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Can you tell if my puppy has demodectic mange just by looking?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | American Pit Bull Terrier | Male | unneutered | 3 months and 12 days old | 33 lbs

Without an exam and just to the naked eye does this look like demodectic mange?

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Answered By Emily, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on June 17th, 2017

I would be very suspicious of mange just looking at this. However to truly diagnose Demodex requires a deep skin scrape as this mite lives very deep in the hair follicles. It could also be due to ringworm as well as a bacterial skin infection.

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