Matt meets rabid Fox

This is a rabid and mange covered fox that we spotted outside the condo in NH. Poor bugger! Rule #1, do NOT pet the wildlife!

[@MikeGarciaRangerMike]

Yeah, I doubt this fox is rabid, they are usually very twitchy and seem to be stuck in place sometimes. This fox just has terrible mange.

[@MikeGarciaRangerMike]

Connor AC Ok I agree with you when you say I can't just watch other videos. I did research into foxes more after this though. My grandmother worked for the rabies department where I live so I was able to get some info from her too. But there is no doubt the fox looks like this because it is mange. You can see how the skin starts to scab up around the face and tail leaving bald spots. Rabies does not do this. Rabies is a neurological virus that attacks the brain and spinal cord. It would not make a fox lose it's fur, or any other animal. There are two major strains of rabies, one is aggressive and the other is paralytic. Most common in animals is aggressive, but paralytic can be common in some areas more than the aggressive strain. The fox could be behaving like this because of rabies, but also because it can barely see from the scabbing around it's eyes.

[@jaxstudios7670]

Right that’s exactly how I’m calling as well...😉

[@vlork666]

I've shot a lot of rabid animals... Kinda happens when you live out in the middle of nowhere... This fox has rabies and mange. It's pretty obvious just by looking at it.

[@caseywrightsel4277]

@@MikeGarciaRangerMike I think most uneducated people that don’t know enough just assume because most rabid animals end up with patches from so aggressively scratching and usually caused by their aggression toward other beings so I think most people are just assuming when they see actual mange they just assume it’s ruffled fur from a rabies aggression.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

@@MikeGarciaRangerMike Your missing a point. The fox can have BOTH. Mange and then rabies. Or not. Both.

[@forensicforager5589]

that is 100% mange.

[@loriackerman6525]

Absolutely I agree!

[@AnAmericanMusician]

It says that he had both.

[@vlork666]

I'd say it's both just by looking at it

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

you don't know, I don't know. Fox could have mange, then got rabies. Or not. I hope we get a later update. Poor fox.

[@whengaming9999]

The description gave an update, it had both.

[@brandoncady313]

Mange. Not rabid. My dad and I tried to save a baby that was a few weeks old but he was far too sick, I sat with him for his last moments😣

[@waltersobchak7275]

These people need to be beat within an inch of their life. Yes do you know how many animals been killed because they ate cane toads or had mange. When the animal eats the cane toad they act drunk they got gel and froth around the mouth and they shake their head and everybody automatically assumes it’s rabies. I think I seen some rabid people earlier I better go put them out of their misery. This isn’t directed towards you as you got sense these other people in the chat

[@gabrielpardo1866]

@@waltersobchak7275 a salty boy

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@gabrielpardo1866 speak English you dreamer hipster. What are you saying

[@pattiannepascual]

thank you for not letting him die suffering,alone,without love at the end.

[@pattiannepascual]

@@waltersobchak7275 I agree.this fox is not exhibiting rabies symptoms. He just needs sometime to throw the right dose of iver- mectin in a meatball for several days to cure his mange, which makes them crazy and often fatal if not treated. So many diseases have the same symptoms of rabies,like distemper,neurological issues,, viral or bacterial infections, like you said,eating toads,tetanus and poisoning.Most very inexpensive to treat. It makes me sick how the majority of the population can be so uneducated,so full of fear,but worse too lazy to go research it. They have no problem sitting there watching tv,sports,drama on Facebook for hours on end wasting their brain cells and life away,but find it too difficult to do a 10 minute research and reading,never mind take the steps to help treat the animal.Rip to all the animals that needlessly die due to dumb,lazy people.

[@Skoda130]

Depends on the state the animal is in. IF this animal indeed was rabid, it looks like it had reached the "dumb stage", that usually sets in after the "agressive stage". In the "dumb stage", animals aren't particularly agressive anymore, displaying a more zombie-like behaviour.

