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12-15-2012, 12:40 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Ohio, USA
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| Need advice hair loss I have had my Lilly every since she was born July 2011, I got her off of my father. But besides that I have noticed about maybe the age of 6 months her hair isn't growing if at all. Her head on her hair is probably no bigger than an inch and around her body it is probably around an inch give or take. She was on Eukanuba Small Breed Puppy Food and now she is on Eukanuba Yorkie Food. When I first got her I was in college and we would leave her with my boyfriends mom since she is stay at home so she wouldn't be alone all day. Now I am with her 24/7 every since Jan. 2012. This hair issue has been getting worse. She goes in her crate when we are going to be gone for a couple hours (she is crate trained). But I started noticing hair in her crate, I looked over it then. BUT. She was chewing the hair on her hind legs. I noticed it starting getting thinner and thinner and now it is currently maybe a centimeter long and has been for a long time now. This summer she has been to the vet because of fleas our frontline wasn't working anymore the vet put her on comfortis and i brought up the issue of the hairloss and she kind of overlooked it like no big deal but gave her a steroid shot and put her on antibiotics. After that appointment we had our final appointment the end of October. Her hair isn't growing back. Also I have noticed and brought up to the vet her body is warm, like if we go out in the sun and feel our hair hot that is the feeling exactly. She brought up that any allergy treatment would cost a couple thousand dollars and kind of discouraged it. But me I am like standing here trying to figure out what is wrong with her hair and getting nowhere. She did bring up to me she might be allergic to grass so Lilly is puppy-padded. Does anyone have any recommendations on what to do? If you have been in this situation? Do you think it might be a food allergy? If so, what do you recommend? Thanks~ |
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12-15-2012, 03:04 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | It might be the food. She might be allergic to something in it. Maybe the grain in it. I would start with that. Just a thought
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12-15-2012, 03:56 PM | #3 | |
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So now we will have to be very focused on feeding only one thing at a time to eliminate the allergin. It could be almost anything, food, detergent, grass, he could have eczema. I really hope he is not feeling bad, I don't think Alfie is really suffering, and hope you find the cause soon. I will be keeping a note here on YT of what we are trying and how things go. | |
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01-17-2013, 08:06 PM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: New Jersey
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| I started experiencing the same thing with my intact female. Her hair loss coincided with her first heat. Her diet has been the same since I got her at 10 weeks. There was no sign of fleas, and she was not scratching or chewing. Her skin looked fine to me, but after 3 weeks we went to the vet. He was unable to determine an immediate cause, even checking her skin under a black light for any signs of a fungus, and since it coincided with her heat cycle, he felt it may be hormone related. His philosophy is to keep it simple, so he prescribed 3mg Melatonin twice a day. He has successfully treated another Yorkie in the practice with this treatment and since it would do no harm other than possibly making her a little more sleepy, and it being a very economical approach. He said give it 2 months and if there is no improvement he would pursue other avenues. She has been on it for a month and I do see improvement. I hope this helps! |
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