pup with dry skin patches

[denny606]

out of six pups one of them has smallpatches of dry skin and little bumps for lack of abetter descr. all the other pups are slick and and shiny coated but him , ihave bathed him and applied avon skin so soft and it seems to have helped some,don't laugh it woks on horses is there any one who might have an idea what this is and how to treat it ,he will be 4weeks old this week

[Windkist]

out of six pups one of them has smallpatches of dry skin and little bumps for lack of abetter descr. all the other pups are slick and and shiny coated but him , ihave bathed him and applied avon skin so soft and it seems to have helped some,don't laugh it woks on horses is there any one who might have an idea what this is and how to treat it ,he will be 4weeks old this week

I would treat with 1/10 cc of ivomec 1% for cattle. injected SQ.

[denny606]

is he old enough for ivermectin

[mike crabtree]

Keep the dosage low like Windkist said, and it will be fine. It sounds like the Scratches to me. You may end up doctoring the whole litter.

[TC]

If the patch of dry skin is crusty feeling like there is a hard area under it you have a staph infection going on, it will spread from one spot and get larger, you will need to bathe the pup with sulfadine shampoo and get him on oral anti-biotics. If you treat him only on the outside it will not cure it up. Check the other pups as well feeling them all over for one has it you will most likely find it starting on another one. The skin will be flakey and flake up after a bit.

[coolbrze]

Put some vinegar on the spots, if that doesn't help in a couple days, switch to betadine.

[Windkist]

is he old enough for ivermectin

Yes, I've given it many times to 4 week old puppies. I also agree an oral antibiotic would be in order.

Leah

[denny606]

thanks for the info guys and gals what kind of antibiotic and what dosage,ithink i should take himto the vet maybe

[TC]

Deny I would take him to the vet, I can't remember the name of the antibiotic given to the pup. # 1 reason I would take the pup to the vet is that puppies will and do get just about every thing that there is out there... and better to have a professional diagnosis then getting a board diagnosis. We can't possibly correctly tell you what your puppy has unless we have seen it and then it is just a guess sometimes.

Besides if your pup does have that staph infection you will want your vet to give you enough for all your pups just in case the rest starts popping up with the crud...

[TC]

Denny,
How is your pup doing? Is it getting better?

[denny606]

hey tc , yea he's doing fine now a friend of mine had some antibiotics and ivermectin and bathing two or three times and putting on avon skin so soft and he is as slick as his litter mates .thanks for checking on meand they got weaned today and their first round of shots,denny