My dog has mange. How can I tell if they are healing and recovering?

You'll want to be sure finish all medications and treatment prescribed by your doctor. You'll notice that Alaska will have let discomfort, redness, itchiness, and may be feeling more relaxed. Over time, the fur will grow back in and might not even be able to see signs of a preexisting condition. However, mange can be recurrent, so you'll want to be sure to keep a close relationship with your doctor until you have diagnostic tests to confirm that treatment is no longer needed.

Hello. The best way to determine if there are issues are to re-scrape the skin in the area. This is an excellent way to see if there are any mites still alive or if everything is dead. If no live mites are seen, then it is just a matter of time for the skin to heal & all the hair to grow back in. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

At this stage it seems your veterinarian covered and prescribed everything Mazore needs. After treatment is over, a shampoo could be useful to re-established normal skin hydration. That can be discussed on a later stage with your veterinarian, depending on his skin condition. Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation (where you can post pictures ) if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

A good bath followed by a sulfur lyme dip once a week should help speed things up. Sometimes dogs that have scabies also have a secondary bacterial and/or fungal infection. Systemic antibiotic and/or antifungal therapy is necessary to treat the skin if a secondary infection is present. Once treated appropriately, It usually takes 4-8 wks for all of the hair to grow back/mites gone. I would have a veterinarian look at his skin and prescribe you the appropriate treatment. Most veterinary clinics have the sulfur lyme dip as well. Hope this has helped. Good luck and thanks for using pet coach.

It is very rare for a dog to have mange showing up at this age. Possible, yes, but not as likely as if the puppy was older. Chances are that mange was not the original diagnosis. It takes months to resolve and the hair to grow back with mange. I suspect that PX may have just had a bacterial skin infection. As long as what you are doing is working and PX is eating, drinking and acting normally then just continue what you are doing. If the skin does not completely clear up or gets worse then I suggest you get her to your vet for a diagnosis. Best wishes.

The only way to definitively diagnose mange (Demodex) is by skin scrapings which should be repeated every 2-3 weeks during treatment until 2 negative skin scrapings are found. Make sure that the flea and tick medication prescribed will also treat mites (milbemycin or moxidectin) and keep in mind that the dosage frequency is different for mite treatment than it is for flea preventative. Treatment needs to continue for 1-2 months after there is a negative skin scraping. Steroids are usually contraindicated in treatment of Demodex. Demodex mites are not contagious to other animals so your other dogs may not be affected.

You need to have him examined again and treated for any concurrent skin infections which may be fungal or bacterial. Follow up with your veterinarian to discuss skin cytology and testing for ringworm.