Help Needed! demodectic mange

[cali22]

hey i was looking for help. I had taken my English bulldog to the vet because i notice a small bald spot , they had said it was a hot spot. the condition worsen and took another trip to the vet office . They diagnose him with puppy Pyoderma. i had him on cephalexin 500 mg and was bathing him with Malaseb medicated shampoo. Well now the condition dramatically worsen and now on this last trip they told me he has demodectic mange and now i have him on ivermectin. I was wondering if any one have had similar issues. Is there anything else they use? is there something better then Malaseb? Thank you in advance

 

[cali baker]

I'm sorry Cali (and you) are going through this. I don't have personal experience with mange but I know someone will come along soon with some help/feedback for you. I remember a member [MENTION=7064]mer55[/MENTION] whose bully also had to be on ivermectin so I'm tagging her here. Hang in there!

 

[cali baker]

Here are a couple links to recent threads from other members whose bullies also had mange:

http://www.englishbulldognews.com/forums/showthread.php?32847-demodectic-mange&highlight=mange

http://www.englishbulldognews.com/f...ex-Mange-(localized%85so-far)&highlight=mange

 

[shobbsie]

I went through demodectic mange with our Boxer when she was 6 months old. We did a round of ivermectin, but I can't remember how long I had to give it to her. This was in 2003. We never had a problem again. My Vet said it might flare up again during times of stress. Gimli (my boxer) went through two surgeries but never had a problem again. She died of cancer in 2012 and I miss her so. We've had Lucy, our EBD, for ten months. I didn't think another dog could steal my heart, but she has! I know the ivermectin (sp?) is so nasty and there are opposing opinions to using it, we never had a problem other than feeling so guilty everytime I gave it to her.

 

[2BullyMama]

I have no experience with mange, but wanted to ask if you thought about going to another vet for second opinin? Can you post a picture we can see the spot?

to EBN!

 

[Manydogs]

Most of the times that I have known a dog with Mange-ivermectin is the drug of choice. Two dogs that I know of had the sarcoptic, and they get a shot of ivermectin once a moth to keep it from erupting.

 

[bullmama]

I think that a new vet is in order! Ivermectin is where you are at with the mange, but I don't know how the heck it went from a Hot Spot to Pyroderma to Mange, it seems like they are just guessing! Those are three totally different skin issues.

Keep up with the ivermectin and keep in mind depending on the severity of the mange it could be a while before it clears. Sometimes it takes months.

 

[mer55]

Bogey had Demodex mange at 6 months old. Treatment was ivermectin for 4 weeks then another skin scrape. It still showed some mites, so they treated another 2 weeks and he has been clear since. Mange usually manifests with compramised or underdeveloped immune systems. We started him on probiotics right away and he is much healthier ( he was in and out of the vets for months with bacterial infections, gastroenteritis and then mange. Since his treatment and probiotics, he has had nothing else! Good luck!! Ps: it is NOT contagious to other dogs or animals.

 

[cali22]

[MENTION=1904]cali baker[/MENTION] thank you @shobbsi thank you and im so sorry for your lost . My eb seems to hate it as well lol. Im glad to hear you were able to open your heart again because there more then pets they are family .

 

[cali22]

@Manydogs thank you @​

desertskybulldogs

yes i do believe so . i am seeing a bully specialist and i have done 3 skin scraps but it does seem like there guessing . on some parts it improve but over all he got worst . looks painful to look at him .​

 

[cali22]

@mer55

thank you and i hope he does as well as Bogey did. im on week one and his blisters improved a lil but still missing a lot of hair​

 

[cali22]

@mer55

thank you and i hope he does as well as Bogey did. im on week one and his blisters improved a lil but still missing a lot of hair​

 

[Manydogs]

They should have done a skin scraping the first time you brought him in. Didn't they do that? Looks like they didn't or it wouldn't have gotten this bad=poor baby.

 

[mer55]

@mer55

thank you and i hope he does as well as Bogey did. im on week one and his blisters improved a lil but still missing a lot of hair​

he looks like he had a pretty nasty case. Bogeys never blistered, it was a small bald spot on his neck. With it that bad, it may take a little more time. I would definitely start the probiotics- it really does help the immune system which is what he needs to fight this problem! Good luck!!

 

[cali22]

@Manydogs

the first time they did not do a skin scrap but after that he got 3 skin scrapes ... @​

mer55

at first it was small bald spots until about 2weeks ago it started to get this bad. thanx im going to look into the probiotics i didnt know that was an option .​