[@JDiaval888]

Looks more like mange than being rabid, but who knows I could be wrong

[@prestons3400]

Your not it is mange the most humane thing to do is to humanly dispatch it

[@user-jp5zj7hk6m]

@Preston S mange is treatable. there is no need to kill the animal for a disease that’s curable

[@LinkaDL]

@@user-jp5zj7hk6m Who is going to risk to grab a wild fox who could have rabid too and get biten? Let´s be realistic. It´s a danger for the person who grabs it and for the vet. The only option would be a narcotic shot to check him, is sad.

[@Crow23346]

@@LinkaDL bruh, most wild animals recover on their own from mange, just like with ticks, fleas and other things. Theyre wild for a reason, their immune systems are a lot better than our pets, and can withstand a lot more than our pets can. If they were unable to deal with a little mange, literally majority of the wild animals on the planet would be extinct from it and any other thing they caught lmao, because mange is very common, they’re fine.

[@randomkaren8198]

@@prestons3400 dispatch it?buddy it’s mange

[@lightingthief4482]

Hmm......well the fox's behavior doesn't seems to fit the profile with rabies but the way those back legs are acting isn't a good sign at all. I think mange is involved here due to the way that fox is looking like. Rabid foxes can look completely normal but dangerous and rabies doesn't attack the hair. Mange does. I think the fox probably got an injured leg and Mange but the fox could be rabid so always be cautious.

[@rosaa4630]

Poor baby this is mange and treatable,what happened to it?

[@airsoftking421]

This one is def sick. But they do tend to come out during the day. I see them during the day time to time

[@user-jp5zj7hk6m]

foxes are nocturnal so it’s uncommon for them to walk around in broad daylight

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

I don't think it's normal for it to be where it is and around all those people.

[@tulenik71]

This isn"t rabid fox. Don't know situation in your area, but most of Europe and of course GB (because of isolation) is now rabies free. We are using vaccination baits deployed from aircrafts.

[@starshock01]

Its back leg appears to be broken, which would lead to malnourishment and poor coat shine. But yes its lack of fear is likely from rabies, but it does not appear to have other symptoms associated with rabies.

[@bulletproofwing]

Description says he has both. I believe it. Rabies makes a fox not afraid of people. Normal fox would have fucked off the minute it saw them.

[@arielwollinger]

Poor fox...

[@JamesBrown-gf6sc]

It's mange, no doubt

[@Driven2Beers]

I remember seeing a fox in the middle of the road ahead of me oblivious to traffic. It was having what looked to be some kind of seizure. Hope the poor thing wasn't rabid.

[@kattrakee]

Heartbreaking 😩😩😩😩😩

[@AmeyyBladesS]

How do you know it had rabies?

[@chriswonder2747]

my hope for humanity is upped by these comments knowing better

[@Hunkerbunker346]

Everybody has bad hair days.

[@lindseym.9191]

I can’t believe how stupid adults are nowadays in the comments- ANIMALS CAN HAVE M O R E THAN ONE DISEASE AT A TIME. Jesus. I’ve literally had to PUT DOWN a rabid coyote that was walking in circles and trying to get into a house, and he had virtually NO hair because he had severe mange. Foxes are very very shy creatures, it is highly unnatural for them to come out in public or try coming into homes. Rabies goes through stages- the normal stage in which the animal seems fine, the aggressive stage where they attack anything and everything, and the dumb stage where they become completely disoriented and almost zombie like. This fox is clearly in the last stages- and definitely needs to be put down for safety of other animals and humans. Oh and for all the uneducated people who are saying he deserves a “chance” and needs to be “tested” for rabies first- the only way to test a wild animal for rabies is by killing it. Yep. Killing it, cutting off the head and performing a brain autopsy. Either way, this animal needs to end up humanly put to sleep.

[@renziben]

its just mange it could have been rabid but it showed no signs of it

[@95lisa76]

Poor thing has mange too!

[@wayneking1422]

This is a serious case of mange. It is not rabid.

[@Obsidian182]

That is one mangy fox.

[@CallardAndBowser]

Yes, lets all stand in close proximity to it and discuss the rabid fox that's starting to approach us. What could go wrong? Idiots ! 🤓

[@rudolph1899]

People are so mean. Only because he is dirty does not mean he has rabies. People are so mean

[@kayakuprising5914]

I don't think it's rabid, but it is mangy.

