Hi,

I have tried the Pinal-Pedal reflex and she doesn't do it, but then again not all animals will. Her ears have since cleared up after being on Simplicef and a few weeks of Hydroxyzine and then switching to Chlorpheniramine. I have taken her off the antihistamines and she still will scratch the same amount as when she was on the Chlorpheniramine. The Hydroxyzine just made her so sedated she would barely scratch and just sit around and not even want to play.

Now she is starting to get inflamed skin on her thigh down to her hock and she has a small bald patch on her chest that looked irritated with a red bump. This spot I am certain she couldn't have caused by biting because of its location. Her back legs go crazy when I scratch her chest though.

What medication was used to treat the sarcoptic mange for your dog? I am a bit uncertain of getting the Ivermectin and was wondering if anyone used Revolution instead to cure it. I do have another dog that will need to be treated but she is a nervous mess going to the vet so Revolution may be the best solution for her.

Kimberly

He was treated with oral ivermectin - 4 doses about 10 days apart and cleared up no problem. I was reading a double dose of selamectin is used often now to kill the mites (was a few years ago and the selamectin was not available at that time). I did have other dogs at the time as as the vet claimed it was allergies they were sharing the same bedding, etc. Noone else got so much as an itch. The dog with the mange was an old dog though and I guess more suseptible. Hope you get his itching cured from whatever it is - it sure makes them uncomfortable.

(((( wondering if anyone used Revolution instead to
cure it. ))))


Yes, the dog I adopted last summer had scabies and was treated with Revolution.

In fact, he's still on it; maybe I should switch to the Heartguard and Advantage that everyone else is on.

I had not had a scabies issue until then, so didn't know anything about treating it. I just accepted what the vet suggested.

Anyway, the Revolution did work.

My other dog is kept seperate from the one itching so hopefully she doesn't have it, but I'd rather treat her then not. This problem started last fall and I feel so bad for her. If it is sarcoptic mange I'll be upset that something so easy to treat was not recognized and treated sooner, I feel as though many vets want to just catergorize skin and coat ailments to allergies. She was on a fully raw diet when it started so food allergies didn't make much sense to me at the time, unless she was allergic to chicken or salmon oil. She has been seen by two different vets for this and today will be her 3rd vet (actually it is my older dogs vet).

Whatever she has it is mild, she only scratches several times a day when I am with her (a while back it was really bad). Most likely it is not demodex because it was never on her face and demodex is usually not itchy. I do clean her crate out daily and I am using Malaseb shampoo on her so this may have kept her skin problem from getting very bad. Also, her fur is so thick that the hairloss isn't so noticeable.

We'll see what happens today after her appointment.

Kimberly

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My other dog is kept seperate from the one itching so hopefully she doesn't have it, but I'd rather treat her then not. This problem started last fall and I feel so bad for her. If it is sarcoptic mange I'll be upset that something so easy to treat was not recognized and treated sooner, I feel as though many vets want to just catergorize skin and coat ailments to allergies. She was on a fully raw diet when it started so food allergies didn't make much sense to me at the time, unless she was allergic to chicken or salmon oil. She has been seen by two different vets for this and today will be her 3rd vet (actually it is my older dogs vet).

Whatever she has it is mild, she only scratches several times a day when I am with her (a while back it was really bad). Most likely it is not demodex because it was never on her face and demodex is usually not itchy. I do clean her crate out daily and I am using Malaseb shampoo on her so this may have kept her skin problem from getting very bad. Also, her fur is so thick that the hairloss isn't so noticeable.

We'll see what happens today after her appointment.

Kimberly

Maybe you could get a referral to a derm vet?

How frustrating.

And suggesting food allergies for everything ... I've heard of that about many vets. I've wondered if this has some connection to the commercial foods they sell for food allergies.

http://www.thepetcenter.com/exa/mites.html

http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/itch.html

Thanks Connie

I'm glad to know it did work out well for your dog. I'd rather use the Revolution than try the Ivermectin just in case she is sensitive to it. No point in testing for the mutant MDR1 gene if something else is available to cure it. I'll let you all know what happens after today.

Kimberly

Well the vet said he has no idea what is going on with my dog and will have to think about it for a couple days to decide what should be done about it. He said he will be very suprised if it is mange, but he doesn't think it is. It seems like the patch of fur that is bitten down on her back is self induced, because the skin looks fine under it so he didn't take a scrapping of it.

He will be looking into estrogen related causes of everything that is going on with her. She has been tested for her thyroid before (T4 free dialysis) and it came back in normal range (lower end of normal though).

I will still be getting the Revolution to see if it helps.

I almost feel like I am back to square one.

Kimberly