IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE ‘DIATOMACEOUS EARTH’ – Please be careful to use only the food grade kind and not the general pesticides that only contain diatomaceous earth. You want just the pure food grade DIATOMACEOUS EARTH.

We have two puppies that we rescued they have mange and had mange badly when they first came! We have two healthy grown dogs without mange and have been worried about them catching the mange from the puppies!
The puppies are definitely getting over the mange with the help of firstly the hydrogen/borax wash then with mixing half cider vinegar to half olive oil. We are putting this on the puppies every three days! It does not hurt them but it is really effective. We are also feeding them with bananas, dried dog food, tinned dog food and mackerel in water. Any left overs we might have. We live in the Commonwealth of Dominica and our dogs adore mashed bananas and fruit, we think this is good for them. All the dogs coats are shining and they are all looking healthy and yes the mange is going. I think it is the mixture of a good diet as well as the coats being treated. I hope this is helpful and will post again when hopefully the puppies are mange free!

dawn gets rid of flees and mange

This may sound crazy, but my Mother use to cover our dog in old motor oil, stickly old aged motor oil, for about two to three weeks and it got rid of the mange. I tried it since I am grown, I poured it in my hand and worked it down to the skin, make sure not to get it in their eyes and it works! I forgot about that old remedy and paid a vet 65 dollars and another vet the same price to give my dog shots, cream among other things still my dog lost its hair. So I remebered what my Mother did and used old motor oil on my dog. He looks great! And doing fine! I could have saved some money had I remebered sooner. Best wishes.

No tip. My 6month old rescue first had Parvo(vet cured) then contracted MANGE. I have tried a Mange dip. But everyday she is losing more and more and having blood spots. What can i use that doesn’t require a vet. To cure her of parvo was 350. still owed to vet. Only fur she has is on her back. everything else is scabbed or bloody.

I have a confirmation of a tip and it is amazing and non-toxic as well as easy to apply and not that expensive. I purchased a five pound bag at a local health food store for $26.00 total. I got a rescue kitty and if I had known he had mange I would have dusted him with Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth before I brought him in the house. It’s also known as Fossil Shell Flour and it will easily handle Fleas, Ticks, Bed Bugs, Lice and Parasites (not flea eggs, only adult fleas). It doesn’t matter what kind of parasite is causing the mange. The tiny hard and sharp diatoms scrach off the insect or parasite’s waxy coating, causing them to dehydrate. It doesn’t matter if kitty or puppy licks some of it, because it is totally non-toxic and also is beneficial against internal parasites as well. You can also use it to treat your carpets and all bedding. Be careful though, if you have a Hepa filter on your vacuum cleaner because it may damage it (DE is a very fine powder). Also, since the powder is fine, you may want to wear a mask and also be careful not to get it in the kitty or puppies eyes, since it is drying.

Kitty was biting his paws but I couldn’t see anything on him, having checked for fleas and never having had an animal with mange before- I didn’t recognize it. When I woke up with bites all over my abdomen, and itching like crazy, I knew something was definately wrong. Kitty was then scratching at his arms until the skin looked like chicken skin, with the hair gone in a large patch on either arm. He was extremely averse to the borax/peroxide bath, which I used on my adult cat to keep him protected (you can also mix borax with salt and sprinkle on your carpets to kill mites in the carpets). I washed all the bedding in borax and bleach,as well). When I got the DE, I took a brush and went over his entire body with the powder (except for his face). He was immediately relieved. Since I didn’t want the DE near his eyes, I didn’t do his head. The scratching ceased almost immediately, and as I brushed him daily (soaking the brush in borax solution overnight), I can see dead little flecks coming off of him, all over his body, even in the crevices of his toepads. It’s very very tiny, and when it comes out, his fur almost looks moth eaten, in places.

Since I didn’t treat his head with DE, he then started to get black dots, like pepper, around his eyes and whiskers, even very very close to his eyes. I put virgin coconut oil (you can get this at Whole foods for $10.00) on a cottonball and swabbed his face, even around his closed eyes. The coconut oil is safe, antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial, and will suffocate the mites.

It’s working, but that also means his fur is peeling off, but at least it is peeling off around his eyes and the black dots around his eyes are gone, and he is not scratching at it. I also rub the bald patches on his arms with coconut oil mixed with tumeric (Spice that gives Curry it’s yellow color—natural antibiotic), and a little castor oil (natural skin emollient). His hair is growing back and looks like peach fuzz, in only one day, and the DE has stopped any subsequent hair loss, and killed the mites on his body entirely within 72 hours. I still brush and dust him lightly just to be sure. The coconut swabbing has been a lengthier process, (3-4) days, but at least it is safe and he is absorbing the beneficial properties through his skin.