[@sachamarzullo]

That is not rabies....that's mange.

[@hylianprincess7]

@SmashBrosWii1 Aww. :( I love foxes. If I were you, I would have decked them for that. Mange can be treated, and this fox didn't look very rabid. Rabies enhances levels of chemicals that induce agression. If this fox were rabid, it would have charged at them. period. Or it would have been salivating, or walking in circles. -.- I just wish that people would get more guts about things. if there was a way to trap it and call authorties for them to make a decision at least.

[@kritzelklotz198]

KZbin: Would you like to see a 13 year old video of a fox with a mange? Me: Why not? So now I'm here.

[@alexistrebexis3195]

I think his paws are infected. Not rabies.

[@donniesnyman2517]

Thats just mange. He needs help thats all. He probably went to humans for help

[@ibuprofen3AM]

It isn't clear from this video whether it has rabies - if it were circling or disoriented, I'd have said yes, but it isn't quite clear. Did you get animal control on the scene?

[@Alex-gy5ce]

That's really sad

[@9_Lights]

If a small animal is not running from the sight of you - it's probably sick & in the wrong way.

[@mrsmileycorps]

wow that fox just went to hell and came back...

[@housec8059]

It probably has a lot if ticks,mange and hasn't eaten much.probably not rabies...just asking for help

[@walkerig1]

Rabies is now rampant in America particularly in rural and Suburban areas.

[@michaelcollins8845]

Poor chap

[@applejacks971]

Poor lil guy 🥺😭

[@amyandnash]

Poor thing gosh knowing me I would have gone over to it lol how thick would I have been

[@cheyennematses2714]

he or she looks hurt, but even though you cant see the signs of rabies it might have it. im not saying kill the little thing but make sure if it doesnt have rabies that it gets treated and set free.

[@furby56062]

Cheyenne Matses sometimes rabies can't be treated

[@camryb6925]

isn't a brain autopsy the only way to diagnose rabies?

[@lindseym.9191]

You have to cut off its head and perform a brain autopsy to check for rabies sooo- either way this animal will have to die.

[@BHDHacker2]

FOX IS BLIND...

[@jamesholliday6151]

Poor thing.

[@lego398]

Poor fox, call animal control to give it a shot, and something for that tail

[@AHD2105]

Take him to the vet, the poor wee thing!

[@MooseMalarkey]

That’s mange

[@SagebrushRambles]

He's not rabid he has mange like you said but rabies..no. Mange will make them feel ill depending on the type. Usually it's caused by mites which will eventually kill any animal that has them if it isn't treated.

[@nytransplnt]

Did anyone call SPCA or Animal Control to put the poor thing out of his misery?

[@sjacqVO21]

idc what yall say, im not taking any chances. im out.

[@lauraap9720]

Poor baby :(

[@anonymoushippopotamus3862]

The fox was not rabid more likely distemper and mange.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

I feel sorry for the fox, whatever it's issues are. IF IF it is rabies, it's a terrible thing for it to go thru. Goes to the brain and causes a lot of crazy actions, responses. **** Please give us an update, OK???

[@twohawk1203]

I didn't see rabies. I saw a hungry, possibly flea allergic or mangy fox.

[@AI_01000]

omg

[@zarmindrow5831]

Cujo the fox

[@FlavioMartinez97]

Why didn't you help him!

[@masterbullshitdo]

That what crack does to an animal in the ghetto.

[@thespank]

That is mange not rabies.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

Mouth isn't open or dripping

[@RosiePosey5150]

That's no rabies it's mange

[@ydoibothr627]

im no expert but didnt seem to have rabies just mange

[@anitarice9609]

Poor thing looks awful

[@thelols100]

it bit its tail too much

[@sandrawehrley4212]

Mange not rabies

[@WorshipInTruth]

Definitely 100% has rabies, either that or some form of dementia. Also has mange. Does not appear to have broken back leg, that is how sick canines carry themselves.

