questions about dogs skin care?
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Mar
Questions about dogs skin care?
my boston terrier had puppies oct 29th ,her sonogram showed 3 pups ,but she had 6 beautiful pups, 3 males and 3 females which she had a bit of a hard time because of her being so tiny she had 2 of them come out feet first which i helped her deliver i started to noticed hair loss around the back of the ears and thinning hair on the legs,on the inside i took her to the vet and he put her on this med called ivermectin 0.2 ml every 24 hours so i started it 11-20-09 i didn't see any improvement so i took her back and the vet said to keep her on the med that it takes awhile for it to start growing back. so i asked him to do a skin graft on moonie when she was spaded on jan 7th and had 2 cysts removed. wen i went to pick her up the vet and i sat down and talked about her spading and removal of her cysts. which he did biopsies on and which came back neg thank god.i asked him about the skin graft, and he said to me that he didn't do it because he said wen they had her there for 3 days she never itched or picked at her self. and he didn't want to start scraping and irritating her skin and break it he said that she didn't have mange because with mange they pick and itch like a child with head lice, and than he said that moonie probably has a stress condition from having her pups plus he said bostons are a little high strung, and are know for skin problems, he said it could be hormonal are immune system problems and if that's the case it a really expensive testing and they really don't give anything for it. if the dog has it and he said that she might just have thinning hair in those places,well he said that i don't have to keep on the mange med but i am.shes so beautiful and i love her so much im on sites for mange and there's one that said to use mayonnaise on there thinning area and it will suffocate the mites and make her hair grow back, and make it shinny? does anyone know what i could do for her thinning hair?
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Best Answer – Chosen by Voters Female dogs tend to look rather moth-eaten after having pups. It's normal. Having pups takes a lot out of them, including nutritionally. Mayonnaise is not the correct treatment for mange. Your vet would need to give you a prescription treatment. He's right, though, it's itchy, and most likely this is just the normal after effects of whelping.Try feeding her a very high quality diet, the best you can afford. Solid Gold is one good example. Flint River Ranch. Evo. Innova. Pinnacle. All of these will improve coat quality and shine.
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