Skin condition....????

Megansmom said:
Awww, poor Indy!! Like everyone else has already said, if it's not better in a day or two I would take him in :yes:.

I don't know if Dr. Shelli would second this or not, but when mine have had "weird" skin ailments, I used peroxide and neosporin. Once or twice on the peroxide, but neo consistently.

Keep us posted on wittle man! :(
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Full strengh hydroperoxide is hard on skin. It ruptures cell walls and delays healing. If that is all you have dilute it 1 part H2O2 and 5 parts water. Better that way. Regular mild soap is better. Chlorahexidine is the best. Betadine is ok but from personal experience, it hurts like h**l.:smile2: It is better diluted too.
 
Barb-

Hope things are looking a little better today and that Indy can't get to it.

Question for all-

I saw two recommendations elsewhere this week for dealing with hotspots, which surprised me: 1) teabags (black tea) and 2) listerine. Old wives' remedies ????
 
Not really any change.....whatever it is, it does not seem to bother him at all. He doesn't lick it, scratch it, or even favour it if I touch it.

I ran out of polysporin....will pick some more up tomorrow. But I've been using Bactine and a foaming Bandaid Anti-septic to help keep it clean for now.

p.s. what is a hot spot anyway? What causes it and how is it treated? What does it look like?
 
Hot spot also known as acute moist dermatitis.

Anything that irriates the skin can cause it. The dog then rubs, scratches or licks at the area, that causes the top layer of the skin to become damaged and serum leaks on to the surface and the trauma sets off the inflammation cycle. The skin becomes thickened and hot and infected. The inflammation can occur in as alittle as a couple minutes and the infection a couple hours later. The irriation causes more licking,scratching etc and the cycle continues.

Treatment is control the inflammation, dry the surface of the wound and prevent further trauma( by preventing the dog from getting to it and controling itchiness) and control the infection.
 
I don't know if what Bacca has is a hot spot or not, but Smudge had one once. I'm really not sure which caused it - where they shaved his paw when he was neutered or if it was caused by having toxic dips every two weeks (never go that route if your dog has demodex mange, btw!).

It finally did go away (took FORVER), but I didn't bathe him for about 4 or 5 months after I realized it was a hot spot.

You know how I am with pictures and a sick dog. I have more pictures if you'd like a better look. LOL!
 
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Katherine said:
Barb-

Hope things are looking a little better today and that Indy can't get to it.

Question for all-

I saw two recommendations elsewhere this week for dealing with hotspots, which surprised me: 1) teabags (black tea) and 2) listerine. Old wives' remedies ????
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Listerine works fairly well along with antibiotic cream for ringworm in cats I know.That tip I read on a Cat & Kitten group on Yahoo.

I've never had the ringworm problem here,but passed the tip along to a dear friend in NY for her persian cat,and it worked very well.
 
Ouch. Looks like a hot spot. Tully had one that grew very quickly in size because of the licking. Ended up putting a cone on her head to stop the licking. Once she left it alone it healed much quicker, plus I am pretty sure hers started because of a grass allergy so I gave her an antihistamine, and the vet also gave us some antibiotics (it was a pretty fierce looking sore). Thanks to Dr Shelli I keep a bottle of Chlorahexidine wash in the medicine cabinet, used it for Tully's hot spot, when Deska got a smelly crotch and generally for wounds and scratches.

Tully also has a small hard bald spot on her leg which she licks regularly and it gets a little sore - but if it shows up a bit red I put a bandage on it to stop the licking and that helps. I assume it was an old injury.
 
Well, no worse and no better, but Indy doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all. So I think I'll just keep an eye on it for now.
 
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