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there are no home remedies..please dont listen to them..go to the vet..if you cant go to local feed store or Tractor supply and they should have something called Happy jacks kennel dip..I used this on my pup when I was between vets and it cleared it up great…it also helps control fleas and ticks..

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I visited my Dad & was appalled to see his neighbour’s cat who has many clumps of matted fur on her back. She’s a black medium length coat cat appx 18 yrs old. Neighbour claims she’s taken the cat to the vet but that the vet said it was mange and the cat needs her fur clipped but is too old to undergo the anaesthetic that would be needed to do this. I have severe doubts that the cat ever saw a vet & something about this doesn’t ring true – from what I’ve seen on the web, mange usually causes itching and hairloss, neither of which this cat has. To me she just looks like she needs a good grooming and her hair clipped professionally.
The cat in general is poorly treated in my opinion. She’s never allowed into the house except to eat and is left outside in all weathers. I had concerns about this cat previously but on seeing her tonight I am seriously considering making a formal report to the SSPCA. Any experts out there that can advise as to whether this does sound like mange?

Mange is normally a balding of the fur and very sore skin. Sounds to me like she needs a good brush and maybe a clipping, but if the owners are not going to maintain her coat it would probably be a waste of time.
Report the owners I would.

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This video contains information that can be found at www.petsbestrx.com/mange . It also tells about side effects to mange treatments.

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Maybe owned her 2 days when I took this video. I rescued her from someone who didn’t have the time for her. She was really thin, her fur was stained and she had early symptoms of mange. She’s ALL better now!

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This video contains information that can be found at http://petsbestrx.com/mange .

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An update on 7 puppies with Sarcoptic mange that Happy Whiskers took into rescue in April 2009.

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My dog has had this problem before. His face and his eyes start to scab up, hes all ways licking his paws and his back is supper sensitive to ich. When you scratch it gets moist and oily. To solve this in the past we just gave him fish oil and it did the trick. Now its just bairly preventing it from getting worse. Any idea? It might be mange but im not sure… i know your going to tell me go to a vet… Im not asking if i should take him i all ready know and i am… im asking if you know what it is.

Itching is caused by many things. Fleas, dry skin, mange, allergies.

The vet will be able to help you figure out what it is. We on the net would just be guessing.

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Hello,

My cat stats:
Type: Norwegian forest cat
Gender: Female
Body Type: Spayed
Personality: Feisty
Wander Distance: Indoor cat

My cat used to be a stray that would followed me one day, and decided to stay by my door until I let her in. She was filled with fleas, tapeworms, was bony and had tangled hair. I took her to the vet, she got all of her shots. Eventually after a long battle we got rid of the fleas, tapeworms etc. etc. That was 4 years ago… Cost me alot of money to save her But it was all worth it! I love her so much! She’s a spoiled girl now, in a good way.

But I noticed every now and then she gets this skin problem..
I thought it was mange but vet says it was not. I have to keep going to the vet for a recurring problem that she keeps having on her skin. She gets the Vetalog injection. I believe this is to lessen inflammations and itching. This does help when ever she gets this injection.
This makes her flaky skin and bumps go away.

Anyhow, this is what she gets on her skin every now and then. They go away and then eventually come back. They feel like small bumps, they are crusty, and there is usually flaky skin around it. This usually occurs around her neck or the lowest point on her back just above to her tail.
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My vet says it’s allergies and said to change my cat’s diet.
I have changed my cats diet 3 times in the course of 4 years.

-When I was uneducated in cats health she was on Meow Mix (bad I know) She used to throw up alot on this food.

- I eventually changed to Nutro Max Cat Roasted Chicken Flavor
She kept getting those bumps and flaky skin and yeah she used to throw up alot on this food too. I took her to the vet, and since the Vet said it was allergies. I decided to read online to see what information I could find, I found out that that grains are likely to cause allergies ( But I know some cats maybe allergic to something else). So I changed her to a no grain diet. Which was…

- Innova Evo which has high-quality meat (chicken and turkey) as the main pet food ingredient, and is completely grain-free.
The bumps went away, and the flaky skin was no longer there for like 4 months, and then to my un-satisfaction they came back.
And I don’t feed her table scraps either.

