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Originally Posted by oakleysmama Hi everyone!
Please point me to an existing thread if this has been discussed already, but my question is: how long should I wait to see if there's a change in his itchiness?
My little Oakley is about 4.5 months old and I've noticed that he's been itchy - scratching his side and licking his paws.
Food: I'm afraid my food obsession may be affecting my little one. He was first on Science Diet since the breeder was feeding him that. Then I changed it to Nutro since I've heard good things about it and wanted a higher quality food for him. He was itchy at that point. So now I'm changing his food to Natural Balance. (FYI, he's been eating whatever I give him and has not had diarrhea or anything, thank goodness!)
Shampoo: I bathe him once a week and am currently using a shampoo called BioGuard (from Petco) - it's supposed to be gentle and not wash off his Frontline Plus flea meds. But I just bought a new Groomax Soothing Oatmeal Shampoo that I'd like to try.
Now, I'm considering trying the Natural Balance Allergy Formulas (the duck or the fish) and perhaps some sort of fish oil supplements that i've been reading here on YT. Then of course, try out his new shampoo.
So should I wait a week or two with his current Natural Balance food and see if the itchiness continues? How long does it take for a change in food to affect itchiness/possible allergies? Do you try one change at a time?
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Food: if it is a food allergy then the duck and potatoes would be great, unfortunately it takes a couple months to completely get rid of the allergy stuff do to the old food.
Shampoo: Groomax Soothing Oatmeal Shampoo, great stuff, I swear by it. It will make a slight difference the first bath and more so the second. Everyone said I was bathing Lexi to much but not the case she is doing much better with a different shampoo.
A good fish oil supplements will help and you should notice a difference in about a week.
I have been dealing with itchy dog for months and we are going to an allergist in Jan for her skin allergy test.