Itchy dog

[Lottie'smum]

3 days of porridge and I could definitely see the difference, I didn’t put any on yesterday and I can see the difference. She is back to scratching, her belly its all red. So more oats in soak as I speak.
I can recommend this for itchy skin.
Bonus, I made flapjack whilst the oats were out. Win win.

 

[Selina27]

3 days of porridge and I could definitely see the difference,

Well done with this!

 

[MellowYellow]

Great result, and a very good recommendation from @M.F. !!

 

[M.F.]

Glad it’s working! It encouraged me to make my own little sachet of “porridge”! Ie follow your own advice!! It sits on my kitchen counter and I rub it on every day. I have very sensitive face skin at the moment.

 

[M.F.]

I was just chatting with my naturopath friend (she lives in Sydney) who gave me the idea of using oat gel. Her babies (many years ago!) had eczema and this is what she used.

She also reminded me of chamomile tea. Make a very strong tea (preferably from dried whole flowers, not a teabag), then cool and strain, and put into a spray bottle. Keep in the fridge (it goes off, but also nice when cold) and spritz on “angry” skin. It is very calming and soothing. I had a very itchy head a few weeks ago and I used this and it worked so well. Need to make a new batch now for my face! I only learned about the chamomile tea spray after Snowie died, so I don’t know if it works on dogs. But I can’t see why it shouldn’t. It is so soothing.

 

[Cath]

Bella is not herself, she is itchy.

How is she now @Lottie'smum

 

[Lottie'smum]

How is she now @Lottie'smum

Thanks for asking.
Bella is doing ok, she’s no longer red but still has a tendency to scratch a bit. I got a bit tired of making a mess with the porridge so I bought some oatmeal cream from P at H. It sort of helped but definitely not as good as the porridge so new batch soaking ready for tomorrow.