Well, I was wondering if any of you guys had this problem with your cats, or if you ever encountered anything like this.
Is this really allergies or is it something else?
Any clue, suggestions?
Experiences similar to this?

I will keep changing her diet, but I just find it odd that the bumps and flaky skin comes and goes throughout the year. Even though she’s on the same food. It really puzzles me.

Best Regards!
Oh thank you everyone, I really liked every single answer, I will try them all, I will change her vet plus I will get her topical sprays and ointments.
Also thank you for sharing your experiences they were very informative and interesting to hear.

I had a cat who when I got her had ringworm, it was scabby, itchy and it took a trip to 4 different vets to diagnosis it. The final vet had a “black light” that made her light up like a christmas tree in the dark…
Ringworm is a fungus and very resistant to treatment, I had to bathe her every day, give her oral antibiotic and she received weekly steroid injections. I took about 4-5 months tpo clear. I had to keep her isolated from my other cat (who caught just a spot of it) it is also transmitted to humans, but both animals and humans would have to have a low immunity to catch it.
Did the vet scrape a sample for testing? This is what one vet did, but it also did not confirm the ringworm, just ruled out mange, the “black light” was the only thing that diagnosed it. It also stays in the system for ever, and if a cat gets stressed it can re-appear. But the pictures don’t really look like what my cat had, but she was really covered with it.
Hope this is of some help!

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I’ve been reading on the internet that it takes 3 weeks for mange mites to completely die after the first treatment. Does that mean this dog can’t be around other dogs for 3 weeks? Or are the mange mites still alive but unable to infect other dogs (like they’re slowly dying)?

Does anybody know definitively? I’ve read so many conflicting things on the internet, I’m about to scream!
This is a rescue who received free treatment. I do not have a vet at my disposal.

Also, as per two other vets, skin scrapings do NOT determine whether a dog has mange or not. Only 20% of dogs with any type of mange have positive skin scrapings.

Sometimes it can take longer it all depends on the strength of the treatment and the infestation. Talk to your vet to be sure. If it is sarcoptic mange then I wouldn’t let this dog around other dogs until the skin scrapings come back with ZERO mites, otherwise you are still putting the other dogs at risk for catching the mange. The only way to know for sure is to talk to your vet.

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I have a 4 month old puppy and a few weeks ago I took my puppy to the vet for itchy skin and I was given an antibiotic to clear up some red bumps in his ears. My vet said that he is too young to have allergies because puppy’s typically do not develop allergies in their first year of life.

Well about two weeks later I took my puppy to the vet for more booster shots and his still itchy skin and this time the vet said that because the antibiotic did not clear up the itching it was possibly mange causing the itching and she just gave him a shot and said to come back in a week or so if the itching did not stop for another shot.

My puppy has not had any hair loss, but is VERY itchy on his stomach and legs. He has even caused a couple of abrasions due to his constant itching.

I want to trust my vet, but I am nervous about this diagnosis because none of the other symptoms fit. And she did not do any kind of skin scraping to check for mites that accompanies mange.

I hope that your puppy was not given his booster shots when at the time he had problems.

I have taken aboard what the vet has said about allergies, however I am wondering if you are using a biological washing powder on his bedding. I know of a person who had a very new puppy and she reacted to this.

Also is it remotely possible that you have shampooed your puppy, he could be re-acting to this. Even if the shampoo was safe, there is a possibility that this was not rinsed off properly and this would cause an horrendous itch.

You must also look at the diet, in this I am not taking about allergies, he may have a digestive problem. It has been discovered that some dogs cannot digest grain. Grain creates acidity withing the blood and this causes itchiness. If you change his food, do it gradually by adding a small % of the new in with the old. Increase the % gradually and do this over about seven day.
Did you know that puppies should not have dairy food, are you perhaps giving him cows milk. If you give a puppy milk you must get this from the vets or a pet shop as this is closer to his mothers milk.

My final suggestion is that he may be reacting badly to his vaccinations/shots. Did he itch before his original vaccination? If you think that this is the cause you could in future give him homoeopathic nozodes to prevent parvo etc., Email me if you would like any info on this.

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