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Post by podunkheaven on Jul 6, 2010 16:04:13 GMT -6
Stormy being the pack leader has always been the one to suffer all the blows that go with being the BOSS. She has poison ivy all over her underside. We gave he a bath in oatmeal and baking soda and them applied calamine lotion in hopes of controlling the spread of this horrible weed. She looks good in Pink!!!!
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Post by Clifford on Jul 6, 2010 17:58:36 GMT -6
Dang, that sucks!
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Post by rebeccaferrell on Jul 7, 2010 8:22:05 GMT -6
Can you give her Benedyl? I have a small supply of Prednisone that was prescribed for Ben at one time but I give to one of our cats when she has a bad outbreak of flea allergies. Vet told me the dosage to give her since it was already what he was going to prescribe. It really helped with the scratching and inflammation.
I recently tied my horse up in patch of poison ivy because there was no other place available. He ate the heck out of it with no ill affects; I ended up with it on one arm where he had rubbed his lead rope on the vines and it rubbed off on me.
It's some wicked bad stuff if you are allerigic to it.
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Post by Clifford on Jul 7, 2010 10:21:25 GMT -6
When I think Poison Ivy, I think watch where you pee!
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Post by bkeepr on Jul 7, 2010 11:02:55 GMT -6
I knew deer and other wildlife ate poison ivy and spread the seeds, but I didn't know a dog could react to it!
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Post by rebeccaferrell on Jul 7, 2010 12:49:19 GMT -6
Me too Clifford.
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Post by Stan on Jul 8, 2010 15:07:53 GMT -6
I have had some success with my historic violent reactions by adding a dusting of corn starch on top of the calamine. It has helped it dry up faster. There is a pill available at most drug stores for the exposure to poison ivy and oak and it is OTC not prescription steroids. Don't know if animals can use it but my dad has had good success with it.
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Post by bkeepr on Jul 16, 2010 5:41:40 GMT -6
Pearl has little bumps on her belly, feet, legs and underside of tail that are itching. We have little itchy bumps on our feet and ankles. this is all after being at Dad's place on the Tallapoosa river. I think on Pearl the bumps are either no-see-um bites or fungus. My Dad's lab gets the same thing and chews all the hair off the underside of his legs, so Dad has to rinse him off after being down by the river adn before going back indoors. I bathed Pearl with medicated shampoo and she is still itching somewhat but not as bad. I guess I will watch her over the weekend and take her to vet next week if needed.
Those same no-see-ums have become a constant problem at the river in warm weather. They carry the virus that causes black tongue disease in deer, and after a confirmed outbreak 3 years ago we still have no deer! The only time you see any is during the rut in January. the yotes don't help matters either.
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Post by Stan on Jul 16, 2010 7:54:55 GMT -6
Since I put Bella and our bulldog on Vectra 3d the bugs have left them alone, including the no-see-ums. It is supposed to be effective for ticks, fleas, flies, mosquitos, and gnats and appears to work. If you still have bumps you may have chiggers and although I have never seen a dog with em enything is possible. We can always tell the tourist around here because they are the ones walking around with all the little red dots, but they generally go away in a day or so.
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Post by bkeepr on Jul 16, 2010 10:34:20 GMT -6
My vet doesn't carry Vectra which is just silly. The previous camping trip I had a spray for humans made of different essential oils (cedar, citronella, lemon grass, geranium) and it worked great. I rubbed it on the dogs and it repelled gnats, skeeters and no-see-ums but this last time I forgot it.
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