Black patches
Any idea what this is? |
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| Luna has them as well; I keep meaning to post photos. Spots where she has not had a wound (I'd have noticed) where she has long black hair growing in. Should we be concerned? |
Darth Snuggle wrote: Luna has them as well; I keep meaning to post photos. Spots where she has not had a wound (I'd have noticed) where she has long black hair growing in. Should we be concerned? how old is Luna? If she's older, I wonder if it's their version of going grey |
| It's pretty common for the gray hair to grow back darker after a hot spot or other injury to the skin. |
debcram wrote: Darth Snuggle wrote: Luna has them as well; I keep meaning to post photos. Spots where she has not had a wound (I'd have noticed) where she has long black hair growing in. Should we be concerned? how old is Luna? If she's older, I wonder if it's their version of going grey Luna and Tonks are only 6 |
Maggie McGee IV wrote: It's pretty common for the gray hair to grow back darker after a hot spot or other injury to the skin. Nita, that I'm familiar with; Tonks has a spot on her leg where she had a tear to her skin from a branch at the park; because of where it was, it was a long time healing, and for a year or more the fur there was darker. but in time, it lightened up to where I now can't find it. These are black areas of LONG hair (so it's been growing all year) where there was no previous wound. |
| Yep, skin injury results in the new hair coming back black initially. Small tears, hot spots, etc is enough to start the process. The grey returns in short order. If this is happening regularly, could the dog (Tonks??) be scratching on something to relieve the itchies and getting a bit carried away? |
SheepieBoss wrote: Yep, skin injury results in the new hair coming back black initially. Small tears, hot spots, etc is enough to start the process. The grey returns in short order. If this is happening regularly, could the dog (Tonks??) be scratching on something to relieve the itchies and getting a bit carried away? No- I'm very aware of what goes on with the two of them. Part of having dogs with behavioral issues; you are sort of hyper-aware of whatever they do. These aren't spots that ever had a puncture wound, and they've never had a hot-spot in their lives. Any other reasons the hair would go black in spots? |
| hair follicle damage.....maybe something as simple as a flea bite might cause the reaction. I wouldn't worry about it, at least you have hair coming back. |
SheepieBoss wrote: hair follicle damage.....maybe something as simple as a flea bite might cause the reaction. I wouldn't worry about it, at least you have hair coming back. thing is, she never lost the hair. It's just begun to be black.  |
| It's the wounding of the follicle area, doesn't have to loose hair. Maybe a bruise? I'd have to dig thru stuff to see if there's a medical condition that might cause it. I know when mine start to grow it, I am surprised and then, "Oh yeah. wound reaction." The hair was always a little more coarse but then disappeared at more hair grew in, back to normal. It's a juvenile cell response.........maybe she's becoming a puppy again, one cell follicle at a time. |
If bruising can cause it, then that explains it. She's crazy; when she plays she HURLS herself onto the ground on her back, and rolls and kicks her legs in the air. We call it "Drop-Fu". When she does it outside, she does it on our driveway and I always cringe at how hard she hits the ground. I'll bet if there's a piece of gravel, it's going to cause a serious bruise, and if that would make the hair turn black, we have our culprit!  |
Sounds like Tonks is giving herself road rash  Our Irish Wolfhound would not sit gently but hurl herself to the ground, bone against tile floor. I would bruise just listening to her. Some dogs have a very high pain tolerance. |
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