Red is scratching

[Joy]

I missed this yesterday. Poor Red - but glad her neck is looking better.

 

[Stacia]

It may not have been a flea! I just do not like the idea of putting chemicals on and in my dog if they are not necessary. I have had dogs for 50 years and only had one flea on one dog, I never use flea preventative.

 

[Oberon]

Malaseb is the medicated shampoo. We use that too. It’s a very good product.

 

[Lab_adore]

Malaseb is the medicated shampoo. We use that too. It’s a very good product.

Ditto. It sorts Maxx's itchy skin straight away.

 

[Atemas]

Malaseb is the medicated shampoo.

I see you need a prescription for this

 

[Lab_adore]

I see you need a prescription for this

Seriously? Why I wonder? We just order it online

 

[Atemas]

Why I wonder?

I don’t know - I have just looked at a few sites and they say it’s a prescription product

 

[Cath]

I would ring your vet and then try and pick it up later today. Annie has this shampoo in the winter and it works for her.

 

[Atemas]

I would ring your vet and then try and pick it up later today

Thank you @Cath - she has fortunately stopped the awful scratching at her neck so I will ask about Malaseb when I order her flea treatment and wormer from the vet in a few weeks time

 

[Shaz82]

Hope Red's neck is improving, it does sound sore poor girl x

I have heard some awful things about frontline by the way, I would stick to her normal meds if they suit her.

 

[Oberon]

Crazy that Malaseb is prescription in the UK. It’s a no risk product. I wash my entire horse in this stuff. I buy it by the litre at the saddlery.

 

[Atemas]

I have heard some awful things about frontline by the way, I would stick to her normal meds if they suit her.

Yes I certainly will @Shaz82 - won’t make that mistake ever again

 

[jazzmynn]

Hope she's still improving...

 

[Atemas]

After a couple of weeks of no scratching around her neck, Red has started again . As a starter, I have resprayed the house and her bedding with flea spray. I can’t see anything on her neck - her fur is extremely dense. Might have to revisit the vets

 

[Boogie]

I hope it gets sorted soon.

All guide dogs and pups have Nexgard monthly. Tatze does too. It‘s very effective indeed.

Mine haven’t experienced any side effects and I don’t know any dogs which have - I’m in touch with 1000s of GD owners through our fb group.

It prevents ticks latching on too. Our Cavaliers used to get ticks very regularly, our local woods are teeming with them. But none of our pups, or Tatze, get them at all.

Nexgard is a tablet, not a spot-on. Spot-ons can irritate the skin.

Worth a try?

 

[M.F.]

Do you have a flea comb? Or a very fine toothed comb. Try combing all her fur. You might catch a flea. If you get specks, drop them on a white tissue and wet it. If they turn reddish-brown, it’s flea poo and you can most likely confirm fleas. If no flea poo, then the itching is most likely caused from something else. Is her collar irritating her?

 

[Atemas]

Do you have a flea comb? Or a very fine toothed comb. Try combing all her fur. You might catch a flea. If you get specks, drop them on a white tissue and wet it. If they turn reddish-brown, it’s flea poo and you can most likely confirm fleas.

Yes just combed her neck with a very fine toothed comb and loads of brownish speaks!! Vets not open yet but will speak to them as soon as they are. Thank you

 

[SwampDonkey]

Is it flea poo or scabby bits falling off?

 

[Candy]

Joy has Simparica, a tablet to prevent fleas and ticks, once a month. It's very palatable, she sits and licks her lips in happy anticipation every time I get the packet out. No side effects as far as I can tell. Hope you manage to get something sorted out for Red. Fleas are no fun and it's very much that time of the year.

 

[Atemas]

Is it flea poo

I think it’s poo - brownish bits. I have just spoken to the vet’s receptionist. She is going to ask the vets (they are all busy at the moment) for advice