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Originally Posted by
Carole
When Finn had itchy armpits the vet took a blood test for Sarcoptes mite as that is one of the places they scratch along with their ears. Has he been treated for possible sarcoptes?
No he hasn't. At the moment the only places he is scratching are his armpits and around his neck and I would have thought that if it were mange it would have got worse over the last week?
Originally Posted by
Brundog
hiya
my staffie gets bad reactions to harvest mites and not just in his feet - he gets it all over his chest and in his armpits -so no reason it couldnt be harvest mites....
hth
The reason I though it wasn't is that all the dogs I know that have this problem have very itchy feet with hair loss and he doesn't have this? They also itch and lose hair in other places, some around the eyes and face and across the chest but invariably they have the same problem with their feet.
Originally Posted by
Patch
My Defa had the exact same symptoms as Sol a while back.
The cause was never found but was believed to be an allergic reaction [ nothing in the way of mites of anything like that, he was all clear for those checks at the vets ], and he has been fine since that `attack`.
He had a single long acting steroid to relieve the itching from the inside, Fuciderm gel [ prescription ] to sooth and protect on the outside, and ordered by my vet to be dressed in the daftest t-shirts I could find so that he could giggle at me walking Defa with him looking like a fashion victim
The t-shirts were `prescribed` to provide anti lick protection which worked
really well, its just my vets sense of humour to say they had to be as daft looking as possible
He was all healed up in no time with that regime.
I do wish I knew what had caused it but there was just nothing which could be pinpointed so I can only assume he brushed along something which his skin reacted to
That's interesting....... I have in fact given them all a really good brush tonight and managed to find two pieces of flea dirt on sol........ (yum!) I am a bit pee'd off to say the least.
This is the third time in 12 months. Before that deef and kel haven't had them since they were pups and sol never! Every time they have been in contact with the same persons dogs, I ain't impressed! Last time I told her bluntly that every time they mixed with hers they got fleas and to sort it out, I even told her where to get flea stuff from cheaper than her vet but seems to have fallen on deaf ears!
When I rescued Ben he had a severe flea allergy and talking to my vet it seems that it is more likely to happen to a dog that rarely has fleas than one that has them often? I don't remember him having sore armpits though but he did have scabs, severe hair loss and open sores (!) just about everywhere else so it would be likely that he did have
I haven't noticed sol scratching as much today but that could be because I have been here and as I tell him to stop he may think that he is not allowed...... I do remember that once Ben was treated for fleas (and stopped getting his daily beatings) his skin healed up really quickly.
It certainly doesn't seem to be getting any worse but I am going to book him into the vets just in case. I am really hoping it's something that is easy to treat, mange and harvest mites don't come under that bracket
Either way he definitely has fleas and has been treated for those (again!) He will never be having direct contact with the dogs he picked them up from again so hopefully this is the last time!!