My Dogs have Mange…They are being treated what else can I do and when will it be over?
I discovered about four days ago that my dogs had Mange. We first treated our dogs for skin allergies in October which my vet said to do so after my Maltese began to loose his fur after months of practically no improvements I decided to get a second opinion. My first vet said it was DEFIANTLY NOT MANGE :S but I asked for a skin scrape from a different vet and the diagnosis was confirmed. The vet found two mites on the one slide on the first go! I was furious that I hadn’t been treating my dogs properly if I started this back in October my Maltese would have lost ALL HIS FUR! I even asked queations on Y/A. Anway now I am on a strict treatment plan I have resorted to this other vet. He gave me a wash ‘Dermadex’ I think its called and I have changed from Advantage to Advocate which controls mange also. I am treating my 4 dogs. which live at home with us. I wanted to know what I can do to treat their environments my dogs sleep anywhere they like and do not have certain sleeping quarters. Will they get the mites while I am treating them from their environment? I just want to get over this I want everything back to normal. I got my three other dogs shaved including my pom! Her fur is so beautiful I take really good care of it and this whole situation has resulted in her getting it shaved off just in case she gets it. I want to know how long treatment will take. I am washing/dipping them once a week and advocate treating them every two weeks. Also will my cats get it, they aren’t itching or anything, they don’t sleep with the dogs but they do walk around the yard where the dogs have been :S. Also I have bunnies, they are not in contact with my dogs at all so will they get it?
I am so paranoid I have cleaned out the whole house washing everything! When will the mites on my dogs be totally gone? After the first wash? I just need reassurance its all going to pass.
Has anyone experienced this before????
Thanks and I will appreciate any answers insight!!!
SORRY FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORDS :S
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All you can do is try to rebuild your life. Just take it one day at a time.
My husband is a redneck and he said if you rub burnt motor oil and sulfur on your dog it will get rid of it. they will probably be really gross and stinky but hey, if it works it works. he says the mange is something really bad and VERY hard to get rid of. and its a very good possibility your bunnies will get it too. he said the mites will get in your carpet everything so if they were not outside dogs you might want to make them that way.im guessing somehow the motor oil smothers the mites?? if you try all the prescriptions and spend a ton of money and it dont work just try it. you never know? i remember growing up if there was a stray in the neighborhood with mange we were strictly told to stay away from it because it can spread to people. so keep an eye on your kids if you have any and check for bald spots.
The mites will go away, just wash there bedding every week if you can. If its demadex it cant spread to everyone else, it is sarcoptic mange, you the dogs, cats, and bunnies can get it, jst keep up the cleaning and the more time that goes by the more mange you will kill off and the less likely it will pass to the next animal. This is a somewhat common thing and your not the only one going through this. I think keeping your bunnies isolated from the other animals would be the best thing. Bunnies cant handle baths and all so just limit there exposure. This could take 4 weeks or so to be out of the woods, just work with your vet and dont stop treatments until they say. Sometimes people that dont follow through when they think its better end up haveing it come back cuz they never really got rid of it in the first place. Good luck
The best thing you can do to protect your other pets is to keep them away from your dogs. The mange travels by touch. Also thoroughley clean every service they have laid on or even touched. Try to keep them off the furnitureas much as possible so asto contain the infection. Also another way to treat it is by using sulfur which you can get at a grange store or in the plant section of a store. You mix that and bacon grease or something your dog would prefer and apply it to the area that theyre infected. They’ll lick it off which is fine but what it does is heal from the inside and outside completly killing off the infection. I’ve had to deal with it when I found a litter of puppies somebody dropped off near my grandpas farm. They all had the mange and it didnt take long for them to be completley cured and not get it again. Its also a lot cheaper if your tight on money. The mites will pass though and it may take a little longer than you want it to but once its gone its nearly impossible to come back.