Cure For Hot Spots

[meatboy]

2weeks ago my beloved had some hot spots he kept licking them not giving them chance to dry up,we have some skin cream but he licks it off,the vet gave him some jabs and antibiotics which did the trick and they all healed up,but yesterday 3 more have appeared and with the flies is causing him to lick them again,can anyone recomend a nasty tasteing cream i can put on.

[David006]

not sure what the vet jabbed your pooch with but perhaps you should have taken a few syringe/needles and a bottle home with you and continued a course of injections per vets instructions....probably Vermiculin? ( spell?).

Our dogs are somewhat feral and frequently get skin infections ticks etc and/or hot spots as you call 'em..always have some jab stuff on hand and a powder which is for those horrible buffalo fly drilling worms..it is effective on open sores of all kinds methinks..must taste terrible as they do not lick it off "too" quickly...good luck..

...injection is easy to do yourself in the scruff of neck flesh..google it instructions abound..

[elfe]

usually cleaning with betadine dries hotspots up quickly.

[meatboy]

usually cleaning with betadine dries hotspots up quickly.

thanks for that elfe

[Nienke]

Hotspots are a result of a improper working immune system. Treating the hotspots while not addressing the underlying cause make the hotpots return.

The jabs, most probably, were antibiotics and corticosteroid. The latter is also called 'anti-itch' or 'anti-swelling' or 'anti-inflammation'. It's possibly this that made your dog stop scratching and biting the spot, and thus it could dry up finally. Once the cure was finished the symptoms returned, as the underlying cause has not been addressed properly, but rather suppressed.

I see more often hotspots, excess shedding and other skin and coat problems in dogs that are fed on the cheaper dog food brands, such as Smart Heart, Pedigree, Alpo, Apro, Aro, Tesco Lotus etc. Therefore, that's the first thing I recommend dog owners to review. And often a simple change of diet towards a better quality dog food brand, (properly) home-made or a raw food diet, does the trick.

[meatboy]

Hotspots are a result of a improper working immune system. Treating the hotspots while not addressing the underlying cause make the hotpots return.

The jabs, most probably, were antibiotics and corticosteroid. The latter is also called 'anti-itch' or 'anti-swelling' or 'anti-inflammation'. It's possibly this that made your dog stop scratching and biting the spot, and thus it could dry up finally. Once the cure was finished the symptoms returned, as the underlying cause has not been addressed properly, but rather suppressed.

I see more often hotspots, excess shedding and other skin and coat problems in dogs that are fed on the cheaper dog food brands, such as Smart Heart, Pedigree, Alpo, Apro, Aro, Tesco Lotus etc. Therefore, that's the first thing I recommend dog owners to review. And often a simple change of diet towards a better quality dog food brand, (properly) home-made or a raw food diet, does the trick.

his food mainly consists of chicken,beef fillet,some duck liver,4veg,and smart heart in all about 400grms.its only when he's outside he licks when the flies bother him.

[Nienke]

The flies cause the hotspots, you think, or the flies become a pest once the hotspot is already there?

[meatboy]

The flies cause the hotspots, you think, or the flies become a pest once the hotspot is already there?

seems the flies bother him when the hot spot is there,even when i am out with him 6am they seem to be atracted to the flesh,the wf.went and got some betadine cleaned the infected area's brought him indoors not licked since,its the same at night he doesnt lick at all maybe we caused the problem by having him shaved.i myself had a bad scrape on the side of my knee with open wounds and the bloody flies you had to swipe them off.

[sbk]

My dog had the occasional hotspots, usually in the rainy season when it was hot and damp. She ate rice,eggs, pork, chicken and vegetables, so not down to cheap dog food. What she did have was an unusually thick and heavy coat - betadine did dry them out but what stopped them from recurring was clipping her hair short during the periods when she had problems. I always suspected perhaps she got wet or something and then, because her hair was so thick the skin never dried properly, but never could verify that.

She was a beautiful dog with the longer hair but loved having her hair clipped short and would present her back to me to be clipped, even rotating slightly to make sure I didn't miss any spots.

[meatboy]

My dog had the occasional hotspots, usually in the rainy season when it was hot and damp. She ate rice,eggs, pork, chicken and vegetables, so not down to cheap dog food. What she did have was an unusually thick and heavy coat - betadine did dry them out but what stopped them from recurring was clipping her hair short during the periods when she had problems. I always suspected perhaps she got wet or something and then, because her hair was so thick the skin never dried properly, but never could verify that.

She was a beautiful dog with the longer hair but loved having her hair clipped short and would present her back to me to be clipped, even rotating slightly to make sure I didn't miss any spots.

ours is the same its the first time he has been clipped short and he is so comfortable with it,its those small black flies the size of a pin head that bite him,we can feel them so it must be worse for pets,2days gone no new ones,wf bought an alizabethan collar but he was having none of it.