|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
06-19-2010, 06:33 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, there
Posts: 2,693
| Allergies??? My little boy has been itching and biting himself for the last couple of days. I didn't really pay much attention to it as the last few weeks have been heck with one thing after another. Anyway, I looked at my white comforter earlier today, I noticed chunks of black hair. I decided to shave my boy down so I could see what was going on as he has a lot of hair. As soon as I did I notice all these red splotches. Almost looked like big spot of blood right under the surface of the skin. They were all over his body. Called my vet (which I thought would be closed, after 4 on a Saturday). They said they couldn't get him in today, so I asked if I could give him benadryl for the night. They transferred me to the vets assistant, who talked to the vet and they asked why I couldn't just come in tonight...ok, sure So I went, and first off Sachi has lost a whole pound since last being seen for his physical in March. They said it was fine as he is otherwise healthy. Vet said what he had was hotspots all over his body, basically allergies, and gave him an allergy shot. *He did say other possibility is mites, but how would they get that? No exposure to other dogs and I am clean and wash bedding at least once a week He also put him on an antibiotic as he said all of the hotspots would turn to sores. Poor baby. He is passed out now, I think it made him tired, but the spots are dramatically reduced. That cost $125 I didn't have. They said I was lucky and made it just in time to not be charged the emergency fee Not a question, just sharing my fun afternoon.
__________________ Bella (I miss you) Sachi Emmy |
Welcome Guest! | |
06-19-2010, 09:40 PM | #2 |
BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA
Posts: 11,073
| Hot spots are from allergies - go get some nutiva raw coconut from whole foods and put it on the hot spots it will heal them up really fast. Coconut is a natural anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. IT works way better than neosporine did for my dd. IT is going to be a bad allergy season this year our dermatologist said. Did vet give dexamothesone shot? If so that is a steroid. What antibiotic was it simplicef? Also did he do a skin scraping to see if mites? |
06-19-2010, 09:42 PM | #3 |
BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA
Posts: 11,073
| here is some info I wrote on allergies and maybe it will help with your baby http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...y-what-do.html how old is your baby as allergies start from 6 mos to 3 years |
06-19-2010, 09:52 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, there
Posts: 2,693
| He gave him a Vetalog shot ? and put him on clavamox drops. Sachi is like 5 - 5 1/2 ish - never had any allergy problem before He did not do a scraping - told me to keep in touch (I go to a vet hospital and my regular vet who works there does not work weekends). Said he doubted it was mites because my other two would be itching like crazy. Plus, I really don't know, but wouldn't I have to be living in squalor for my babies to be getting mites out of the blue? That's what I imagine anyway. Wondering if something could have bitten him (we have huge red ants here) and caused an allergic reaction. Have no idea.
__________________ Bella (I miss you) Sachi Emmy |
06-19-2010, 09:56 PM | #5 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Idaho
Posts: 4,544
| You can do a Chamomile tea rinse. It soothes the itching and kills skin infection. |
06-19-2010, 10:03 PM | #6 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,451
| Word of caution about fire ants: they can actually kill a dog. If you have them in your yard, I suggest you get rid of them. I walk my yard all of the time checking for those nasty things. I treat my yard yearly but still have to watch for single mounds to appear.
__________________ |
06-19-2010, 10:05 PM | #7 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, there
Posts: 2,693
| Quote:
Thanks everyone. It just breaks my heart to see him so miserable.
__________________ Bella (I miss you) Sachi Emmy | |
06-19-2010, 10:09 PM | #8 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, there
Posts: 2,693
| Quote:
__________________ Bella (I miss you) Sachi Emmy | |
06-20-2010, 04:23 AM | #9 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,451
| They may not be fire ants. If they are, I don't know of a spray that will get rid of them. There are a couple of ways, but you have to be careful with dogs. The best to use is the one that is granules that you put a TON of water on. The other ones have granules that stay out...those are dangerous to pets. If they persist, maybe you should call an exterminator. Any ant bite can be irritating. I only mentioned the fire ants because you said they are red. Those things do kill small dogs...they are just awful pests.
__________________ |
06-20-2010, 04:43 AM | #10 | |
BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA
Posts: 11,073
| Quote:
They can get demodex which is not contagious to other dogs - but they usually get demodex if immune system is poor 5 hmmm did you change food recently? At that age on next blood draw I would do 6 panel thyroid add on to make sure not hypothyroid as low thyroid can lead to skin conditions | |
06-20-2010, 04:45 AM | #11 | |
BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA
Posts: 11,073
| Quote:
| |
06-20-2010, 06:04 AM | #12 | |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,451
| Quote:
Red Imported Fire Ant Management Guidelines--UC IPM
__________________ | |
06-20-2010, 07:49 AM | #13 | |
BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA
Posts: 11,073
| Quote: coyotes are our biggest scare and they are taking dogs out of backyards in broad day light in front of owners thank goodness mine are wee wee pad trained. They have told us to put our dogs on leashes if we let them out to go potty now as they are laying in wait knowing from urine and stool in grass where dogs are living and they said to clear all bushes in backyards as they wait in the bushes and when little dogs go out to go potty they jump out of bushes grab them and jump over the fence. They even took a 30lb dog in front of an owner 8 dogs have been taken in a month a few blocks from us Last edited by dwerten; 06-20-2010 at 07:53 AM. | |
06-20-2010, 11:56 AM | #14 | |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, there
Posts: 2,693
| Quote:
Love the new avatar - cute!
__________________ Bella (I miss you) Sachi Emmy | |
06-20-2010, 12:57 PM | #15 | |
BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA
Posts: 11,073
| Quote:
thanks I had that taken of my demi at a rescue event. She is my petfinder.com pup lol | |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart