Hi,
My beagle has been scratching a lot. Even in the middle of playing he will stop and just start biting at a spot on his skin.
When I took him to the vet last time after he actually bit a patch of skin off... the Vet said it was likely an Allergy.
He gets light red-dy patches every now and then, and black little spots in some areas.. (the vet said that was dirt, we don't have fleas here).
So, the vet said to change his diet, to determine what he is allergic to - which i did
The vet gave me some drugs to feed him for 2 weeks, which stopped the itching and scratching completely.
The vet also gave me some Alovene shampoo which i have used since then.
But about 4 weeks after the last vet visit, he has begun to scratch and bite again. I haven't changed the diet, so I think it was the tablets I gave him that numbed the pain.
How do I work out if it's a plant or a tree, or dust or something else? I have no idea.
Is there anyway I can get allergy tests or something done to help me work out what it is? What other things should I do?
I'm going to take him back to the vet, and see another person there (we only have one Vet clinic in town), to get another opinion and see if they can offer any other suggestions.
Thanks...
edited: Just found the sticky on allergies! I will have a good read on that.
Also, after I posted, I just remembered that when i was at the Vet, I bought a bag of Eukanaba (sp). That ran out a couple of weeks ago... and I fed some other dog dried-food called Supercoat since then.
And it's only been for the last week-ish that he has begun all the scratching/biting again......
hmmm oh i hope this it. I will stop feeding him this dried food immediately, and go and buy some more Ekuanaba (sp)
Ekuanaba is a good dog dried food right?
This is Supercoat: http://www.supercoat.com.au/dogs-lifecycle-RealChicken.aspx
And these are the ingredients: Meat and meat by-products (from chicken and beef), wholegrain cereals (wheat and/or sorghum), wheat bran, whole linseeds, beet pulp, iodised salt, mixed natural tocopherols (vitamin E), rosemary plant extract, vitamins (A, D, E, K, B1, B6, niacin, riboflavin, folic acid, choline, biotin, B12), trace minerals (iron, zinc, copper, manganese), lutein, garlic and kelp.
My beagle has been scratching a lot. Even in the middle of playing he will stop and just start biting at a spot on his skin.
When I took him to the vet last time after he actually bit a patch of skin off... the Vet said it was likely an Allergy.
He gets light red-dy patches every now and then, and black little spots in some areas.. (the vet said that was dirt, we don't have fleas here).
So, the vet said to change his diet, to determine what he is allergic to - which i did
The vet gave me some drugs to feed him for 2 weeks, which stopped the itching and scratching completely.
The vet also gave me some Alovene shampoo which i have used since then.
But about 4 weeks after the last vet visit, he has begun to scratch and bite again. I haven't changed the diet, so I think it was the tablets I gave him that numbed the pain.
How do I work out if it's a plant or a tree, or dust or something else? I have no idea.
Is there anyway I can get allergy tests or something done to help me work out what it is? What other things should I do?
I'm going to take him back to the vet, and see another person there (we only have one Vet clinic in town), to get another opinion and see if they can offer any other suggestions.
Thanks...
edited: Just found the sticky on allergies! I will have a good read on that.
Also, after I posted, I just remembered that when i was at the Vet, I bought a bag of Eukanaba (sp). That ran out a couple of weeks ago... and I fed some other dog dried-food called Supercoat since then.
And it's only been for the last week-ish that he has begun all the scratching/biting again......
hmmm oh i hope this it. I will stop feeding him this dried food immediately, and go and buy some more Ekuanaba (sp)
Ekuanaba is a good dog dried food right?
This is Supercoat: http://www.supercoat.com.au/dogs-lifecycle-RealChicken.aspx
And these are the ingredients: Meat and meat by-products (from chicken and beef), wholegrain cereals (wheat and/or sorghum), wheat bran, whole linseeds, beet pulp, iodised salt, mixed natural tocopherols (vitamin E), rosemary plant extract, vitamins (A, D, E, K, B1, B6, niacin, riboflavin, folic acid, choline, biotin, B12), trace minerals (iron, zinc, copper, manganese), lutein, garlic and kelp.
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