[sferrini]

Originally Posted by dwerten

do not do oatmeal it will dry her out more get a hypoallergenic shampoo by earthbath or blue at petco - oatmeal is a grain as well so if allergy related

honestly if staph go to vet and get duoxo chlorhexedine shampoo as chlorhexedine kills bacteria as they use it on dentals as well as i used it this last weekend on my staph girl who reacts to every vet shampoo and no red bumps no reaction and the vets are raving about this shampoo - if your vet does not have it call around - i called mfg and they were very nice and explained to me and I finally tried it and it worked pretty good.

yeah no way would 10 days on antibiotics work for skin issues - for skin issues you have to be antibiotics for 25 days minimum as what happens is when you stop it comes back with a vengeance even worse as my girl got hives on simplicef on day 17 and she did not have staph that bad well it came back 10xs worse because we stopped the antibiotic early. Also make sure to do probiotics 2 hrs after antibiotics and i always double up probiotics while taking antibiotics so dd is on a double dose now and has been and will be until a week after antibiotics then i will go back to normal dose

I know that oatmeal is a grain and you have to be careful with it as I have celiacs disease and am not allowed to eat anything that contains gluten, Oats is considered an unknown as for many humans with this it is safe or be sure you just buy gluten free oats. However, it was the dermatologist that reccomended the oat bath not the vet. I do use a hypoallergenic shampoo and it does not seem to be working.

I also asked the dermo about the probiotics because I have seen you mention it before but they suggested not to do this. I will say this, I did NOT actually speak with the doctor but the vet tech. I have not taken her to see Dr. Bloom yet but he comes HIGHLY recommend and it suppose to be one of the best in Michigan.

I don't know the difference between a staph infection and a skin staph infection. I can tell you that she smelled and no longer does but she is very dry and itching all the time. She does not have any open sores but you can see where she has gnawed and scratched and she leaves red marks on her.