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03-19-2013, 04:32 PM | #1 |
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| Dex licked himself raw! What the heck! Suddenly Dexter licked a spot near his butt, hind leg raw! I mean licked the hair off fast. I don't see anything tho. It's red from licking and hairless now. But no rash, no bite mark that I can see. He's eating, active and fine otherwise. I put antibiotic cream on it and his diaper. Anything else I. Can do? Benedryl maybe?
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03-19-2013, 04:40 PM | #2 |
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| Call you vet and just keep him from going back after it, with a kiss collar or whatever necessary. Poor guy - just got going on a hot or in pain there or somewhere or getting OCD. Any other symptoms at all - anything else different. Doc needs to be sure his anals are okay and he's not got hip arthritis or something going on inside that's really hurting him, too.
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03-19-2013, 04:45 PM | #3 |
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| This morning I noticed he was walking to me and his butt was angled down. Hhhhmmmmm but he went out, ran around, ate, was fine. I went to work. He was fine when I got home. Went to the gym, the grocery store and home. He was fine. I sat on the couch to eat dinner and he sat with me. He started licking. I didn't realize for 20 mins or so, I stopped him. After a little bit I thought about it and said I wanted to look at it. That's when I saw how red and raw it was. Ugh!
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03-19-2013, 05:02 PM | #4 |
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| Can you post a pic?
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03-19-2013, 05:07 PM | #5 |
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| I'll try to tomorrow. I put an antibiotic cream on it and a diaper to cover it. I don't want to undo that now, but I'll try to tomorrow! Sorry!
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03-19-2013, 05:10 PM | #6 |
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| Poor guy, something must be going on... When my two lick their bums, I get their anal glands expressed, but this doesn't sound like an anal gland problem.
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03-19-2013, 05:22 PM | #7 |
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| He could be in pain and tomorrow he could try biting the area and not just licking. A hurting dog will sometimes really nibble, then bite the area quite a lot and cause quite a bit of damage if the problem is internal pain in the area. I'd run him by the vet before leaving him unattended with this problem.
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03-19-2013, 05:34 PM | #8 |
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| DH is home tomorrow. If this keeps up he will bring him to the vet. Going to leave his diaper on too. But yes he will get vet care if it worsens by tomorrow. There is just NO sign of anything yet except his licking it raw!
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03-19-2013, 05:44 PM | #9 |
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| How close to his tail is it? And is it on his rear end or on the side of his hip/leg?
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03-19-2013, 05:50 PM | #11 |
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| It's actually on his tail, sideways to his hind quarter. Not really around the 'hole', but close. The underside of his tail. I'll try to post a pic!
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03-19-2013, 06:25 PM | #12 |
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| Pic is kind of dark. It looks worse than it is in real life. I just gave him 2mls of children's benedryl and put gold bond medicated powder on it and his diaper back on. We'll see what the morning brings. He's not a happy camper right now! My poor baby! I guess it is closer to his butt than I thought.
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03-19-2013, 06:33 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Could it be an anal abscess? When Nikki had one it was on the side of his little butt. Hope it clears up quickly.
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03-19-2013, 06:50 PM | #14 |
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| I guess DHS will take him tomorrow!
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03-19-2013, 06:57 PM | #15 |
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| I sure hope he's not in a lot of pain, poor little guy. Glad he'll get some help tomorrow. Maybe this time tomorrow night he'll be on his way to feeling way better.
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