[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Demodex Mange
- From: arycrest@xxxxxxx
- To: uwish@xxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:42:20 +0000
My mix breed, Bo, was probably about 7 or 8 when his human father died and
shortly after that his human mother was put into a nursing home. The family
boarded him for about four months at the vet's while they attempted to find a
new home for him and finally he was taken to the shelter and was there for
another two months before Margy G mentioned him on Da List and I drove down to
South Florida and adopted him.
He had several spots of Demodex Mange on his face and my vet felt it was stress
related and told me to take a wait and see attitude with him, there was no
treatment prescribed. His introduction into my family was not without stress
since he had some sever aggression problems, but as these problems were
resolved and he settled down and blended in with the Hooligans, the mange
slowly started getting better and within a few months it was completely gone
and replaced by healthy hair. I've had him now for 28 months and he's a happy
fellow, content and an active member of the Hooligans and no more signs of the
mange have shown up.
--
Gayle
Ringer ~ Honey ~ Kelly ~ Bo-Bo ~
Mac ~ Slider
Waiting at the Bridge: Andy ~
Abbey ~ Tasha ~ Tex ~ Echo ~
Yukon ~ JR ~ Too ~ Niki
-------------- Original message from Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>:
--------------
> Hi: My bitch that I bought about a month and a half ago had a patch of
> fur missing from one side of her face. Now I have watched this puppy
> grow since she was 3 months old. For the last two months before I
> bought her, she had this on her face. Her owner at the time, (she was
> not the breeder) told me she didn't know how that happened and she
> thought it was due to her rubbing her face on the fence out in the
> kennel. She told me to clean the area with warm soapy water and use an
> over the counter ointment which I did, until another one of my breeder
> friends told me, it sounds as though she has Demodex Mange. I took her
> to the vet and sure enough, that's exactly what she had. I was given
> Goodwinol Ointment and told to put it on the infected area once a day.
> Since I've never dealt with this before, I looked up and read everything
> I could about this condition. One interesting fact I came across is
> this can be brought on by environmental stress among other things. This
> dog is a very people type of animal, but she was crated and kenneled for
> long periods of time which she hated (still hates the crate). Because
> of spending long periods of time in the crate as a young crying puppy
> caused her undue stress. My vet agreed that yes, this is one way for
> them to get it. Has anyone else heard of this? I suppose that if
> people who are under alot of stress can get skin rashes, hives, etc., it
> could stand to reason the same can be said for our dogs. My vet told me
> that all dogs and us humans too have this demodex mange mite on us
> already, it just takes something to trigger it off the show its ugly
> face. I did take a look at it under the microscope. Most
> unattractive! Best, Barbara Galasso
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