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Originally Posted by Caesars Mom  Our Caesar has the staph infection. Felt scabs in his hair and finally saw a couple of lesions on his tummy. The vet knew what it was immediately and put him on antibiotics and antibacterial shampoo. That was in August. It cleared up within a week, but our vet assured us that it would return and it has. He is again on the antibiotics and we are using the prescription shampoo. Within a week the one red pimple and the other "lesion" have disappeared. The doctor says that he is not contagious to any other animals or to humans. It is an autoimmune problem and we will simply have to deal with it. What you are describing sounds like what Caesar has so I too suggest that you see your vet ASAP. Good Luck |
it is because your vet is not doing antibiotics long enough is why it came back. They have to be on it for 21-25 days - what antibiotic are you using? If it re-occurs after 21-25 days you need to do a skin culture sent to lab to determine what antibiotic needs to be used - we just did this as we go to a dermatologist as my dd has allergies. Have the vet give you simplicef for 21-25 days and use chlorhexedine shampoo as it is anti-bacterial and you can get the duoxo brand.
Some have had success with doing chamomille tea rinses as well if you want to go more natural