possible scabies, any good natropathic remedy? Options

[Benjamin]

Hello guys.

Well after a relationship went sour I have been left with two cats, mother and son.
Was never really a cat person but these guys have really grown on me, good companionship.

The younger cat is 11 years old, a Manx. For past few months he has been grooming/chewing the base of his tail, he has small scabs over most of his tail stump and base of the tail, and he has been grooming so excessively that he now has a bald patch at the base of his tail.
Done a bit of research and from what I can gather he has Scabies?
Don't really fancy the idea of trying to get him in a tub to apply rinse to his skin, he will go bonkers and claw the crap out of me..

Just curious if anyone knows of natural remedies that will actually work, or if what I have described is actually Scabies.

Cheers, Benji

[Benjamin]

Thanks for the replies.

Sort of thought a vet visit was the way to go about things, was hoping someone has experienced something similar with their cat and could suggest a possible natural remedy, as I'm not a fan of drugs/chemicals in general.

Could be dietary, although the little buggers eat better than me sometimes, they are not happy unless I feed them tinned tuna in springwater!

Hoping it's something simple and friendly on the wallet, I guess I wont know till I actually take him next week hopefuly when I have the spare $

Will let you guys know how I went.

Cheers, Benji