So we made another trip to the vets office for hair patches thinning on my 1 year old gsp..he told us that it wasn't mange and just a bacterial infection. Since the antibiotic cream (Neosporin) didn't make the thinning any worse he asked that we continue using the Neosporin for another 10 days. I'm concerned there is more, since after stopping the cream the thinning returned and with more patches.
Are bacterial infections common and what other things could be causing thinning?
Hair thinning on head
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Re: Hair thinning on head
Could be a form of a staff infection? You might try a round of antibiotics. For $12 bucks it may be worth a try.
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Re: Hair thinning on head
make them do a good skin scrape.
Re: Hair thinning on head
Tried rogaine?
Re: Hair thinning on head
Check thyroid -- use Vetericyn in the meantime.
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Re: Hair thinning on head
dog dr wrote:make them do a good skin scrape.
Yep +1
Re: Hair thinning on head
+2. Not only a skin scrape of the head area but between the toes and a couple other places on the dog as well.lvrgsp wrote:dog dr wrote:make them do a good skin scrape.
Yep +1
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Re: Hair thinning on head
Skin scrapes ....but also try Tea Tree Oil with a Q tip apply directly to the balding spots and then Also make a shampoo mix of 1 cup of a coal based dandruff shampoo and mix in about at least a tablespoon of the tea tree oil
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Re: Hair thinning on head
They have done 2 scrapes of the area, and nothing was there.
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When you have the dog's Thyroid tested, make sure they do a "full thyroid panel" and not just T4.
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Re: Hair thinning on head
Nothing showed with my dog's scrapings either, but the vet put her on Advantage Multi 55 anyways - covers a wide variety of possible parasites- and the problem cleared up after two applications ( 8 weeks).KNFriss wrote:They have done 2 scrapes of the area, and nothing was there.
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Re: Hair thinning on head
Is the dog itching?
Re: Hair thinning on head
Dog does not seem to be itching, some of the hair has grown back.