# Mange?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mange/194512>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 11, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mange/194512 "2003-08-11T23:23:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JAPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@JAPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JAPrufrock)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mange/194512/1 "2003-08-11T23:23:14Z")

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My neighbor takes care of a bunch of cats…well, he gets them ‘fixed’ and feeds them, but that’s about it. He gave a couple of kittens to a friend, and she took them to vet who discovered that they have mange. Apparently, ALL the cats have it. My questions are:

1. What’s the cheapest way to get rid of it? We call PetMeds, and they said there are two different kinds; can we figure out which one these cats have?

2. My dogs are friendly with a couple of the cats, and go up to them to sniff them; can they contract this?

3. Is it true that humans can contract it from the cats?

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**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mange/194512/2 "2003-08-12T00:05:27Z")

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There are more than two types of mange, a vet must do a skin scrape to determine which kind and how to treat it. Some types are contagious, some types aren’t.