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Rocky-Baby · 04-06-2011, 10:42 AM

k so I've been not posting this because I know once I type this that it's real... and I can't have my baby be sick because with me having the brain tumor AND neural Behcet's Disease AND endometriosis my husband and I have enough scary days...plus my luck is awful...and we had a cat once that, after having him a year, he developed an allergy or an illness that caused him to be so itchy he would EAT HIS OWN FLESH - I'm talking TO-THE-BONE (no - I'm not exaggerating - the vet had us put him down pleading we be 'humane'...)...

...anyway - so Rock Star has been itching his EVERYTHING since the day we got him. Sometimes he scratches his ears (does the hine-leg thumper move?) and CRIES - so I assumed fleas but found none after numerous baths. So we began weekly vet visits where they checked for fleas - found none every time - and had us do weekly baths with this vet shampoo for itchy skin (for canines) - but no luck. So next he did a skin scrape in FIVE different spots and found nothing under the scope... so they gave us REVOLUTION in case it was mange and we waited on the culture. Still, he spends 50% of his day itching and crying!! We finished the revolution (which is for fleas, ticks, and heartworm) and they had us give him these tablets for 2 months - 2 a day for 1 month and then 1 every other day - he took them like a champ but STILL - no change! We thought it was our house or something in it and luckily we were moving the month after we got him to upstate NY. Now we're in a brand new apartment and a culture came up positive for YEAST so now we wipe him down with these yeast wipes daily - but STILL he is itching. I have no idea what this is and what to do. He was 'the itchy one' at the breeder too but I just assumed he had fleas (we've done lots of rescue work so we're used to this and I'm the kind of reject who adopts the 3 legged puppy if you know what I mean so his itchiness just made us want him more) but no dice. I've tried tea-tree oil spray for itchy skin - no luck. And the vet insists he's fine but his life is spent 50% of the time itching and whimpering while he itches!!! Please help!!

04-06-2011, 10:42 AM	#1
Rocky-Baby Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NY, United States Posts: 65	Itchy Dog for 6 Months - All tests NEGATIVE - HELP! k so I've been not posting this because I know once I type this that it's real... and I can't have my baby be sick because with me having the brain tumor AND neural Behcet's Disease AND endometriosis my husband and I have enough scary days...plus my luck is awful...and we had a cat once that, after having him a year, he developed an allergy or an illness that caused him to be so itchy he would EAT HIS OWN FLESH - I'm talking TO-THE-BONE (no - I'm not exaggerating - the vet had us put him down pleading we be 'humane'...)... ...anyway - so Rock Star has been itching his EVERYTHING since the day we got him. Sometimes he scratches his ears (does the hine-leg thumper move?) and CRIES - so I assumed fleas but found none after numerous baths. So we began weekly vet visits where they checked for fleas - found none every time - and had us do weekly baths with this vet shampoo for itchy skin (for canines) - but no luck. So next he did a skin scrape in FIVE different spots and found nothing under the scope... so they gave us REVOLUTION in case it was mange and we waited on the culture. Still, he spends 50% of his day itching and crying!! We finished the revolution (which is for fleas, ticks, and heartworm) and they had us give him these tablets for 2 months - 2 a day for 1 month and then 1 every other day - he took them like a champ but STILL - no change! We thought it was our house or something in it and luckily we were moving the month after we got him to upstate NY. Now we're in a brand new apartment and a culture came up positive for YEAST so now we wipe him down with these yeast wipes daily - but STILL he is itching. I have no idea what this is and what to do. He was 'the itchy one' at the breeder too but I just assumed he had fleas (we've done lots of rescue work so we're used to this and I'm the kind of reject who adopts the 3 legged puppy if you know what I mean so his itchiness just made us want him more) but no dice. I've tried tea-tree oil spray for itchy skin - no luck. And the vet insists he's fine but his life is spent 50% of the time itching and whimpering while he itches!!! Please help!!