skin problem??

Hi peeps

in the last couple of days iv noticed a couple of patches on Busters face and around his ears

Do these patches look normal or what should i prepare myself for when i get to my vet




you can see the black patch beside his nose and on the edges of his ears ? ?

Thanks
john

I can't really see much in the photos, his patch on his nose looks a little bare, is he crated? Just wondering if he is rubbing it on something if it has only come up in the past couple days.

As always though if you are worried and only you know your dog then I would go to the vets as it could be anything. Good luck and let us know how you go Xx

thanks for your reply

no he is not crated he has a very big kennel. the on his nose looks like his hair has falling out

It could be many things so I'd pop him the vets, hopefully they'll do a skin scrape to rule out demodex and go from there xx

As I said could be many things, pop to the vets and see what they say, they can do a scrape to see if its mites, it could be an allergy, dry skin, anything really, but try not to worry all easily sorted if it is that Xx

Not sure what it could be, maybe a reaction to something or an infection   sure the vet will put you right

Demodex usually starts on the face so I would get the vets to do a skin scrape to hopefully rule that out, let us know how you get on xx

Bane has has bald patches along the front sides of his ears for quite some months now and the vets are still figuring it out. They are thinking allergies but hair loss could be mites so vets would be best

Hows Buster? Did you manager to get him to the vets?

Staffy lover wrote:Hows Buster?  Did you manager to get him to the vets?  

he has is appiontment at 10am in the morning so fingers crossed

Fingers, Toes, Paws all crossed for you both. Let us know how it goes.
Does Buster like the vets? or gets stressed?

he gets very excitied around anybody ha so he will be a handful for the vet lol

i couldnt wait till the morning i got the app changed to this evening so ill have and update tonight. fingers crossed

he gets very excitied around anybody ha so he will be a handful for the vet lol

i couldnt wait till the morning i got the app changed to this evening so ill have and update tonight. fingers crossed

Let us know how you get on.

I hope all goes well

well just back from the vet. basically told me what i have read on here and what has been posted in this thread.. Buster had a skin scrape done results will be back friday.
he was also giving a dose of advocate and a course of Synulox and loxicom. I will know more on friday so i have a few more days to stress my self out more

Bless him, when Scrumpy had mites they could see if there where mites visible there and then by holding the scrape up to a microscope, I hope the results come back with a solution on Friday Xx

Hope skin scrapes are ok, still best you have been and something will be sorted.   

Glad it went well I hope you get some answers on Friday What are the Synulox and Loxicom/what are they for?

Bane wrote:Glad it went well I hope you get some answers on Friday :)What are the Synulox and Loxicom/what are they for?

The Synulox is an antibiotic for skin problems and a few other things
The Loxicom is like difene for dogs although he doesnt seem in pain it was giving to us just incase he is or if it does become painful

Oh ok they don't look sore or irritable so hopefully he isn't in any pain How is he in himself?

Glad you have something for Buster, and fingers and paws crossed for the results on friday. You are lucky Buster likes it at the vets, Pixee gets so stressed out, its a nightmare. You need to de stress yourself, how about some of your fav things/drinks?

UPDATE: got a phone call from the vet today busters skin scrape came ball all clean

iv also been told off a mate that his staffies get this every winter and it goes in a couple of weeks so happy days

I would like to thank all who replied to this thread for there support for Buster and myself   

That's good news, hopefully it will clear up soon then x

Glad he is all clean! I hope he gets better soon