 I know how you feel
I'm having a similar problem that's been ongoing for quite a while now. She started scratching and biting at her back legs until she would start to lose her hair in patches. It would progress until it looked like someone had shaved her. We took her to the vet, she didnt have fleas, mange, or mites. We have her on frontline just in case. We think we have in narrowed down to some sort of an allergy. The vet has put her on a type of steroid twice to stop with the itching. When she is on the steroid she stops scratching and her hair grows back. While she was on the steroids, I switched her food to a hypo allergenic to try and rule out food allergies. Now that shes been off the steroids for about 3 weeks, she's started scratching again. I think it's possibly a seasonal allergy or something very common. I really dont know what else to do besides get her an allergy test, but that costs around $600. Any suggestions? |