Thank you all for posting all of the great contibutions!

My grandfather used the burned motor oil. Cured it every time. As far as being a carcinogenic, I don’t know. But his little terrier lived to be very old without cancer. When our horses would get scrapes or cuts we used bacon grease and the hair grew back.

On a different note, I just thought of this because I used it on my daughter so it could possibly help with mange. It hasn’t been tried on mange but on head lice.
My daughter when in elementary school rode the school bus. She had very long, thick hair to her waist. I noticed her scratching her head one day and sure enough, head lice! I took her to the Dr. and of course we did the lice shampoo and I picked for hours. I was determined not to cut her hair. Long story short, she repeatly would get the lice (little girl on her bus had them and kept reinfecting her)I used so much of the shampoo on her I became afraid of the toxicity of it. So I removed her from the bus and drove her myself. Someone’s grandmother told me in the old days they used Miracle Whip. I smeared it all over the head, covered it with a plastic shower cap, and left it on while she watched a movie. I then shampooed her head (several times I might add)to get the greasy mixture out. Repeated again in 14 days. And guess what? No more lice. EVER!! I was thinking it could possibly help with mange because it basically smothers the bug and conditions at the same time. It sure couldn’t hurt. Just a thought….

We have a 5 month old lab mix puppy that my husband found and brought home while on a trip to Arkansas. She’s been scratching since he brought her home, and at first we thought it might be fleas but didn’t actually see any on her. Even after giving her a flea bath, we didn’t see any at all. Her scratching has just gotten worse, to the point of her crying loudly when she scratches and I’m noticing each day more little patches of lost hair and raw spots. After trying several things, I decided to try the borax/peroxide bath, which I just gave to her. I also just put tumeric paste on the open raw spots. I’ll have to see how it works for her and report back here on it.

Here is a story link that I found about Mange from the Vetericyn site: Just for more info….http://www.vetericyn.com/downloads/cstudies/Vetericyn_Case_Studies_Dog.pdf

My dog is currently nursing. Will these treatments harm the puppies in any way?

After trying everything, and basically experimenting on my rabbits in the name of “natural, wholistic care,” I finally purchased Revolution from the Vet. It works for a time, but I have to repeat it. I worry that over time, it won’t be good for my rabbits. But living with mites isn’t good for them either. I wonder if some of these skin bugs aren’t just a bit immune to the drugs. Of course, rabbits are very different than dogs and cats. Their digestive systems are so much more complex. I had hoped that neem, diatamaceous earth, and so forth would work. I do brush them and even go over them lightly with the Dyson vacuum hose being very careful not to get too close. I just don’t think anyone has come up with a cure. I would like to remove the carpeting in my home and will be able to do so soon. But no one really seems to know why the animal gets infested and how to permanently, safely and economically get rid of it.

So for now, I use Revolution and just continue to drive a 1988 car so I can afford to keep buying that stuff. I’m sorry for sharing what turned out to be nonsense like bathing rabbits because you do NOT want to do that. First of all, it does not work, and secondly it is like a form of torture for the animal. We can send a man to the moon, but we are all at a loss to end mites in our pets. You would think there would be a way to electronically send them packing. I do believe in the power of prayer, but there is just too much fear when you see your animal in such discomfort. Guinea pigs are easier because they can and should be gently bathed. I honestly wonder about all the advice to disinfect the areas and all that.

I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned, and my bunnies were re-infested. And their areas and my home were way clean to begin with! And, my animals were very healthy — so I’m not convinced it was a case of being immune compromised unless just the general breeding of these animals has caused a loss in natural immunity. Again, no one really knows. They give out government grants to tell us for the umpteenth time that being fat causes health problems and smoking cigarettes is very bad for you. How about some government money to gently and safely rid our pets of mites (without any cruel animal testing, of course)?

My five year old dog has bad mange all over his body. i looked up the net and read something about baby oil. yesternight before we went to bed i applied almost the whole bottle of baby oil (Since my dog is big). In the morning today when i woke up to check on him. his skin had soaked up the oil and most of the flacky dundruff had fallen off. he was happy and not itching and was wagging his tail. I am planning to give him a bath in heads and shoulders shampoo and put the baby oil again. i really hope it works, coz the vet is not doing me justice with bills, and whatever injection they give it is not working. I will see how it works and will post back on my dogs progress.

