Hot spots and keeping long hair
 Is there anyway to keep her coat growing and have her skin heal at the same time? Has anyone been able to do this? I'm giving her prescribed allergy medication and she has her E cone on. I really really really really don't want to shave her.  |
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Well, the best I can say is maybe...  It's going to also depend on where on her body they are, how much air flow can get to the area and also if she leaves the area alone. I had my chocolate lab Macy that invariably got at least one hot spot every spring...as she was ready to shed out her winter coat and it became more wet and moist out. Chocolates are more prone to skin issues than black or yellows - d/t the recessive genes involved in the color.  I did have to have the area shaved, as it just never seemed to get enough air flow. Most would form under her neck, in the area between the collar and ear. Occasionally on the flank or rear leg. WE treated with oral ABX, and a topical ABX cream. When she was older (she lived to a wonderful 15.5 yrs!) we had to supplement in small doses of prednisone too to clear her up. Thankfully Macy never bothered them - no cone or anything needed. She seemed so grateful to have it shaved and then cleaned daily that she was just a trooper during treatment! I gave Chewie something similar to a hotspot once - I used a solvent to get some gumminess (no idea what it was, but NOTHING else I tried would remove it) out of one of his rear legs, by the hock and down towards his foot. Well, I apparently didn't rinse enough, and I missed a spot on his foot and between a couple toes. So he got what basically was a chemical burn. It looked just like a hot spot, as he of course had started to lick at it. I took him in, and of course Troy (my vet) really wanted to shave his foot  - but we were still showing, it would have taken FOREVER to grow back out to show length!!So I bargained w/ him to try it without...did the usual drill of oral and topical ABX. I had to wrap the foot a couple days so he would forget about licking it...and it did heal up. Probably not as fast as if we had shaved...but WAY faster than the whole process would have been to grow hair back before showing again.  |
| Well thats better than a full out no. She generally gets hot spots near her tail and hips. Right now she is only in a couple inches of hair and the hot spots are already dry, now that she isn't licking them constantly. Yay for e cones. |
| Could you try braiding the fur around the area like Lisa's vet did on Langley? I know he had some shaved for his lump removal, but braiding around a hot spot seems like it could keep it open to the air better and make it easier to clean/treat? |
| Her hair is to short to braid atm. |
ha I was like wah! my name  Here is a picture it isn't that long. |
Well so far so good. She's not getting worse and healing is slow but it seems to be working.  And her cute sheepie butt  |
| I would say "oh poor Lily", but she looks pretty happy! |
| Lol She's generally happy no matter what is happening. |
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