Pet Skin Repair News

Before I never noticed any problems with her, she seemed pretty fine to me. But then again, I’m not home often. My dog didn’t have baths very often, as I’ve been told it’s not exactly good for her to be bathed a lot. My mother gave her a bath the other day though, because she was smelly with this dog shampoo that doesn’t have a list of ingredients on the bottle besides it states that it has some kind of treatment for itchy skin. Afterwards, the same night, I came home and saw my dog was itching like crazy, bleeding because of it, and when I went to pet her, her hair fell right off. Days later, we’re still having the same problem. According to my mom, she’s had that prob. before the bath. I’m wondering if it could also be her food, because we feed her PURINA.

The funny thing is, YEARS ago, our other pets had this skin problem. Our old dog and cat (who had a severe case of it).

Please, I only want knowledgable answers on what this can be and what I can do about it. Shes my baby and I want to help her!

fleas might be the problem. that or skin irritations and allergies. try flea shampoo and if that doesnt work, take her to the vet to get her skin checked. hope this helped =]

tell me what to feed it, how to take care of it, and how to make it happy.

go to a vet, and get proffesional advice.

My niece used tea tree oil on her g. pigs’ falling hair and it was effective. Do you think i can use this on my cat also.

Aloe Vera is **poisonous** to a cat.
Plants Poisonous to Cats: http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html

There is a group of skin conditions that affect the appearance of the coat and hair. These diseases do not cause your cat much discomfort-at least not at first, Hair Loss is the main sign. It may appear as impaired growth of new hair, or you may notice a patchy loss of hair from specific areas of the body. At times, the coat does not look or feel right and may be greasy or coarse and brittle.

Hair Loss Disorders:
* Indolent (Rodent) Ulcer: Red shiny patches of hairless skin. Usually involves the middle of the upper lip; occasionally the lower lip. Not painful.

* Ringworm: Scaly, crusty or red circular patches with central hair loss. Sometimes just broken hairs around the face and ears. Highly contagious. May become infected.
Utilizing a 2% Solution of OX-E-DROPS or uisng Tincture of BlackLeaf straight can be very effective in combating these fungal problems.

* Demodectic Mange: Thinning and loss of hair around the eyes and eyelids giving moth-eaten appearance. Rare in cats.

* Eosinophilic Granulomas: Raised, red circular plaque on abdomen or inside of thighs (eosinophilic plaque); or linear plaques on back of hind legs.

* Feline Endocrine Alopecia: Thinning or balding of coat on insides of back legs, lower abdomen and genital area. Distribution is symmetrical (mirror image). Occurs most often in neutered males and spayed females.

* Hypothyroidism: Dry skin and thinning of hair/coat. Hair becomes dull and brittle. Rare.

* Cortisone Excess: Loss of hair in symmetrical pattern over trunk with darkening of underlying skin. May indicate thyroid problem.

* Stud Tail: Greasy, rancid-smelling waxy-brown material at top of tail near base.

* Psychogenic Alopecia: Thinning of hair in a stripe down the back. Caused by compulsive self-grooming.

My dog is very prone to hot spots and I think I’ve narrowed down the cause. The problem has been that I have struggled to get her to leave them alone and heal. An Elizabethan collar does NOT work, because of the location, so she won’t leave them alone. I think I’ve conquered that part too and they’re starting to heal, but I’m just curious if it ever happens that the hair just stops growing back. She’s beloved pet and show dog, so I’m obviously very concerned.

Have you considered her food? It may be an allergy related problem. I would suggest a food change to a high protein diet. Get rid of all the grains and by-products, and go with a clean healthy food. None of the grocery store food is good and some of the pet store stuff is not good . Omega3 is a very good supplement for dogs fur and skin. Some people are very happy with raw feeding, and you can find out about it by joining the yahoo group on raw feeding. or..your vet can put your dog on an elimination diet, but this is very difficult to manage. Good luck.
Oh, I like to use ‘Equiss’ spray on hot spots. This can be purchased in a tack shop or online.

We’re always looking for new stories from people who love their pets. This week if anyone has any stories about hair loss or hot spots on their dogs, please send them in so we can post them.

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To treat and prevent a dog’s dry, itchy skin, which are usually caused by external parasites or allergies, provide a high-quality food, keep them bathed regularly and add fatty acid supplements to their food. Brush a dog’s fur regularly and apply topical preventative flea medicine with health information from a veterinarian in this free video on pet care.

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The latest problems discovered were liver and kidney problems.I think my dog had other problems due to foods that got recalled.I did take all my canned food back to the store and exchanged it for new cans.I have switched from the Nutro to Eukanuba Sensitive Skin and my dog has almost cleared up completely.I had tried several different formulas of the dry Nutro Natural Choice with her only getting a tablespoon of wet mixed in the food very rarely.My dog was still having the skin problems associated with a itchy red spotty and blistery rash on her belly that kept relapsing despite all shampoos, special foods, and medications she was on.The vet ruled out causes being fleas, mange and seasonal allergies.I spent over $300 dollars at the vet on her,and am very thankful she is now healing thanks to my own research on pet foods.I wanted to know if there was a way to get money back\sue somebody over all of this?I heard of the rat poison in it too, which is why I am alarmed.What do you think?
I did research on dog foods before I started with my first dog and got recommended the Nutro NC by the breeder.Not wanting to upset her stomach and change brands suddenly I stuck with it.But unfortunately the problems she had progressed once she was on it for a few months.I nor the vet couldn’t pin point exactly what her problems was.Only by process of elimination with certian ingredients in the dog foods (i.e.intorducing a different protein in the dogs diet) is how I narrowed it down and have gotten her to get better.There is absolutley no reason whatsoever to put down dog foods.Its really a personal opinion as to what brands are great and which ones stink.I have no oppositions to certian brands.I say "Feed what works for your dog."Obviously its better to feed a high quality pet store brand of food verses wal-mart or other supermarket store food.Try to see whats really in the food.Fill a glass full of water,drop in kibbles of puppy chow and let it disolve.You may see animal hairs.
Thank you very much to whom recommended me to save some of the dog food. Fortunately I did save some of the lamb and rice she was on when she first started having the skin problems. I did in case I thought maybe the vet could test it or something but several months ago the recall wasn’t noted.
I am over $300 dollars down from numerous trips to the vet over all her skin problems. I changed dog food brands and she is getting better. She now has ugly brown spots as scars all over her belly as a result and hopefully I can get a lawsuit going over it all. And this dog was expensive costing over $1000 dollars. As you can see I am pretty ticked about it all. I am very sorry to those whom pets and wallets suffered through it all. Bless you all!
Oh my dog has short hair ann, the vet said they weren’t hot spots either, since they were literally everywhere all over the body like a really bad rash or hives.

well you would have never had this problem if you didn’t buy crap food.

see I am always telling people that you need to buy better food because it will save you time and money in the long run. because if you buy crap dog food like this then your dog coulkd have an alergic reaction to the food ar this might happen.

now if you just would have done some rescearch then you would have found out which food were better for the type and size of your dog.

good luck with this.