I am currently treating my golden retriever/rottweiler mix for mange. I found a post from a woman that often rescues dogs that said to slather the dog with mayonnaise. Leave it on for an hour. Wipe it off with paper towels. You will remove a great amount of the mites along with the mayo. Rinse the dog with apple cider vinegar. Leave on for ten minutes. Bathe the dog. I used a pet shampoo called Solid Gold. The mayo will cause the mites to come out from the skin. I let the dog dry a bit. I followed up with the peroxide and borax treatment (1 cup hydrogen peroxide 3%, 2 cups filtered water and between 2-3 tablespoons of 20 mule team borax dissolved. Stop adding borax when it stops dissolving.).

Apply the solution to the dog with a sponge until it’s drenched. I think i used 2-3 batches. Let it air dry. I have been putting organic coconut oil on the dry spots. I have done two mayo treatments and 4 borax treatments. We are fifteen days since we determined he had mange. Itching is minimal now compared to round the clock itching, especially bad at night, along with bloody elbows from scratching. Never did apply the vets recommended solution of Revolution. Concerned about reinfection from the environment. Continuing the 1/week peroxide and borax rinse for one month. Mites only live off the pet for 21 days. My dog is a million times better!

Tonka now ten months has left his mange behind…

I got my pup as a pound rescue at 4 months, he was dumped in a sack with 2 of his litter mates and was the only one to survive. Before he came to me he was living with a young man who had not a clue what to feed a puppy and signs to look out for health wise. He returned the pup to the pound as I decided things weren’t working out and the puppy wasn’t as cute as when he got him.

I got the call to foster him, and one look I fell in love, already having one amstaff this we guy was a site for sore eyes but I knew there was something special about him. Within a week of being with me I’d slowly weened him on to a good puppy food (Orijen) (he was being fed adult wet food) I noticed his stools weren’t right. he is a white terrior with brown and black spots, and although they are prone to pink tinges around the eyes, mouth and nose area this little guy on closer inspection was losing his hair and starting to scratch non stop.

A visit to the vet and they confirmed he had demodectic mange and they started him on a 3 week course of ivomectin injections. He had 3 in 3 weeks and although he skin area seemed to loom better he was still itching and after another 3 weeks of close watching he still had diarrhea and his neck where the mange had started was now red and raw and I also noticed patches on the back if his neck and behind his elbows again all red and raw from scratching.
So back to the vets but this time I had a different vet on duty. One look and she said to me it looks like I’ve got a combo of skin and food allergies with him! So it was trial time, she gave me hills science vet prescription ID food to settle the gut and started him on a treatment if dectomax, a new generation mange treatment she used with repeated success at the SPCA. She also gave him a shot of b12 to help his immune system, and said it was likely being dumped he wasn’t weaned from his mum.
So after 3 days on the ID he was doing hard poop for the first time, and the next visit for his dectomax my heart sunk and she said we need to put him back on his normal food to rule out it wasn’t parasites or a case of giardia causing the diarrhea. So off we went with normal food again and as I gradually introduced the normal food his poop started to soften back to mousse! So week 3 for the dectomax and we both agreed he gad a food allergy and he couldn’t go on ID as it is a gastro only food so he gad to switch to hills science ZD low allergen. I had always researched good foods and many times hills was ruled out as a suitable brand. Well I’ll eat my words now and after 8 dectomax injections (over 8 weeks) 4 injections of B12 (over 4weeks) and full time ZD dry food mixed with some ZD wet food I have the happiest, healthiest 10 month old puppy who’s growing every day and full of life. I tried many natural alternatives, and just couldn’t get the right one for my pup to recover.

I wish you all luck with which ever treatment works for you and yr furry friend – use been told he could stool rebound but once he’s a year the chances will drop, but he will always be sensitive to certain types of food – so it’s a process of elimination. I will also say on that note if yr dog has food allergies like mine avoid extruded plastic toys that are pink! The red dye caused a horrific case of hives in my boy within 3 hours of ceasing chewing the treat ball toy he blew up like thousands of bees had stung him and then they turned into golf ball size welts! The only reason I knew it was the toy is it was the only thing he had before he was crated for bed and the 2am howling woke me to his plight! 6 hours of cold compress til I could get to the vets and he had to have a dose of steroids and antihistamines he was fine – so keep some snthistamine tablets at home!

Good luck

I have an indoor cat that has what appears to be ‘hot spots’ at the base of her tail. She also has these crusty bumps, mostly along her spine & a few on her head. She’s 5 & we just got her about 8 months ago. I bathed her in Nutricap shampoo last night & added 2 cups of steeped rosemary tea. She’s scratching much less than she was. I’m also giving her vitamin D drops. 2 drops per day on her treats. I’m hoping this will help!! Will keep you posted!!