The past week or so, my male Yorkie, Joey, has been chewing at his hind quarters...base of his tail, and the upper thigh... to the point that he has bald spots and has almost irritated it raw. It is almost as if he has itching powder all over him...
I called his vet and she said to give him 2.5 mg of Benadryl and to treat the spots with Neosporin to protect from infection. I also still had his e collar from his neutering a couple of months back and put this on him to keep him from chewing...
I haven't seen any signs of relief using the Benadryl, but the baldness is no longer red and irritated, just bald.
This afternoon, before leaving for a quick errand, I decided to remove his e collar and see if he was feeling better...big mistake! When I arrived back home aprox. 1/2 hour later, he had chewed a completely new spot on the other back thigh!
I put his e collar back on and treated the spot with the Neosporin to keep it clean...gave him the 2.5 mg of Benadryl and am hoping for the best...
Question:
Someone had told me that perhaps he may have "hot spots"...I have never heard of this condition and was wondering if any of you have or have had experience dealing with anything of the such...any advice would be appreciated...
Btw...I will be calling his vet first thing Monday morning, as I don't feel that it is an emergency situation, but feel free to let me know if this is wrong!
Thanks!
