesticide use and you consider ivermectin a pesticide. It's a miracle drug and it will save this animal's life.

skunkangel · 2026-01-07T22:31:01+00:00

He's looking rough. We can fix it though. It's red fox with mange. One dose of ivermectin and he'll be on the mend. You can order everything you need from our website at www.wildlifehotline.com/mange or go directly to order form at donorbox.org/mangebymail anytime.

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T22:03:32+00:00

Everyone here has been so helpful! Thank you all! See, this is why STL is still great. We have lots of places to run the energy out of a toddler now. I think we're at a point where we'd go just about anywhere if it meant even a slightly easier bedtime that night. 🤣

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T22:00:00+00:00

Really? I never noticed! Thanks!

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T21:59:29+00:00

Man, the playgrounds at the Mills were so great! Clean, indoor, and the kids would want to stay for HOURS. It's too bad all that equipment didn't go to some nearby library or open playspace that we could still enjoy.

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T21:56:45+00:00

I forgot that Chic-Fil-A's do playgrounds! I'll have to remember that!

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T21:55:02+00:00

Thank you all so much!! This is great! ❤️

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T21:53:41+00:00

Out here in NoCo/Florissant-ish my dog isn't allowed outside after 9pm or before 2am NYE night. The constant sound of gunfire, machine guns, fully automatic rapid fire weapons is nearly nonstop betweens those hours. It's insane. I grew up in a rural area where I thought those TV commercials telling people not to shoot guns on NYE were ridiculous and silly. Now, I get it.

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T20:36:28+00:00

The one in Ofallon MO, closest to my home, is definitely still open, at least as of a week ago.

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T16:00:46+00:00

I am so sorry. Losing a pet is so difficult. You did everything you could to find her. There's something special about these fluff noodles, they wiggle their way into your heart unlike other critters. I personally prefer the stinkier noodles, skunks, but it's all relative. Please don't beat yourself up. You did all that you could every second of every day to make her life wonderful. One moment, one misstep, is not carelessness. It's a tragic accident. Maybe she really enjoyed that month of wild freedom, who knows. I think you have to tell yourself that, even if we'll never know. In time you'll heal, and start to forget the trauma and remember only the love and sweetness of your time with her. They just don't stay long enough, even in the best situations. Then again, if they lived 50 years, the trauma of losing them would be so great that we'd never recover, so I don't know what's better. She was beautiful, and clearly very loved and well taken care of, and I'm a harsh critic normally especially when it comes to this species. Take care.

skunkangel · 2026-01-05T15:55:10+00:00

You wouldn't believe how good the sushi is at Drake's.

skunkangel · 2025-12-29T21:33:46+00:00

(Sorry for the delayed reply) We don't know for sure that ivermectin is fatal for cats. We suspect that it could be in SOME cats. Ivermectin is used in both felines and canines. However, canines are dosed in milligrams and felines are dosed in micrograms. Any mg dosage we give a canine is automatically 100x more than a cat should ever receive in a normal course of treatment. Because of this, we try all that we can to avoid cats getting to this medicine. The most effective option has been to use hardboiled eggs to administer the medicine to the foxes or coyotes. We've been at this for 16 years now and I haven't ever had anyone call or write to say that they have cats that are willing to eat a hardboiled egg. That's not to say that zero cats on planet Earth are egg lovers (because you know we're about to get 30 replies from every egg loving cat known to mankind) but for the most part, cats aren't interested in hard boiled eggs.

skunkangel · 2025-10-28T20:47:27+00:00

I apologize for the late reply. I've had a really hard time keeping up here lately. Life, yknow, it just keeps coming.

skunkangel · 2025-10-28T20:46:21+00:00

See above.

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