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by Lief on 13 November 2010 - 10:11
a lot of that stuff can be helped topically , there used to be a great shampoo malaseb but the took it off the market Chlohexadine works pretty well and washing the hot spot with surgical scrub goes a long way to reducing the bacteria on the skin, if its a big spot we treat with Keflex or Trimethoprim
by DebiSue on 14 November 2010 - 22:11
My old girl would get hot spots from time to time and I would take the clippers to the area which allowed it to dry up. She looked a little funny with a bald spot on her hip but I found it was the quickest way in her case to get it healed up.
by jade on 18 November 2010 - 21:11
.....solid gold sells a skin cream..great for hot spots and growing hair back quickly
by VonIsengard on 19 November 2010 - 01:11
To follow up on the Veterycin...holy cow, this stuff works great!
www.vetericyn.com/benefits/canine.php
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www.vetericyn.com/benefits/canine.php
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by Spooks on 19 November 2010 - 07:11
by Lief on 13 November 2010 - 10:11
a lot of that stuff can be helped topically , there used to be a great shampoo malaseb but the took it off the market Chlohexadine works pretty well and washing the hot spot with surgical scrub goes a long way to reducing the bacteria on the skin, if its a big spot we treat with Keflex or Trimethoprim
I don't know what country you are in, but Malaseb is available here in the UK albeit on prescription only. Trimethoprim is an antibiotic and again on prescription only.
So to get either of these you would have to take a dog to a vet.
@jrs1984
I'm beginning to think its not food related either, since all the changes I have made showed little or no improvement. Apart from the hot spots he's just always itchy...we sit down on the couch and he's chewing his feet or his legs or something...it's usually not bad enough to cause a hot spot, but occasionally it will.
Further investigation ie skin scrapes and blood tests by your vet is needed regardless of whether he/she shaves the area again... feeling better is better than 'looking better'!
I could give you loads of advice what to try re hotspots, pyoderma etc having a dog that suffers from only occasional flare-ups of pyoderma now, from having it regularly, but until you know what the cause is, I would be wasting my time.
a lot of that stuff can be helped topically , there used to be a great shampoo malaseb but the took it off the market Chlohexadine works pretty well and washing the hot spot with surgical scrub goes a long way to reducing the bacteria on the skin, if its a big spot we treat with Keflex or Trimethoprim
I don't know what country you are in, but Malaseb is available here in the UK albeit on prescription only. Trimethoprim is an antibiotic and again on prescription only.
So to get either of these you would have to take a dog to a vet.
@jrs1984
I'm beginning to think its not food related either, since all the changes I have made showed little or no improvement. Apart from the hot spots he's just always itchy...we sit down on the couch and he's chewing his feet or his legs or something...it's usually not bad enough to cause a hot spot, but occasionally it will.
Further investigation ie skin scrapes and blood tests by your vet is needed regardless of whether he/she shaves the area again... feeling better is better than 'looking better'!
I could give you loads of advice what to try re hotspots, pyoderma etc having a dog that suffers from only occasional flare-ups of pyoderma now, from having it regularly, but until you know what the cause is, I would be wasting my time.
by Liebe on 19 November 2010 - 16:11
It sounds like it could be a lick granuloma. I have a dog who used to suffer from these repeatedly. When I took him to a chiropractor I was told that they can be referred pain spots. Anyway cut a long story short, 3 treatments and no more lick granuloma. I then had the dog hipscored and the granuloma re-occured, back to the chiro and they've gone again.
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