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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  I don't want to answer the "safe" part definitively for you, bc I don't think I'm really able to. I can tell you for fact, however, that lidocaine can be toxic at a certain level in the blood stream - even as a topical *cream*. So....
Was the vet clear on the fact that you'd be applying to areas that were going to be licked?
As for the claw question - when dogs have an allergy, they will lick/chew their paws/leg/pads/legs/claws - that whole general area is irritated.
That said...if there is any chance you're still thinking mites...mites can actually "burrow" and one of their favorite areas to do that would be the paw. I really kinda doubt that...but it's something to keep in the back your mind, I guess. |
No it wasn't given by a vet, I guess I should have phrased it better. My trainer was given it by the vet they associate with but also on the bottle it says about a vet on it. Not like a prescription or anything. I don't think it's a prescription type of spray, I think just mostly vets only carry the product itself.
It says there is only 1.5% lidocaine. The directions say you spray right onto the area of focused itching or sores from itching. It has some kind of oatmeal ingredient to soothe itching but also the lidocaine is an anesthetic so they would be numbed, is that correct?? So maybe they wouldn't be inclined to ever lick the spot? I'm so confused!
As far as the feet, they lick the feet if they have allergies in general? Because she is having allergy on the skin above her tail. Not her feet that I can tell unless biting nails means an allergy, I don't know.