My Xanadu has been itching like mad. She started where we really noticed when she was about 4 1/2 months old. She is now 9 months and we have been through numerous treatments with the vet. When it all began she was itching viciously, where she was tearing her skin off. At first the vet just thought that it was allergies, and told me to try childrens Benadryl and when that didn't work we took her in and they gave her some other kind of antihistamine. That also didn't work, so then they told us to try regular benadryl and again no luck. Now in between all the pill switching they were doing skin scrapings and checking for fleas and all that. Nothing ever showed up. Now we have her in an E-collar and ace bandage to protect her from herself. So finally, they put her on some thing called Atopica and that just made her sick, but had zero affect on the itching. Along with this we tried an allergie shampoo - that didn't work. Then on our 5 or 6th skin test the vet came to the conclusion that maybe it wasn't allergies, but instead Sarcoptic Mange. She said that Xanadu showed all the signs of this mange because of the areas that she was itching and the fact that it was so vicious and constant. The only problem was that we have two other dogs and neither one of them were in the least affected. So we now have all three dogs on Revolution and are using a different kind of vet perscribed shampoo. Although the itching has dramatically lessoned, she still scratches way too much, and I just want her to feel better. Any suggestions? |