Hi
My 2 year old ess birch has been loosing her fur on her ears. The skin seems very flakey. What type of shampoo could I buy to help her.
It doesn't seem to bother her. It is on both ears and was on her nose but that has grown back. Are there any treatments I can buy over the counter without me seeing a vet.
ess with hair loss
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There is no substitute to visiting your Vet - he has the knowledge and experience and can see/feel/smell your dog and advise accordingly. Please apply your own judgement and common sense to any advice given. What works for one dog might not work for another. If you are in any doubt please visit your Vet! General Forum Rules
Re: ess with hair loss
Take her to the vets first Craig for a check up, she may have wee lodgers like ear mites. I'd rule that out first before trying to treat it with shampoo.
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Re: ess with hair loss
Ookidoki will do
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Just looked up ear mites and there symptoms none of which I have described. I do give my dogs ears a good clean every month or so with thornit.
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Re: ess with hair loss
I'm not one to go to a vet at the drop of a hat , but in this situation I think I would . Just a personal opinion .
Re: ess with hair loss
try apple cider vinegar that stuff has unreal healing properties.i swear by it.but if its getting worse vets im afraid
Re: ess with hair loss
I am with the others on this one, a trip to the vets would be my first port of call
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Re: ess with hair loss
One of my 3 springer pups started to have very tiny almost pinprick size scabs on his ears, which I put down to his brothers having a playful chew on his ears at first, then he started to chew on his hocks, then his tail and front legs, the vet said that he had no parasites, but to make sure that his ears were clean and to give him a shampoo, then he started to scratch like mad at his ears and and top of his head then later under his throat, so much so that he lost all his fur and make some of the places where he had scratched bleed, looking back on this, I would say that it started with his ears at first then went to his tail, hocks and front legs, before he started on his head and then his throat in this order, I treated where he had scratched and made raw the spots with an antiseptic spray and second skin, then when the places started to grow fur again a gentian violet & benealkonium spray, for under his throat I used an arnica gel on a cloth held in position with a sticky bandage, but with most of the protective anti stick paper in position so that the sticky bit did not stick to his skin,this was after after cleaning his throat with an antiseptic spray which is supposed to be a bactericide and effective against pesudomonas aeruginosa, escherichiacoli, staphyjococcus aureus
You can see from the photo what he looked like around his ears, tail, top of his front legs, and the bottom of his back legs, I might add that he got worse before he started to get better, it was more than a couple of times that I thought that it might be Alabama rot, and a one way trip to the vets for him, but he eats well, his coat is good with a good sheen to it, he is attentive and likes to retrieve the knotted rope when thrown before the other two get it
It was because of this problem of his health that I decided not to sell or give away either him or his brothers, and at my age getting on for 73 felt too old to train them on for the hunt, and in any case, being in France I would have to take quite a stiff test before I was given a hunting permit, so now they are just pets and guard (or rather letting me know when somebody is about) dogs, because where we live the closest person is the farmer a quarter of a mile away, and the next closest person is the best part of half a mile or more away from us, they have plenty of open country to cover when we go out walking
You can see from the photo what he looked like around his ears, tail, top of his front legs, and the bottom of his back legs, I might add that he got worse before he started to get better, it was more than a couple of times that I thought that it might be Alabama rot, and a one way trip to the vets for him, but he eats well, his coat is good with a good sheen to it, he is attentive and likes to retrieve the knotted rope when thrown before the other two get it
It was because of this problem of his health that I decided not to sell or give away either him or his brothers, and at my age getting on for 73 felt too old to train them on for the hunt, and in any case, being in France I would have to take quite a stiff test before I was given a hunting permit, so now they are just pets and guard (or rather letting me know when somebody is about) dogs, because where we live the closest person is the farmer a quarter of a mile away, and the next closest person is the best part of half a mile or more away from us, they have plenty of open country to cover when we go out walking
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