demodex

had Diesel at vets today ,they done a skin scrape and found demodex mites. they have started him on a daily dose of panomec , antibiotics for any infection and shampoo called microbex 2 a week , . has anyone had this treatment before and should it clear it , he is 7mths old and got to admit panicking a bit , the look he gave me when i bathed him was so pitiful as he hates water   

Sorry to hear this Di, poor Diesel. I'm sure there'll be members along soon who have had experience of this and can advise you at first hand. Get well soon Diesel   

Caught early, Demodex is quite easy to treat (although your dog won't like it!) and can start to clear up very quickly. It does, however, sometimes look a little worse before it starts to look better.

spotted the bald patch around friday and got in today ,so i am hoping i caught it early , 1st time staffie owner and have never seen this b4 ,alwalys had gsd , but defo hooked on staffies now, he is my baby since the kids moved out

I've not had that treatment, Daisy had the Aludex dips and ivermectin orally. Just make sure you give him all the treatments the vets have instructed and sure he'll be fine x

read up on panomec it in the same family as ivemectin, the shampoo is just to help his coat ,

Ah right, will work a treat then I;m sure   

Aww I'm sure he'll be fine they do worry us don't they!

well it day two of Diesel,s treatment and boy is he enjoying the attendition,. spotted another small thining patch, but i assume this is the the treatment starting to kick in, and diesel is my friend again ,till tomorrow night when he bathed in the shampoo again lol , and he also seems a lot perky , as i understand the mite lives in the skin so any patch that has it ,i expect the hair to fall out ? boy this is as bad as when my 2 kids were ill ,except Diesel isnt puking in his sleep and just turns over like they did

Don't be worried if he start to loose more fur. Any hair that had a mite in the follicle will fall out so he may look worse before he looks better x