Staph Infection - "HELP"
It's been 2 weeks and no signs of improvment and it has spreading to her feet and a couple of other scabs have appeared on her upper leg and lower leg. I can tell she is in pain and I will be taking her to the vet today and was wondering if anyone has ever had this problem w/there dog. I think it might be allergies. This has never happened to her. I also noticed when I brushing her, her hair was falling off more than usual. Maybe, it was because she was on antibotics or maybe due to stress she is going through. Poor baby. |
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| Sounds like either it is not staph or the doc gave you the wrong meds.
Staph needs a specific kind of antibiotic, and a strong one, to clear it up, but on the right med it clears up very fast, within a day you should have seen improvement. Your dog could also have a secondary yeast infection of the skin, the immune system is out of whack because of the staph, and the antibiotics kill off good bacteria as well as bad which leaves it wide open to yeast. I would go back to your vet. |
| Thank you for your quick response. I plan to go to another vet because I want to get a second opinion. We live in Houston, Tx and not a lot of sheepies. |
| Even if your vet gave your sheepie the correct antibiotic, you may be dealing with an antibiotic-resistant staph. This is becoming more and common - even in people.
Hopefully you have already gotten her back in to see the vet today. If not, please do ASAP. |
I just got daisy 3 days ago from the humane society. But i took her for a full check up. And i found she not only had kennel cough but also staff infection. Is this serious. I have her on antibiotics. But im really scared for her. Also shouldnt the humane society be responsible for the medical bills for not taking care of it before adopting her out. I mean her health was not the best when she came home. her nails were so long they were curling under, shes was running a fever of 103 i dont know i just think she was kind of malnurished to have been living in a professional place.  |
I'm sorry you are going through this at the moment with your new baby, does not seem right either they adopted her out with the Kennel cough and staph infection. Just wrong there, obviously Kennel cough was picked up at the shelter, wonder how many of them still there have it as well  it is so contagious in a kennel enviroment, close contact to lots of dogs together it spreads fast
Staph infections I don't know much about as never had them, but I am sure there will be information there for you from other members on the forum that can tell you more about it. With her high temperature make sure she is getting plenty of fluids to help there as they can dehydrate very quickly especially if they are younger. Don't worry too much if she is not interested in eating, main thing is keep the fluids up 
If no improvement with her in a day or so and she is still quite off colour after being on anti-biotics, then take her back to the vet, you might need other types of anti-biotics there to help her through all this. I personally would call the shelter and tell them, if nothing there, then at least try for the adoption fee to be re-imbursed for the expenses incurred so far for how she came to you and the fact she was quite unwell when adopted out. Keep the vet receipts too maybe for a claim against the shelter later on if they are not forthcoming on helping out or at least re-imbursing the adoption fee. Best wishes, hoping someone here on the forum can give you more information on the staph, the Kennel cough should settle, she is on treatment for that and please keep us all posted as to how your poppet is doing. Hugs to you both and we are keeping fingers crossed all is going to be well with your new fur baby. Thankyou for adopting her too & welcome to the forum  |
| Lisa's given you real good advice... the shelter NEEDS to know about the health problems. You might consider dropping off the vet report to them so they have a copy. I've only had one dog with staph but that was maybe 8 years ago. The medication cleared it up. But staph can be a serious condition if it's the antibiotic-resistant type so you need to watch it closely.
I am NOT a vet. I'm only sharing some of the things I've learned along the way... You mentioned Malasep shampoo... could it be Malaseb? I've used it to treat yeast problems but it's also for Staphylococcus. It's an antimicrobial product... you'll find more about it here... http://www.dvmpharmaceuticals.com/pf_malaseb.html Follow your vet's instructions closely. Unless your vet tells you differently, it's important the shampoo stays on the skin for 10 minutes. This is from the side of the bottle I have... Quote: MALASEB SHAMPOO- Wet coat thoroughly with water. Apply and lather Malaseb Shampoo over the entire body, allowing 10 minutes of contact time. Do not allow the animal to lick while bathing to prevent ingestion. Rinse completely with water. Repeat twice weekly until symptoms subside, then weekly, or as directed by your veterinarian. If you need to use the Malaseb shampoo for a long time, it's not a prescription product. I get my shampoo online at vetamerica.com but you can check around for the best price. http://www.vetamerica.com/index.asp?Pag ... &image.y=0 IMPORTANT: Do NOT use the FLUSH unless specifically directed by your vet... it's got a much lower content of 0.2% instead of higher 2%. I don't know how useful this information but it was something I ran across the other day... it might be something to speak with your vet about. http://www.pet-care-experts.com/archive.php?43686 Quote: Some dogs, due to having a weak auto-immune system can develop chronic staph infections. Staph lives on a dogs body as well as a humans naturally and when a dog has a weak immune system, their body can't fight it off and they break out in staph and it's basically what is refered to as a staph allergy. They do make a serum called Staph-lysate which boosts a dogs immune system and desensitizes them to the staph. This is something you may want to talk over with your vet. My lab suffered from chronic staph for years. They'd put her on the Cephalexin and it would clear up, only to return a short time later. I started giving her the shots of Staph-lysate and it was a miracle. Her staph cleared up and she remained staph free for years! It took about 3 months. You start the shots at a certain dose so many times a week for so many weeks, then decrease how often it's given, then decrease the dose. The vile of Staph-lysate last a month and back when I used it, cost about $100. Giving the shots are a piece of cake too. Quote: i just think she was kind of malnurished
Probably the most important thing you can do beyond the medical part of treatment is to get her on a good quality food to start building her back up (an example is Eagle Pack Holistic Select but there are others out there). You might ask about adding a probiotic (NOT just plain yogurt... it was inadequate for one of mine). Some vets poo-poo probiotics BUT I had a dog on high doses of antibiotics for 5 months that developed a bad yeast infection. We gave her yogurt a couple of times a week but no probiotic. It took months to correct this problem on my own... my vets had missed the diagnosis and later said I had hit the nail on the head. They are human too. But a probiotic can help protect a dog from this extremely itchy problem. http://oesusa.com/Yeast/3.jpg Probiotic- a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals... Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/probiotic Antibiotics, while killing off the bad stuff they're intended for, also kill off the good bacteria in the gut. A probioitic can help greatly. Thanks for saving this girl. I hope you can get her on the road to good health quickly. Please keep us posted on how she's doing. |
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