CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[AmberLops]

Gabbie is a good girl!!
What's causing her sores? There's a great product out there called KetoHex and it works wonders on fungal and bacterial skin issues...

 

[Baymule]

Yeah, the "take away your "____" crowd should have to come out from behind their walls, security and body guards.

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

she kept watch in the window the rest of the day looking for him to return....

Good Gabbie!

 

[CntryBoy777]

We are about to our wits end in dealing with Gabbie's situation and if anyone can shed some experience or knowledge on it, it would be greatly appreciated....even tho I'm tagging @Southern by choice and @Goat Whisperer ....there are others than certainly can assist us too....
She will be 2yrs old next month and has never had any issues like this before moving to our present location, so we feel it has to be something related to this property....bugs, plants, dirt, or a combination. She is getting bites, stings, or postules and looses hair in the areas...undercoat comes out in clumps and the sores will be raw....we are putting triple antibiotic ointment on them and they will heal over and start growing hair again, but new areas keep popping up in other areas. We took her to a vet and he gave her a shot of antibiotics and gave us some pills to give her 2x per day for 2wks and some shampoo....Siccaderm...to use twice per week....she did seem to get better with the antibiotics, but still continued to get new areas....so, I went to TSC and got Veterinary Formula antiseptic and antifungal medicated shampoo and it does seem to do better than the other....she gets real energetic after her baths with it and eats much better....seems more of her old self. However, there are still new ones popping up and are giving her childrens benedryl to help relieve the itching and lessen the licking, biting, and scratching....here are some pics of some new areas and some of the old, but healing ones....with every healed spot the underlying skin turns a shade of black.....
...I have thought about a form of mange, but have never dealt with it in any prior dogs that I've had and thought the vet would surely know if it was....he said it was due to the bites and her being sensitive to them....we have heavily monitored her outside and are seeing nothing but skeeters on her, and she does take Bravecto.....no signs of this staying at DD3 house only 50miles east of here....if anyone has any idea about this we are pulling our hair out as she looses hers....Thanks in advance for any Help........

 

[Mike CHS]

I hope someone has some help, I've never come across that.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Sorry no idea but sure hope you can figure it out!

 

[Baymule]

Could it be a plant in your yard that she is allergic to? Compare what is in your yard to what is in or not in your DD3's yard.

 

[AmberLops]

Sores on the belly, around the groin, insides of legs and armpits are usually a sign of food sensitivities.
It could maybe be staph infection on the skin...is her coat greasy? Any weird odor from her skin or coat? Does anyone in your house have similar lesions/rashes?

Sometimes yeast infections on the skin can cause similar lesions...but it's usually noticeable right away that yeast is the issue.

I don't know if you saw that earlier I mentioned KetoHex? It's an anti-fungal (ketoconazole) and Chlorhexidine shampoo. Works wonders! I've seen dogs come into the clinic with MRSA, other forms of skin staph infections, ringworm and even food sensitivities and KetoHex clears it right up most of the time I would try bathing her with it, then put some colloidal silver gel on the lesions.
Hope this helps!

 

[CntryBoy777]

@Baymule there are many different plants here that they don't have and have wondered about that. We haven't given it great consideration as of yet, because the vet mentioned and showed us the bites that were infected. Jpyce has been working on cleaning up several areas and we are burning them....I can't do much outside now, but the weather should be getting close to allowing more time for me to do so....

@AmberLops I did see your post and was holding it in the back of my mind, but wanted to post the full story with pics so ya and others could see just what was being dealt with in case something different was needed. The smell is why we took her to the vet and it did stop with the round of antibiotics and with us treating the spots with the ointment and the baths the odor has not returned.....what stores would ya suggest to get the KetoHex and colloidal silver gel from?.....

 

[AmberLops]

The smell could be yeast or staph...and it pretty much rules out food sensitivities.
What antibiotics did your vet prescribe for her? Enrofloxacin?
If they haven't given her Enro, you should ask about it
They sell KetoHex on amazon and I think I saw it at TSC too.

Here's a link for amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Vet-One-3139...=gateway&sprefix=ketohex+shamp,aps,210&sr=8-5

Here's the link for the silver gel that I use

https://www.amazon.com/NutriNoche-C...al+silver+gel&qid=1568782184&s=gateway&sr=8-9