mange in stray dogs--help!

[CourtneyBrooke*]

There are two stray dogs on my road, some kind of sheep dogs. So sweet and pitiful I would take them home but they have mange..I think the sarcoptic kind. I have an outside dog already and don't want him to catch it!! I'm gonna go to TSC and get some medicine for the strays but I need some advice about the current dog thing! Thanks in advance..

 

[jason_mazzy]

Topical ivormectin pour on

 

[dawg53]

I would call animal control and have them come get them. You dont know what else those dogs might have besides mange, maybe something worse.

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

My dog had mange before. At the time she was the only dog in the house. I would definitally keep the strays away from your dog. Because I am pretty sure mange is contagiouse.
Are you planning on keeping these strays? Good luck!

 

[CourtneyBrooke*]

They are way away from my house and it just breaks my heart, is love to have them but I'm not taking them home to my dog, if I could get the mange treated id take them in a heartbeat!

 

[carolinagirl58]

That is so sad. Why can't people take responsibility for their pets? Years ago someone dumped a Boston Terrier near my house. We found it in the front yard. What scared me was I had a littler of 3 week old Jack Russel Terrier pups in my house at the time so there was no way I could help that dog. It had mange, it was nothing but a sack of bones and it's eyes were all crusty and runny with thick green goo. Poor little dog probably had distemper. We had to just put the poor thing out of misery and sanitize the yard and drive with a bleach solution. It makes me so mad that people would rather dump them and let someone else deal with them rather than take responsibility for them.

 

[tammye]

if you call animal control those dogs will probably be put down. maybe you can treat them from a distance , do you or someone you know have an outdoor pen, first are they friendly? sorry to say but shelters kill about 70% of their dogs they have no choice since there are just to many stray dogs, also you could put a found add in your local paper for free in most places to see if they just got lost, hopefully

 

[Gracie9205]

You can treat it with injectable ivomec for cattle. The dose if 1/10 of a cc per 10 lbs. of body weight. You give it subcutaneously (under the skin). Keep them quarantined, and give 1 dose a week for 3 weeks. Wear gloves when touching these dogs, and mange is very contagious. This should take care of your problem if you really want to help these dogs. I'm sure they would appreciate it!

 

[CMV]

I'd call AC. Sarcoptic mange is highly contagious and transmits easily from animal to animal. It is horrifically uncomfortable to any animal infested with it and is fatal if left unchecked. I had a pig that I inherited with sarcoptic mange, which I was able to treat and eventually cure, but not before the pig was blind as a result of the long-term infestation. Those poor dogs are being tortured to death as long as they have it and it is untreated. They will dig their skin into ribbons trying to alleviate the discomfort, lose most of their hair, slowly go blind when the mites attack their eyes and eventually starve to death when they too debilitated and distracted to feed themselves. That's no way for an animal to die.

Good luck.

 

[dutchhollow]

If they happen to have heartworms (good possiblility depending on where you live), and you inject them with ivomec, changes are you will kill them. It is hard to get rid of, not sure what you mean by strays, are they living at a house, or just hanging around yours?