My dog has scab like small spots on his skin?
My dog is a mixed chihuahua male and is 1 year and a half. About 2 months ago we moved to another country. The country we are in now is summer and warm all year round but he seems ok with the heat. He is a short haired breed.
About 5 weeks or so ago i noticed a few small red/brownish spots very very tiny on his skin, usually was either on his belly, thighs and on his back. He never scratched them or became annoyed with them, but they just appeared out of nowhere. So I went to the vet and asked to get him looked at. The vet said it may be food allergy and to not feed him too much meat especially chicken and no chicken skin whatsoever.
I began treating the spots with petroleum jelly and an anti biotic cream for skin ailments in dogs that came from a vet. I gave him a bath with oatmeal shampoo and stopped giving him chicken. The spots disappeared for about 3 or so weeks.
But now they have come back and its been a week already. I took him back to the vet the other day and he didn’t seem to worry and gave me a prescription for vitamins. My dog’s hair is getting worse each day, it seems more dry, brittle, coarse and excessive shedding. Don’t know if the shedding is only because it’s terribly hot around here.
He is getting more and more of these scab like spots. The spots are brown, start off brown then form a scab that fall off or that i pick off and then the area becomes hairless and some heal, but others are still brown even after the scab has formed and fallen off.
They are very tiny. They are dark brown spots (at first thought were insect bites or maybe him scratching himself but it’s never been seen like this before) They form a scab then fall off, either heal after 4 days or stay brownish.
My dog has been vaccinated twice, heartwormed yes and dewormed. I rarely feed him meat these days, veges and fish sometimes.
He has had a food change. When we first got here, the kibble that I took with us once opened the ants formed an entire civilization inside the kibble pack in half a day. It’s a terrible place if you hate insects. So I bought him some kibble but of a different type.
He has been eating fine as always, even before, and during this strange skin ailment that he’s developed. His stool is firm and good. He doesn’t scratch either which is why i am confused about his skin.
what are these spots?
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try washing him with MOSTURISING shampoo.
put some doggie lotin on him
he may just have irretated skin
My bunny had those before.I’m not sure of the name,but put pet coat on it,and it will go away.
Sounds like to me that his skin is drying out from the heat. I would suggest that you put a teaspoon or two of mineral oil on his food everyday. That will help his hair and skin and keep the moisture. Also make sure not to give him a bath too often that can dry out the skin as well. I would only give him a bath every other week unless he is really dirty or smelly. Then I would give him a bath only once every 10 days.
If that doesn’t help then you should ask the vet about getting him an allergy shot. There may be something in the environment that he is allergic to. You just moved and introduced him to lots of new potential allergens. It may take his body several months to get used to all the new stuff, or this may be a permanent thing that he will have to take allergy pills for.
But the first thing I would do is add mineral oil to his food.