[@wildthing1631]

It does not have rabies

[@lynnmicallef7422]

It's not rabid at all! It's mange. I work with this all the time. It's in pain from constant itching which is what it was trying to do , itch itself against the frame. It can be treated very successfully with ivermectin which we give on jam sandwiches or in boiled eggs , three months later beautifully restored to full health.

[@ElDuderinoh]

@@lynnmicallef7422 poor guy needed help and was definitely in a lot of pain.

[@azonicrider32]

Definitely 100%...followed by the immediate acknowledgment of a secondary possibility...You are an imbecile.

[@SurferChick511]

eewwww its tail is creepy

[@thewarriorslovers123]

I think no matter how sick an animal is, we should all at least attempt to give it another chance at life. We'd do it for a person, so why not an animal? Are they any less than us? No. We all have a beating heart, and I bet if your best friend was suffering with cancer and alzheimers, you wouldn't "just pop a cap in his head". That fox was a mother fox's baby one day, and he was happy and loving life. And then this happened to him. And now a bunch of heartless humans want to kill him.

[@birdgod5584]

I know this comment is from 9 years ago, but I just wanted to note if the fox was rabid, there would be zero chance of it surviving. It would just die. If it was mange, I don't know.

[@user-jp5zj7hk6m]

@Bird God mange he can survive, rabies not so much

[@ElDuderinoh]

@@birdgod5584 either way, it needed help. Rabies? Put out of its misery. Mange? Poor guy needs animal rescue and will most likely be alright.

[@kakolisen7771]

not at all rabid ! hungry and sick

[@jackdiller9087]

Not rabid... Just very sick. Probably has multiple parasites making it dehydrated and weak, if it had rabies it wouldn't be trying to stay in one place if nothing else. If it had rabies, even the earliest stages, it would not care where it was.

[@joenevico7742]

This why citizens need guns

[@SaraJean85]

Not rabies... skin bugs but is just as bad.. can't drink eat take care of their kits... sad but way less scary then RABIES

[@agnesnoyb9492]

What happened when they caught them? :( Kill it?

[@fredericcolombier5380]

You all, or almost, have firearms at home and no one is going to finish it... This animal is suffering , this is the last stage of Rabies disease, the virus is multiplying in the cerebral cortex and the central nervous system via the synapses, the animal is totally disoriented, it becomes unable to move on its own , it has hallucinations, like trying to eat imaginary flies, he then becomes photophobic as well as Hydrophobic, the desidration helping, he will then fall into a coma and die by cardiac and or respiratory arrest because of the virus which destroys the brain by infecting it more and more and destroys therefore the motor functions of which the heart and the lungs are parts.... And people are filming and discussing, damn you are not human, to change.

[@TheScoun16]

Confused and out in that much of broad daylight, yep, I'd say it definitely has rabies as well.

[@wildthing1631]

Foxes can and do go out in daylight!! It doesn't mean that it has rabies!!

[@TheScoun16]

@@wildthing1631 True very true. I was much dumber then lol. Can’t believe I posted this over 7 years ago

[@elliottking3357]

I'd go with rabid. Even if a fox had mange it would have fled at the site of humans unless it is a very thick fix 😂.

[@danii5084]

I treated a fox with mange and it did not run away from me at all. It was a young fox, probably like 6 months old. Was super trusting and seemed like it was just looking for help. It acted pretty lethargic just like the fox in the video. The fox made a full recovery and continued to be friendly after that. It was amazing to witness honestly.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Lies

[@WhoSays8]

How do they know??.. they always look ugly 😅

[@JoeVSvolcano]

Mange kills by without treatment. With treatment you got about a 50-75% success rate in domestic animals... Best to put the guy out of his misery; that's how I would want to go. PS. No human can outrun a fox, PERIOD.

[@gurvmlk]

Humans can't outrun most things. Compared to most other animals, our sprint is rather pathetic.

[@maximuslt90]

wow poor guy...i would of taken him out......soo cute but has to be done

[@modtomodern]

Poor thing.

[@SurferChick511]

eewwww its tail is creepy