My Bully's Face Smells

[marshall351]

Mu bully's face smells bad. I bought 2% chlorhexidine from Chewy.

I mixed 1 tablespoon of chlorhexidine with 1 gallon of water. I then poured it over a pile of baby wipes. I use those baby wipes to clean her face and her paws but it seems the smell is not going away. You think I should use more than 2 tablespoons of chlorhexidine in the baby wipes or just buy some chlorhexidine wipes from Amazon?

 

[benny]

The pet store wipes are 3%. For the homemade wipes you can just use it full strength (2%). Just keep it out of her eyes

 

[Cbrugs]

I always just buy the chlorhexidine wipes.

 

[marshall351]

which wipes do you guys buy?

 

[Cbrugs]

which wipes do you guys buy?

I usually use these ones - https://www.amazon.com/Curaseb-Chlo...1&sr=1-1-470306f1-0dca-446e-a010-67c3e8db9222

But there are a few different brands I look at it and normally get whichever ones are on sale.

 

[benny]

The store wipes are no different than using the gallon of veterinary chlorohex with some gauze or cotton wipes. Except a 2x50 count store wipe costs as much as a gallon of chlorhex, which can make an unbelievable amount of wipes (5-6000 or so?)

 

[oscarmayer]

If the smell persists even with regular cleaning don't forget to check teeth, gums, ears for the possible cause.
About 2 years ago we had a rescue come in the was stinky stinky. No amount of bathing and cleaning helped. It was just coming from his pores. Finally, in a move of desperation, I got some Dinovite and tried that. Within days, his smell was gone.

 

[Marine91]

The pet store wipes are 3%. For the homemade wipes you can just use it full strength (2%). Just keep it out of her eyes

I second this. We started out buying Duoxo wipes and quickly found out that buying a gallon was much more cost effective. One thing to note is that pure chlorohexidine should be kept in a cool and dark place to maintain effectiveness as light causes it to degrade faster.