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Originally Posted by chachi  I dont want to scare you but thats exactly how my chachi got mange he had a flea allergy first. He went through the dips for treatment and did fine untill about the 4th one then he got diahrea. We had the vet do a skin scrape and there werent anymore mites so we didnt do anymore dips he was supposed to have 6. Some vets dont do dips and prescribe meds for it but I think the dips are the most effective way to get rid of them. I hope they dont have them and its just flea allergy. I am real careful mine dont get fleas since that. I use advantage every month and have never had that problem again |
Thanks. I'm glad that Chachi got better and didn't have to have any more dips. The flea allergy is horrible enough, and they are on flea preventative year round. Most of those don't REPEL the fleas, but the new one I put them on IS supposed to(K9 Advantix II)We've had severe drought, which fleas LOVE, and high pollen, so I'm hoping the vet will find out that it's just allergic in nature and maybe prescribe them some good antihistamines. Benadryl does help some, so I hope that means that it's not mange, because I don't think that it would help in that case. LOL I'm going to drive myself insane with all the "what ifs" until we get into the vet. Their skin doesn't really show all the mange symptoms, but it is reddish. This seems to come and go. It's also weird that both of them would be allergic to the fleas and the pollen, which is why I fear that it's mange
Thanks for sharing Chachi's story with me
