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Daisy has a hot spot just under her ear. She's off to the vets tomorrow, but feel pants about it.

Does anyone have any experience of them?
 
if it is a hot spot the best thing to do is trim the hair as short as poss and clean with hibi scrub and water-it may have settled by the morning if you did it tonight and then you don't need to travel to the vets
 
Our older lab used to get them, as Twiggy says you need to clip the hair right off, we used clippers, and we had a cream - fuciderm perhaps? - to put on. It can be diet related. Brandy only had three and then they just stopped, although she has a better coat on grain free food so that is what she has now. I think your little dog is on a good food already?
 
We've bathed it as best we can with a saline solution - not a cats chance in hell she's going to let me trim the hair though - tried that, she was having none of it! I think it's too sore.

We changed from Orijen as it was making her itch so at this point I'm happy it's not food related, and what she's on is grain free.
 
amymay said:
We've bathed it as best we can with a saline solution - not a cats chance in hell she's going to let me trim the hair though - tried that, she was having none of it! I think it's too sore.

We changed from Orijen as it was making her itch so at this point I'm happy it's not food related, and what she's on is grain free.
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the vets will get it clipped as the air needs to get to the skin to dry it out, it is a type of wet excema
 
Just wondered what version of Origen? Beef makes my boy itch. So figured it's a red meat thing. Also what % protein is the new food? V's. What she was on pre Origen? Maybe it's the higher protein level? Just a thought. I know Origen went right through my boy figured it was too rich for him.
 
That's what I figured Twiggy (hoped).

She's back on Fish4Dogs Dobermonkey, low protein levels as the Orijen was just too high.
 
just to buck the trend here having treated a few myself, i would use hibiscrub very very sparingly indeed and only once a week on the area if absolutely necessary and do make sure it is a very weak dilution. The best advice i ever read was that with it being a ‘wet’ condition, try not to introduce any more moisture. The last time I treated one at home with no need for the vet and having done a lot of research this was what I did. Initially cleaned the area with salt water and then blow dry it with a hair dryer - make sure you get it absolutely 100% dry, use a fine comb to comb out any snaggy bits of hair and you WILL find some hair sheds but doing it this way we avoided any clipping. Once it’s dry use either an anti fungal athletes foot powder or gold bond medicated baby powder (amazon). Repeat this every day. I can almost guarantee it will start to heal with a day or 2.
 
Brig had a major episode, about twelve of them, literally popped up overnight. I think it was environmental. I clipped off hair and used athletes' foot powder, renowned for hotspots and they cleared within days. He had loads, it was crazy. I'm pleased to say we have had no further issues despite taking him back to where we think the issue was. I'm afraid I didn't take him to the vet.
 
Eli gets the odd one in his belly fur - trimming down to the skin, a gentle wash and talcum powder to dry it out seems to get rid of them in a few days. Advice I've read suggests that as long as there's no evidence of it growing and it looks better after a day or so it's ok to self treat, in a sensitive area like the ears though I don't think you're being over-cautious going to the vet.
 
Thanks all for your advice. I'll continue with the saline solution, but will go to the vets still today even if it's only for them to hopefully have more success with removing the hair than I've had (I know I should be able to do it, but she absolutely wouldn't let me).

Interesting about athletes foot powder, which makes sense, and I'll get some today.
 
NeverEver said:
just to buck the trend here having treated a few myself, i would use hibiscrub very very sparingly indeed and only once a week on the area if absolutely necessary and do make sure it is a very weak dilution. The best advice i ever read was that with it being a ‘wet’ condition, try not to introduce any more moisture. The last time I treated one at home with no need for the vet and having done a lot of research this was what I did. Initially cleaned the area with salt water and then blow dry it with a hair dryer - make sure you get it absolutely 100% dry, use a fine comb to comb out any snaggy bits of hair and you WILL find some hair sheds but doing it this way we avoided any clipping. Once it’s dry use either an anti fungal athletes foot powder or gold bond medicated baby powder (amazon). Repeat this every day. I can almost guarantee it will start to heal with a day or 2.
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Your not bucking the trend-no one said to wash it repeatedly, I only ever do them the once to clean the area then leave dry. If you clip/trim short the hair you rarely have to do anything else with them
 
Jack is prone to them, he's had them on and off but more so as he's got older. As others have said, hair as short as possible, clean with hibi scrub and let it dry out. Jack normally ends up with a sock on his foot to put him off scratching it too.
 
twiggy2 said:
Your not bucking the trend-no one said to wash it repeatedly, I only ever do them the once to clean the area then leave dry. If you clip/trim short the hair you rarely have to do anything else with them
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i meant personally, i wouldn’t use it all... not sure why you had to pick up on my comment though?
 
Hi all, just a little update.

We've had a steroid injection to reduce the inflammation and itchiness, and antibiotic cover. Vet didn't want to clip the hair because Daisy was simply too sore. She suggested me trying again in a couple of days, but not to worry about it too much. She also advised not to over wash, but to let the drugs do their work.
 
A steroid injection? Interesting! Im going to ask a vet mate if that's usually advised, seems a bit OTT. Regardless, I hope the horrid thing clears quickly, they're extremely icky!
 
Amymays..I too would avoid steroids..vets seem to love them :(
You have to shave or scissor the area so it gets air to dry it out....no more saline washes..
You could then put a cotton bandana over the area so she can't scratch at it..
A little gold bond powder won't hurt either.
 
Not that our dog had a lot but our vet never offered steroids.
Can't you muzzle her, get OH to hold her still and get the hair off?
 
Clodagh said:
Not that our dog had a lot but our vet never offered steroids.
Can't you muzzle her, get OH to hold her still and get the hair off?
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we only offer steroids if the hot spots are re occurring and are caused by self trauma from a all or similar so they are give to treat the cause not the hot spotergy, socks on feet or buster collars depending on where it is, steroids have a place by they also have quite a few side effects that can be serious, antibiotics are a bit of over kill too iMO, just getting the hair off is the best course of action
 
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