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HannahRanger · 06-28-2010, 11:31 AM

We have a now 8 month old Yorkie. A few months ago we noticed a red blotch on her belly. It turned out she had a skin infection and we gave her a round of anti-biotics and the infection eventually went away, however from that point on she has been almost contstantly scratching at her sides or biting her paws. We took her to the vet and then to a dermatology specialist who told us they are unable to run allergy tests on her until she is a year and a half old! Apparently allergies may come and go at this point so it doesn't pay to run the tests now. We have had her on low doses of steroids three times now which seems to help but she can't stay on it forever. We were given a drug called Atopica which didn't seem to help. Yesteday we bought an Omega 3 supplement from PetSmart and gave it to her. This morning we found that she had pooped all over her crate, and she has thrown up her breakfast and lunch. We think that besides allergies she suffers from severe separation anxiety that can also cause self-mutilation in the form of biting and scratching.

We wanted to know if anybody has had a similar experience and if there is any advise on how to help her stop biting and scratching herself. It seems to be worse at night and worse still when she is sitting on our laps.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

06-28-2010, 11:31 AM	#1
HannahRanger Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Manalapan Posts: 14	Hannah won't stop scratching/biting! We have a now 8 month old Yorkie. A few months ago we noticed a red blotch on her belly. It turned out she had a skin infection and we gave her a round of anti-biotics and the infection eventually went away, however from that point on she has been almost contstantly scratching at her sides or biting her paws. We took her to the vet and then to a dermatology specialist who told us they are unable to run allergy tests on her until she is a year and a half old! Apparently allergies may come and go at this point so it doesn't pay to run the tests now. We have had her on low doses of steroids three times now which seems to help but she can't stay on it forever. We were given a drug called Atopica which didn't seem to help. Yesteday we bought an Omega 3 supplement from PetSmart and gave it to her. This morning we found that she had pooped all over her crate, and she has thrown up her breakfast and lunch. We think that besides allergies she suffers from severe separation anxiety that can also cause self-mutilation in the form of biting and scratching. We wanted to know if anybody has had a similar experience and if there is any advise on how to help her stop biting and scratching herself. It seems to be worse at night and worse still when she is sitting on our laps. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.