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10-15-2009, 11:02 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: twin, idaho usa
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| Itching & Scratching Hi everyone! I have a little female Yorkie named Lucy Lou. She is 14 weeks old. Since we got her from the breeder she has itched like crazy. no rash, no bites, no fleas. The vet said she didn't know, maybe change food. She is on Eukaneuba puppy food. I was thinking Blue Buffalo all natural maybe? I did order some Dinovite and fishoil supplement to add to the food to see if that helps too, dont have it yet though. My other yorkie is fine, no itching. My vet also said sometimes when puppies are growing their skin gets tight and itches. I dont think that is the case though. I switched my detergent from Tide to a natural detergentwashed everything. Still now she is chewing on her back legs so much sh is losing all her hair on them. She does sleep fine and can go without scratching for a little while, but then stops to scratch. I habe only given her one bath (and she was scratching well before then too) I used paul mitchell for dogs oatmeal shampoo. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! p.s. I just took her to the vet and she said maybe allergies? SHe even did a skin scrape to see if she had bugs of some kind, nothing. |
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10-16-2009, 07:37 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | A food allergy (or any allergy, except to meds/vaccines) at her age would be almost impossible. Since she is a puppy, I'd be very concerened w/ mites/mange - and those can be tough to diagnose. Where on the body was the scrape done and did the vet just scope it? If that was all, another diagnostic option would be to a scrape and grow it out in culture (takes 10-14 days). Is she chewing her paws or just back legs? Also, what are the inside of her ears like - any smell, any gunk, any itchies?
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
10-16-2009, 07:37 AM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | A food allergy (or any allergy, except to meds/vaccines) at her age would be almost impossible. Since she is a puppy, I'd be very concerened w/ mites/mange - and those can be tough to diagnose. Where on the body was the scrape done and did the vet just scope it? If that was all, another diagnostic option would be to a scrape and grow it out in culture (takes 10-14 days). Is she chewing her paws or just back legs? Also, what are the inside of her ears like - any smell, any gunk, any itchies?
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
10-16-2009, 10:55 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: twin, idaho usa
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| The vet scraped her on her back by her tail, the only place she had a little bit of flaking. She did scope it. We have 2 mini dachshunds too and one of them had an allergy to demodex bugs, and was treated a long time ago for that, she did the same kind of scrape on him and scoped it and found the demodex, so I do trust her ability. Last night I went and got them some new food, puppy food by NUTRO, all natural, no corn or wheat. Also only natural dried chicken treats. What do you think? |
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