ItchingQ: I have a 7 yr old pekiness we have changed his diet from red meat to chicken and lamb dry dog food and he gets five small pieces of canned wet food at night of either chicken or lamb. we give him a bath about once every three weeks because we live in the country and goes thur trees and loves to roll in the dirt and go to the garden. i need to know what i can do to help stop his itching. i've tried about seven different shampoos and still no help. help!!! A: Need vet visit to have skin scrape to make sure no mange mites as well as evaluation for underyling allergies such as food, seasonal inhalent allergies flea bite allergies, etc try corticare shampoo every few days from 1800petmeds until vet visit as well as oral benadryl at dose of 1/2 mg per pound orally twice daily
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How long?Q: My 6 month old boxer is on orbax 68 mg one a day, nizoral 200 mg 1/2 a day and medrol now at 1 mg a day. he is on malaseb shampoo for what the dermatologist has diagnosed as a "yeast infection" allergic dermatitis, folliculitis...it has been 3 weeks and there has been improvement but he still bites at his paws they are very pinkish still and he breaks out into these little bumps around his body. he has 3 weeks left of his meds. my question is would you recommend anything else? how about boosting his immune system. p.s. he is on ivd duck and potato food and can eat veggies and fruits. thank you for any advice you may have. A: I would ask allergist about allergy testing for inhalent allergies through blood or skin test for best long term relief. also can ask allergist about new drug called atopica which is steroid alternative and safer than medrol to use long term
Scabby skinQ: My 5 year old over weight cocker has developed a bad skin problem. he doesn't seem to be scratching at all but while petting him you can feel large crusty patches over his entire body. feels like a scab. any ideas that we can try to help his skin return to normal. A: He may have a scaling disorder known as seborrhea, which can be secondary to many possiblth things including thyroid problems, food allergies and other things. you shoud ask yuur vet about this. for now try oatmeal shampoos every few days to the areas as well as adding some flax seed oil to his food at 1 teaspoon per 20 pounds of body weight daily which can help over several months
Scatching,lose oh hair,Q: My 9 year old cat started losing her hair on her back side. she is an inside cat. i have another cat that is inside outside. i had a flea collar on her but she became infested by fleas anyway. she started to get sores around her neck and head. i started to use a natural flea collar on her and bathing her with flea shampoo. the problem is getting worse. she is know sratching herself until she bleeds and i know she is in pain. i can not afford to take her to a vet right know. what can i do to relive her. A: I think you should use one of the topoical flea control products such as frontline plus or advantage. you should also check our website under "education" & "flea control" to get some ideas on how to control the fleas in your home.
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Demodex (red mange)Q: My 6 mo. old lab mix was diagnosed with demodex just yesterday. she has started the ivermectin treatments, the brand i was given is ivomec. my question is what supplements can i give her to ensure a healthy coat and help give her immune system a boost? i would also like to know if you have any suggestions for itch relief. i have bailey on benadryl and i put lanacane cream on her. i also am bathing her weekly w/ a anti-bacterial shampoo w/ sulphur. just want to know if there is anything else i can do to make her more comfortable until the ivomec kicks in. thank you very much. A: For immune system i would try digestive enzymes like prozyme as well as essential fatty acids like flax seed oil at 1 tea per 20 pounds of body weight daily. i also like a supplement available from healthfood stores for this condition known as dimethyl glycine(dmg) at dose of 250 mg daily. for itching i would temporarily use oral benadryl at 1 mg per pound twice daily and try some blue aloe gel shampoo from 1800petmeds Shop for: ivomec, prozyme, 1800petmeds
Scratching, rashe, chewingQ: I have a 4 months old jack who has extemely red, skin ,especially on his stomach, under legs and chess. he scartch himself that is causing red rasheshe scratches and bites until he bleeds sometimes . what do you suggest?. can you tell me what to do for my baby so he can feel better? thank you for your time. lili. A: You could try corticare shampoo from 1800petmeds every few days as well as oral benadryl at dose of 1/2 to 1 mg per pound orally twice daily. if persists, need to see vet for compete skin workup including skin scraping, allergy assessment, etc
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Clean up after upper resp infect.Q: I adopted a 10 week old kitten a week ago. two days later she started sneezing alot. took her in, they said it was an upper respiratory infection. take all the meds home, put her in a separate room away from my other cats and spend the next several days trying to treat her. she got worse i took her back in 3 times before they admitted her. finally today one week exactly from the day i adopted her she was euthanized. my question is the room i kept her in has carpet and contains their kitty condos. how do clean or disinfect the area so the others can play in it again? after cleaning how long do i keep them out of it? and last approximately how much time needs to pass to make sure the others are past any incubation period and i know that they are ok? A: Since we dont know what killed first cat i cant comment on incubation period. probably a few weeks at most in most cases unless kitten had fip which can appear at any time randomly. i would steam clean carpets and kitty condos and have rugs shampooed
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