--- In [email protected], ann banks <ann.80.june@...> wrote:
>
> My vet said do not give bath often. Dries out natural oils. Sometimes the
> more you do the worse itgets.
> On Jun 10, 2013 11:38 AM, "Joan" <joan_croft@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hello Deanna,
> > I used the Oatmeal bath...that is what my vet asked me to use. He loved
> > the bath, but I think it was the way that it made him feel until the next
> > time. Actually I would say that it was bath time and he would zoom to the
> > chair so that I could take off his shirt and collar. I was surprised (but
> > pleased) that he wanted his bath. The other thing is that I kept him in a
> > t-shirt rather than a tank top to limit where he was scratching off his
> > fur...also would see him scratching and I would gently rub the area and
> > then he seemed OK. Now if I am sitting on the bed and he starts to scratch,
> > I just say his name and he comes over and I gently rub where he was
> > scratching. Sometimes he will turn his head and his body so that I can get
> > everywhere that it itching.
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Deanna" <dmonastiero@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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!
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >HI this is my first time responding to any of these but my Diva she's 9mths
> >i noticed has tis scratching. I then noticed that she has dry skin, so what
> >i do after her bathes is I lightly lotion her with aloe/or cocanut lotion,
> >her skin is like my kids which is so funny!. I bathe her with a flea&tick
> >shampoo, and i appears to work very well. When she starts scratching i call
> >her name and she comes to me so i can rub her stomache, back, then she calms
> >down. I hope all goes well.
>
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