ulcerated staffie

Re: ulcerated staffie

Alet Engelbrecht — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:30:55 GMT

[quote user="Suzanne Kelly"]Anyhow after a week of no UV light she has improved dramatically. [/quote]

Do you have UV light this time of year in Ireland???

Re: ulcerated staffie

Anthony Todd — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:23:24 GMT

[quote user="Bob Russell"]Common things happen commonly, rare things rarely happen![/quote]

Or my old mentor Bill Doole:

"My horses only get ordinary things wrong with them"

Re: ulcerated staffie

Bob Russell — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:50:51 GMT

All Staffies have demodex until proved negative with skin scrapings. Even then they might still have demodex IMO!

Cost of diagnosis to practice? 50p - few slides, a scalpel blade and a few drops of liquid paraffin.

Common things happen commonly, rare things rarely happen!

Re: ulcerated staffie

ruths — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:22:25 GMT

I think I once saw a staffie looking like this with lymphoma. Maybe an impression smear will help? I hope it isn't - I'm sure my dog wasn't pruritic until the ulcers got infected I maybe way off the mark-I'm using my phone to look at the pictures!

Re: ulcerated staffie

Kate Richardson — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:07:59 GMT

[quote user="Utlendigur"]

[quote user="Neil Wheadon"]Staffie, feet, non itchy, have you scraped for demodex yet? Neil

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[/quote] +2 I would also give her a good 2-3 weeks minimum of cephalexin 20-30mg/kg bid. Infection is itchy and common, usually secondary to self trauma. I'm not a fan if clindamycin for skins but I know others disagree

Re: ulcerated staffie

Utlendigur — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:48:09 GMT

[quote user="Neil Wheadon"]Staffie, feet, non itchy, have you scraped for demodex yet? Neil

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Re: ulcerated staffie

Neil Wheadon — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:43:50 GMT

Staffie, feet, non itchy, have you scraped for demodex yet? Neil

Re: ulcerated staffie

Anthony Todd — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:59:44 GMT

[quote user="Suzanne Kelly"]chewing her vulva,[/quote]

Eurax lotion or oint has a very good antipruritic action and kills mites [great for scabies on ear pinna] so she'll get some relief from the itch.

Re: ulcerated staffie

Suzanne Kelly — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:24:57 GMT

Update on ulcerated staffie-

Apparently the problem started after she was in season, a young dog tried to mate her and she KILLED it!! Yikes and she's very placid with us. Anyhow after a week of no UV light she has improved dramatically. I thought she was non pruritic but has been chewing her vulva, so she now has a buster collar on. We've also started to apply surolan. She's on no other meds.

Suzanne

Re: ulcerated staffie

Nicola Lawlor — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:42:03 GMT

I would be considering autoimmune pretty high on the list sadly. Have you spoken to Louise? (I know you are on facebook with her or I have her mobile number, let me know).

Re: ulcerated staffie

Linda Filshie — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:08:04 GMT

If you're willing to worm and hospitalise her FOC then you could probably stretch to an in house tape strip and scrape!! Pretty much free to you, bar the slides.