Thank goodness!!!!
 

It's not mange:) Just terrible flea allergies, and Luna had developed a secondary skin infection, poor wee one:( We got meds, antiinflammatory shot to break the itch cycle, and an appointment in two weeks to re-check and give vaccines if all is well.

I was so worried that it was going to be something awful, whew! :thumbup:

Awwww poor little thing hope she starts getting better fast.

That's good news. At least with keeping the fleas off her, she will get all cleared up. Poor little girlie, but she be fit as a fiddle soon:D

Yay! Great news! I bet she's feeling alot better already!

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I feel for you and poor Luna. My Noah (RIP) bless his heart, had a horrible allergy to fleas, one bite could set off a chain reaction of OCD scratching, chewing and of course skin damage and infection and even the dreaded tape worm cycle. Thankfully the last few years of his life were flea free. Noah lived to be 18. We had a special area on the sun porch with pee pads for him. We never let him in the grass on walks. We stripped our home of carpet, drapes (we went to short valances and blinds) we replaced old beds and throw rugs. We had the house and yard professionally treated for fleas and other bugs. I made all the dogs new beds (the pillows for their crates and the ones they lay around on) I made them with zippers and stuffed them with cedar chips. Which you can buy in giant bags at Walmart. I also made washable covers. The cover gets changed every week and I replace the chips every 3 months. We also changed to a flea, worm and heartworm preventive called Trifexis. I have not seen one flea in 3 years. This is amazing to me, because we still live in the same sandy flea happy breeding area !

Glad your baby is feeling better. And it was not the mange.:p

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EXCELLENT JOB!!! and this is the type of dedication to purpose that it takes to rid your home and property of those NASTY pests!!! and congratulations on Noah living 18 years!!! Fabulous testament to not only great genes, but also loving, attentive, unwavering care!!!

Glad your little one is doing better.

Glad that they are better and it wasn't the mange...

That's great news! Are the fleas gone? I really feel for you... We had a flea outbreak last year and I thought they were never going to go away :(

Thanks:) Yes, so far so good! I have treated everything, washed all bedding in hot water, dried on high heat, etc. etc.:laugh: I swear, I thought I was going to lose it:laugh: We went through this last spring as well, despite them being on Frontline. I've changed them to K9Advantix now and ordered some of those Flea Treats that someone posted about. Florida in a drought is the perfect breeding ground for those buggers, I swear! Luckily we've been getting rain for the past couple of days, so that should also help.

It's so weird, they get groomed every two weeks and they check everyone for fleas upon check-in and they didn't see any fleas on them the last couple of times. But Sunday DH was sitting on the couch and he had a few jump on and off of him, so we repeated all the treating/cleaning again Monday. Whew! I haven't let them go outside but once in the last couple of weeks, poor kids:( They are pee-pad trained but LOVE to run and play outside. I feel bad for them, but don't want to take any chances that the stuff I put on the yard didn't work. I wonder if the squirrel family that hangs out in my yard could be the flea carriers? I always see them scratching:laugh: Oh well, going to have to stay on top of it to be sure that they don't come back again.

oh these poor dogs being allergic to fleas, that's distressing, it's like me being allergic to chocolate and red wine, I wouldn't be able to cope.
have you looked into any homeopathic or natural remedies to keep the horrid fleas away without medicating

Thats the best news Ive heard all day Im happy for you

Well, thank you for all that, I will have to do all those things too:) We already got rid of the carpet years ago (thank goodness!) and have all washable curtains over our blinds, which I may get rid of now. I do have a sewing machine, and think I will start making them new cedar beds and get rid of all the old ones. I always wondered if the flea eggs could penetrate into the foam stuff. Can't really wash that, but I do spray it with flea spray every time I wash the covers. I even wash all their stuffed toys with the bedding, and all furniture gets sprayed on all sides and the underside as well. I'll ask about the Trifexis when we go back for their vaccines in two weeks. He wanted them to take Comfortis, but they took that last year and still ended up with fleas:mad: It just seems that it takes about 2 months to finally kill off all the fleas/eggs/larvae, and then we're good for the year. This year and last year were the only times we've had fleas, every year before that we never had a problem:confused: SO frustrating, because I know I was doing everything possible to eradicate those little nasties, and my poor kiddos were still itching so badly:cry: Hopefully everyone will sleep well tonight, they are snoozing comfortably right now with no itchies:thumbup:

YES! Thank you so much for your good thoughts for my babies:love: I was googling myself into a frenzy yesterday and was half convinced that they had the mange and would have to have those awful dips or the pills that could make them sick. Whew, crisis averted:D!!!