Hi Joan, thanks for posting! We've tried lipiderm with Dash and it didn't do much for hi, and gave him an upset tummy.
Did the daily baths dry out his skin? My vet told me 2x a week with the medicated shampoo. --- In [email protected], "Joan" <joan_croft@...> wrote: > > > Hello Deanna, > My Desi Lou has dry skin AND allergies. He is 8 lbs and I give him Lipiderm > capsules every day, and he gets 1/4 of a beneadry twice a day. I bought a > spray at Petco that has lavendar (and other ingredients) and he will really > calm down and stop scratching. I would just gently rub him when he was > wanting to scratch, so all I have to do if he is scratching is say his name > and he will come over and I will rub him gently. Last summer we had daily > oatmeal shampoo baths. > > --- In [email protected], "Deanna" <dmonastiero@> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > Dash is almost 3 years old and weighs about 4 pounds. He has very bad skin > > which we and the vet have tried a lot of different meds on. I have a > > medicated shampoo for him and I brush the loose skin off him and apply > > bacitracin every night. I also give him children's Benadryl when he is > > really itchy. He is on hypoallergenic food as well. > > > > Anyone have anything they've tried that's helped? > > > > I hate to see my little guy suffer. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
