Sarah Morris wrote 08/20/2008 04:21 PM Any guesses as to what this red spot is? #206465 - 08/20/2008 04:21 PM
Sarah Morris Webboard User Reg: 08-29-2006 Posts: 2324 Loc: Central Coast, California Offline	I just found this nasty red...thing...on True. The border is raised and quite red. The center is darker and looks almost bruised. It's not itchy or bothering him. Here are 2 photos: http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc225/MorrissmPhotos/Truesredspot003.jpg http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc225/MorrissmPhotos/Truesredspot010.jpg He's gotten it within the last 12 hours and it's the only one I can find. I know this looks like ringworm (and that was my first thought) but I honestly don't know how he could have picked it up. He's had no contact with any other animals. Maybe a bug bite or bee sting? Any ideas would be welcome. True
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steve strom wrote 08/20/2008 04:23 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: Sarah Morris ] #206466 - 08/20/2008 04:23 PM
steve strom Webboard User Reg: 03-17-2006 Posts: 4203 Loc: Offline	Is there possibly a tick head in there?
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Sarah Morris wrote 08/20/2008 04:29 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: steve strom ] #206469 - 08/20/2008 04:29 PM
Sarah Morris Webboard User Reg: 08-29-2006 Posts: 2324 Loc: Central Coast, California Offline	The center is flat...no bump. Ticks are always a possibility here but he's never had one and he's on Frontline. If it's a tick head it is really down deep in there. True
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Tabatha Farnel wrote 08/20/2008 05:49 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: Sarah Morris ] #206479 - 08/20/2008 05:49 PM
Tabatha Farnel Webboard User Reg: 05-04-2008 Posts: 243 Loc: Ontario Offline	My dog reacted in a similar way to mosquito bites before. But, he didn't have just one, he was covered in spots. http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/tabatha500/IMG_3320.jpg (This happened years ago in the bush of Northern Ontario, where the mosquitos are horrible!) He wasn't itchy either, and they didn't seem to bother him.
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Lori Hall wrote 08/20/2008 06:33 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: Tabatha Farnel ] #206487 - 08/20/2008 06:33 PM
Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007 Posts: 1039 Loc: So. California coast Offline	The golden we used to have, and my son when he was young, both had something that looked a LOT like that - the vet and my son's doctor said they were spider bites. My son still has the scare 15 years later!
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Sarah Morris wrote 08/20/2008 08:46 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: Lori Hall ] #206514 - 08/20/2008 08:46 PM
Sarah Morris Webboard User Reg: 08-29-2006 Posts: 2324 Loc: Central Coast, California Offline	Wow...Tabatha...your poor dog. Those spots look similar. We don't have a lot of mosquitos but we do have spiders so it's probably a bug bite. Thanks so much for the feedback! True
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Matt Wyrick wrote 08/20/2008 10:03 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: Sarah Morris ] #206527 - 08/20/2008 10:03 PM
Matt Wyrick Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2008 Posts: 207 Loc: Offline	That does look like a spider bite. What general region do you live in? There are a few spiders in the south that produce a bite that looks like that. They range from the deep southern US to the Ohio river and sometimes a little farther north. The center of that lesion looks necrotic (that's the bruising) so I'd hazard either a brown recluse or sack spider. If you live too far north for brown recluse then it'd be the sack spider. Both have similar venom but that of the brown recluse is more toxic to humans than the sack spider. I'd watch the center of that bite. If it doesn't start healing soon or gets worse then I'd have it checked out by a vet. Usually the best treatment for that kind of bite is antibiotics. There's nothing that can be done for the spider bit itself but antibiotics will prevent infection while the bite heals.
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sue lessner wrote 08/20/2008 11:21 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: Matt Wyrick ] #206549 - 08/20/2008 11:21 PM
sue lessner Webboard User Reg: 07-11-2007 Posts: 139 Loc: 35 miles south of chicago Offline	sometimes with a spider bite the lyphnodes are swollen,feel them
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Aaron Myracle wrote 08/20/2008 11:52 PM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: sue lessner ] #206551 - 08/20/2008 11:52 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	We've got the brown recluse here in Washington, so I'd imagine they're in all of California, too.
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Melissa Thom wrote 08/21/2008 02:24 AM Re: Any guesses as to what this red spot is? [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #206555 - 08/21/2008 02:24 AM
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007 Posts: 2781 Loc: Upper Left hand corner, USA Offline	Out of curiousity where have you been walking him? My dog Sam used to have minor skin issues like that on his belly when he went walking through patches of sting nettles.
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