Some owners of dogs notice that the favourite pet suddenly began to comb and lick a skin excessively. The skin itch brings to an animal discomfort, and at times can lead also to complications. The reasons of such behavior are various: beginning from loss of wool and finishing with a serious fungal disease.
It is required to you
- - natural forage;
- - brush;
- - antiparasitic shampoo;
- - special medicines;
- - colloidal porridge;
- - anti-inflammatory gel.
Instruction
1. First of all find out the cause of a skin itch. If your pet is dear to you – address to veterinary clinic, only the expert will be able to take the necessary analyses and to perform thorough inspection of a dog.
2. If the reason is in a molt, you should revise the menu of an animal. It is necessary to feed the pet only with natural sterns which do not contain chemical and artificial ingredients.
3. Besides food you have to comb a dog daily. For this purpose get a special brush in pet-shop. Pay attention that hairbrushes can be different – everything depends on length and type of hair of animal.
4. If the skin itch is provoked not by loss of wool, and something another, the veterinarian will take scrape on a fungus. And if the diagnosis is confirmed, to your pet complex treatment will be appointed. Here vaccination against dermatomikoz, washing by antiparasitic shampoos can enter.
5. Fleas or other parasites can become the cause of a skin itch. In this case the veterinarian will appoint to an animal a certain treatment which will consist of processing of integuments, washing by anti-parasitic means. In certain cases treatment should be carried out monthly.
6. The skin itch can be caused by an allergy. In this case exclude from food of a dog all allergenic products – chicken, doubtful forages. During aggravation give to a dog mutton and rice as these products are not allergens.
7. If your dog combed skin, wash him in slightly cool water as it has the calming effect. Add colloidal porridge to water, it is excellent means for removal of a skin itch. Also you can grease the inflamed sites of skin of an animal with special gel, for example, with an aloe. But before it surely consult the veterinarian.