agentbunny
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Hi Everybody!
I am new here. I have been lurking and reading but this is my first post. I have a question for anyone who has experience with demodex. My boy Leo was diagnosed with it shortly after I got him at 5 months old. They scraped for the mites while he was being neutered so I couldn't start the treatment until 2 weeks later. Unfortunately, I think the stress of the neuter (his was complicated as he had a retained testicle that had to be removed from his abdomen) turned the localized demodex into generalized demodex.
Anyway, the vet game me injections to give him weekly for 6 weeks. We are already 5 weeks into in and he looks worse than when we started. I called and the vet said this was normal, but I am alarmed at the amour of hair he is losing this close to the end of the treatment. He looks all moth eaten, poor thing. I have also been washing him with benzoyl peroxide shampoo every other day.
If you have had to deal with demodex before, can you tell me if it is normal for the dog to lose so much hair during treatment? Will all of it fall out?
Thanks for any insight you can give...
I am new here. I have been lurking and reading but this is my first post. I have a question for anyone who has experience with demodex. My boy Leo was diagnosed with it shortly after I got him at 5 months old. They scraped for the mites while he was being neutered so I couldn't start the treatment until 2 weeks later. Unfortunately, I think the stress of the neuter (his was complicated as he had a retained testicle that had to be removed from his abdomen) turned the localized demodex into generalized demodex.
Anyway, the vet game me injections to give him weekly for 6 weeks. We are already 5 weeks into in and he looks worse than when we started. I called and the vet said this was normal, but I am alarmed at the amour of hair he is losing this close to the end of the treatment. He looks all moth eaten, poor thing. I have also been washing him with benzoyl peroxide shampoo every other day.
If you have had to deal with demodex before, can you tell me if it is normal for the dog to lose so much hair during treatment? Will all of it fall out?
Thanks for any insight you can give...