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What is on my little guy's back??? Help. 2 Attachment(s) Please look at the attached pics... I have no clue what this is. Just noticed it while petting him. Doesn't seem to be bothering him. It's like two concentric ovals and a little bump coming from the normal skin next to it... What could this be?? What can I do? |
My Angel has 2 places on her back also. I scratched the scaly looking skin off of them, then they started to bleed a little. I thought maybe it was dry skin. But the pictures of your little guy's back looks a whole lot llike what is on Angel. Someone at work suggested ringworm????? I an anxious to find out what it is. |
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Sounds like ringworm to me. You should probably check with the vet... |
looks like ringworm to me. but i'd take him to a vet just to be sure. |
Does look like ringworm. Just a thought. If it is, you need to keep an eye on yourself. As a kid growing up on a farm, I got it all the time from the cats.:eek: |
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I'm thinking it may just be dry skin, I don't know... We have been putting on the heater the past two days and he likes to lie right next to it and heat up for a couple of hours... I'll take him to the vet tomorrow. |
i don't think it's just dry skin cuz it's also bald in the dry areas and makes almost a perfect circle. It looks a lot like ringworm to me. If you get it, it's no big deal. It's curable. Just don't let him share your pillow... the last thing you want is a bald spot on your head! Trust me... I got ringworm on my bangs area when I was kid from my cat. I just wore hats all the time, haha. |
It's ringworm sweetie. Need an anti-fungal cream. Lotrimin from pharmacy should do it. |
looks like ringworm to me too. but go to the vet. Dakota's sores started looking like that then they got worse and its hard to explain but the dry flaky stuff turned into kind of a not wet but damp flaky stuff. Anyway turned out he had severe alergies and the sores were not a fungus but yeast sores. Get it checked so you can treat it correctly. |
If it's ringworm, should I just get lotrimin or get what the vet will try and sell me? Are thre different type of lotrimin? How much to use, etc.? |
You can get Lotrimin and other anti-fungal meds & washes at the pharmacy or on amazon. You don't need a prescription or anything. Unless you get it on your scalp, those should work for you. You need to watch for little bumps that kind of look like pimples and that can be the start of it. One of my puppies had ringworm (my vet told me it has just been rampant this year in San Diego). The vet prescribed him Tresaderm, but vets can't prescribe people anything, so they shouldn't try to sell YOU something. It took a while to get rid of the ringworm on my puppy, but neither I or my husband ever got it. The vet tried Tresaderm (topical) and dipping him (my puppy not my husband), but that didn't seem to get rid of it. We ended up going with an oral medicine, and that got rid of it really quickly. Its a pain, but its not the worst thing. It is best to start treating it I think because it could spread and you need to really get rid of it too I've read or it can come back frequently. |
Here's a good link with info: The Ringworm Page The oral medicine we used was ITRACONAZOLE. The vet did NOT want to use Griseofulvin on him because it is really strong and there can be side effects. The link mentions both medicines. One of my friend's puppies also had ringworm and her vet prescribed Diflucan. I think that is newer, but a good one too. |
Looks like ringworn to me too, but, my big dog Dove had something that I swore was ringworm and it turned out to be a staph infection that needed antibiotics, so I would get it checked just to be safe. |
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