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Originally Posted by RucasMom  He did not tell me where he did it (im not too familiar with skin scrapes myself) and yes he checked for fleas (none were found) the red bumps have cause a red flag for me aswell, I honestly think they are a cause of her constant licking where the hair loss it... She currently eats Eukanuba dry puppy food with a little puppy Iams wet food... do you recommend a different food for Yorkie breeds? I changed her shampoo to one for sensitive skin after the hair loss was discovered. I have racked my brain thinking of things that were done differently at the time we noticed the hair loss or things we are now doing differently new cleaning product/laundry detergent/perfume etc. but cant think of anything. |
a lot of the time if they scrape just one spot they won't find anything. so taking a scrape of multiple spots where there is hair loss will get you better results. A culture like Ann mentioned is also a great idea to see if anything is growing.
She brought up ringworm. did your vet turn out the lights and shine a black light over the hair loss to test for ringworm? while its not a 100% accurate it does show some ringworm.
I see your feeding puppy food so i'm assuming she's rather young. hair loss on a young puppy can sometimes be demodex mange but that should have been caught on the skin scrape.
As far as the food, i personally do not like eukanuba/iams corporation so i do not recommend feeding any food made by them. i don't know which one your feeding but the eukanuba small breed puppy has by products and corn meal 2 of the first 3 ingredients which are not things you want to be feeding your dog. by-products are basically anything left over (feet, beaks, toes, tails, feathers...among other gross things). I'd switch to a higher quality puppy food. many here feed innova, merricks, wellness, or solid gold, just to name a few.