Biting, scratching & coughing My puppy Kodi is 13 weeks old. 2 weeks ago he started biting and scratching CONSTANTLY! I had him treated for fleas (I live in Florida and fleas are bad here) but he didn't have fleas and continued to get worse. I took him to a vet (the one at our local PetSmart) who said he probably had an allergy (my breeder said the same thing) and gave him an antihistamine. He did not get better so I took him to another, private vet (I don't like the PetSmart vet-he didn't even do any tests) who diagnosed the scabies (skin mites) with a test and gave him a shot. He will need 2 more shots over the next month. He is biting and scratching much less but hasn't stopped completely. He has pulled out most of his fur on his hindquarters and tail and has developed a little cough that ends with a gag. He doesn't do it all the time and it does soumd like a hairball. I figured he probably had hair in his throat from pulling his hair out. Now I'm worried that the cough might be related to something else. I got skin mites from Kodi and I've been itching right along with him.
Has anyone had any experience with this? I also bought a product called Dermasil that I mix with his shampoo and bath him with it 1x per week for 3 weeks. |